Ancient DNA from Viking Graves Proves the Fierce Fighters Rode Male Horses
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Listening and Learning in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Keene State College
Keene, NH, USA
Friday and Saturday April 12-13, 2019
Call for Papers and Sessions
We are delighted to announce that the 40th Medieval and Renaissance
Forum: Listening and Learning in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
will take place on Friday, April 12 and Saturday April 13, 2019 at
Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire.
We welcome abstracts (one page or less) or panel proposals that
discuss music and other aural experiences in the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance.
Papers and sessions, however, need not be confined to this theme but
may cover other aspects of medieval and Renaissance life, literature,
languages, art, philosophy, theology, history, and music.
This year’s keynote speaker is Margot Fassler, Keough-Hesburgh
Professor of Music History and Liturgy at the University of Notre
Dame.
Dr. Fassler is a music historian who gives the liturgy and its
performance primary emphasis in her scholarly publications and her
teaching. Her scholarship profoundly elucidates the connections
between texts and music. Her 2014 book, Music in the Medieval West and
its accompanying anthology (Norton) are now standard introductions to
medieval music. Fassler's many books, edited volumes, and articles
focus on the Latin Middle Ages from around 800-1300, but she also has
strong interests in contemporary sacred music and ritual, and in
American song, singers, and song collections. She is currently writing
a book on Hildegard of Bingen. Fassler is also a documentary filmmaker
focusing on communities of song. She recently finished (with Christian
Jara) the short documentary Where the Hudson Meets the Nile: Coptic
Chant in Jersey City.
Students, faculty, and independent scholars are welcome. Please
indicate your status (undergraduate, graduate, or faculty),
affiliation (if relevant), and full contact information, including
email address on your proposal.
We welcome undergraduate sessions, but ask that students obtain a
faculty member's approval and sponsorship.
Please submit abstracts, audio/visual needs, and full contact
information to Dr. Robert G. Sullivan, Assistant Forum Director at
sullivan@german.umass.edu.
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2019
Presenters and early registration: March 15, 2019
As always, we look forward to greeting returning and first-time
participants to Keene in April!
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika zoekt archeoloog
Het Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika in Tervuren is momenteel op zoek naar een archeoloog (m/v/x), voor een tijdelijke tewerkstelling in het kader van het project ‘Egyptian and African Copper Metallurgy’ (EACoM). Kandidaten zijn gespecialiseerd in de archeologie van Centraal-Afrika en hebben ervaring met internationale onderzoeksprojecten. Het gaat om een contract van beperkte duur (2,5 maanden aan 80%), eventueel verlengbaar. Solliciteren voor deze functie kan nog tot 14 januari. Je vindt de volledige vacature op www.africamuseum.be.
Flint Fragment Found in Mammoth Bone in Poland
KRAKÓW, POLAND—According to a Science in Poland report, a tiny fragment of a flint weapon has been discovered in a 25,000-year-old mammoth rib unearthed in southern Poland. The remains of at least 110 mammoths, mixed with hundreds of fragments of flint blades for processing meat and hides, have been recovered from the site. “We finally have a ‘smoking gun,’ the first direct evidence of how these animals were hunted,” said Piotr Wojtal of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The piece of flint measures about three tenths of an inch long, and is thought to have been the tip of a spear that was driven into the animal’s body. Wojtal said the spear was probably thrown from a distance with great force, since it would have had to pierce the mammoth’s thick skin and layer of fat in order to reach the bone. The wound would not have been fatal, however, he explained, but was likely to have been part of a coordinated attack by several hunters. To read about a mammoth whose remains were discovered in Michigan, go to “Leftover Mammoth.”
DNA Suggests Iceland’s Vikings Were Buried With Male Horses
OSLO, SWEDEN—DNA analysis of horse teeth recovered from Viking graves at 17 sites in Iceland suggests nearly all of the horses were male, according to a Live Science report. “Since horses are so hard to sex morphologically unless fairly well-preserved, whole skeletons are found, we know very little about the varying roles of male and female horses in the past,” said Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir of the University of Oslo. She noted that these horses were well cared for in life and may have been chosen for burial because of their symbolic virility and aggression as stallions. Meanwhile, female horses whose remains were found outside of noblemen’s graves are likely to have been eaten, Pálsdóttir said. Further research will compare the test results for the Icelandic horses with Viking-Age horses who lived in other Northern European countries between the late ninth and early eleventh centuries. To read in-depth about horses in the archaeological record, go to “The Story of the Horse.”
Roman Cemetery in England Contains Decapitated Skeletons
SUFFOLK, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that up to 40 percent of the skeletons unearthed in a fourth-century Roman cemetery in eastern England had been decapitated. Andrew Peachey of Archaeological Solutions thinks the heads were carefully removed after death. “We are looking at a very specific part of the population that followed a very specific tradition of burial,” he said. Analysis of the bones could offer more information about the population, which is thought to have lived near the cemetery in a Roman settlement dating back as early as the first century A.D. To read about another Roman-era ceemtery in England including people who had been decapitated, go to “Off with Their Heads.”
Some thoughts on AIA-SCS 2019, by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
“… The noun ‘Black’ has served three functions in modernity: those of summoning, internalization, and reversal. It first designated not human beings like all others but rather a distinct humanity — one whose very humanity was (and still is) in question. It designated a particular kind of human: those who, because of their physical appearance, their habits and customs, and their ways of being in the world, seemed to represent difference in its raw manifestation — somatic, affective, aesthetic, imaginary. The so-called Blacks appeared subsequently as individuals who, because of the fact of their ontological difference, represented a caricature of the principle of exteriority (as opposed to the principle of inclusion). It therefore became very difficult to imagine that they were once like us, that they were once of us. And precisely because they were not either like us or of us, the only link that could unite us is — paradoxically — the link of separation. Constituting a world apart, the part apart, Blacks cannot become full subjects in the life of our community. Placed apart, put to the side, piece by piece: that is how Blacks came to signify, in their essence and before all speech, the injunction of segregation.” (Achille Mbembe, Critique of Black Reason [tr. L. Dubois], p. 46).Since the basic details of the incident at the “Future of the Classics” panel on Saturday 5 January have now been laid out in Colleen Flaherty’s reporting for Inside Higher Ed, I will not reiterate them here. The annual meeting was quite the showcase for the enforcement actions of white supremacy. The day before the panel, Djesika Bel Watson and Stefani Echeverría-Fenn, co-founders of The Sportula and recipients of a WCC award at the annual meeting, were racially profiled by hotel security — possibly at the request of other conference-goers who were unsettled by the presence of brown bodies. Readers who want to take action towards rectifying the injustices of the past weekend should begin by supporting Sportula’s mission (with money and amplification); by tweeting at Marriott Hotels to upgrade significantly its bias and inclusion training; and by continuing to hold to the fire the feet of SCS leadership, for whom the installation of an equity team and omsbudperson to monitor and respond to incidents in real time and the centering of systemic racism as a plenary topic at future annual meetings should rise to the very top of the priorities list...Read the rest here
BNA-contactdagen op 4-5 april in Mechelen: call for papers
De Contactdagen voor Belgische en Nederlandse archeologen en bouwhistorici (BNA) 2019 zullen plaatsvinden op donderdag 4 en vrijdag 5 april in Mechelen. Geïnteresseerde sprekers kunnen reageren op de ‘call for papers’.
De centrale thema’s van deze 17de editie zijn:
– Pelgrimsinsignes
– De materiële cultuur van de ‘lange’ 19de eeuw (1789-1914)
– De profundis, wat menselijke resten ons vertellen
– Weelderig wonen (stadspaleizen, buitenplaatsen, …)
Er is ook een rubriek ‘varia’ voor lezingen die niet binnen deze thema’s passen. Kandidaten kunnen zich tot 6 februari melden via archeologie@mechelen.be.
Mater Familias, Scritti Romanistici per Maria Zabłocka
- Hard cover
- 978-83-938425-9-9
PDFs
In search for the origins of the Roman public law offences (crimina)
in the Archaic periodAlcune riflessioni sulla libertà di caccia nel diritto romano.
vivai e riserve di cacciaRoman principle. Nemo pro parte testatus pro parte intestatus decedere potest and the reasons of its modern rejection Celso lettore di San Paolo? Una nota minima in tema di interpretazione Un ordinamento giuridico e le sue trasformazioni Personae in causa mancipii Will of [—]is daughter of Pachois from Oxyrhynchos. P. Oxy. ii 379 descr. Verba impia et maledicta. The influence of Roman law upon the western European doctrine of verbal insult of the ruler in the 16–17th centuries Appunti sugli elementi romanistici nel nuovo Codice civile ungherese Elements of theology in Roman law. On Zenon’s Henoticon and Justinian’s letter (CJ. 1.1.8) Roma e i suoi giuristi nel pensiero di Nicolás Gómez Dávila Ľexpérience de l’absurde chez les juristes romains Ignacy Daniłowicz on the impact of Roman law on the law of the pre-partition Commonwealth in the light of his letters to Joachim Lelewel Some remarks about Roman law in Tadeusz Czacki’s opus magnum Per aspera ad astra. Johann Bayer, römisches Recht und das Ausbildungsprogramm der jungen Radziwiłłs TPSulp. 48 und actio quod iussu. Konnte Prudens adjektizisch belangt werden? Obbligo del lutto e il controllo sociale sulla sessualità di vedove Il delitto Matteotti: qualche dubbio sul colpevole Some comments on the role of the quaestor as a prosecutor in criminal proceedings in the times of the Roman Republic Between emotions and rationality Remorse as mitigating circumstance in Roman military law Capacity of women to make testamentum parentis inter liberos Ancarenus Nothus und Gaius von Hierapolis Miscellanea epigraphica: CIL vi 7193a & IGR iv 743 «Necessaria quanto la giustizia …» Etica e tradizione dell’avvocatura Ipotesi in tema di rescissione per lesione enorme Testamenti factio passiva of actresses in ancient Rome Una questione di «stile»? A proposito di una critica di Beseler a Mommsen Roman roots at Plateau du Kirchberg Recent examples of explicit references to Roman law in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU Modèles classiques des lois ptolémaïques Sobre la actividad comercial del clero hispano en los inicios del siglo IV a la luz de dos cánones del Concilio de Elvira The non-litigious proceedings in Polish Law and Roman iurisdictio volutaria La capacità giuridica e la tutela del nascituro nella Roma antica Family relations in cases concerning iniuria Some remarks on legal protection of commodans prior to the introduction of the praetorian actio commodati Über einige Aspekte der Steuerpolitik und Propaganda der öffentlichen Macht im römischen Prinzipat Sobre una posible relación causal entre regulación canónica y legislación imperial en los primeros siglos del monacato Schiavitù e dipendenza nel pensiero di Francesco De Martino Sul trasferimento del credito in diritto romano Actio aquae pluviae arcendae e «piccola bonifica agraria»: Un esempio dalle fonti giustinianee La pena di morte nel diritto romano: necessità o no? Recovery of performance rendered dotis nomine on account of a future marriage that did not take place. Władysław Bojarski Paterfamilias Alcune considerazioni sulla storia e sull’insegnamento del diritto romano in Polonia Il ruolo del consenso muliebre nell’amministrazione dei fondi dotali in diritto romano Lenocinium in the Lex Iulia de adulteriis Il diritto per l’oggi Manomissioni di schiavi nelle commedie di Plauto Dissolubility and indissolubility of marriage in the Greek and Roman tradition Führte die Unveräusserlichkeit des Mitgiftgrundstücks im römischen Recht zu relativer Nichtigkeit? Grenzen vom Verbot des venire contra factum proprium Deformed child in the Twelve Tables Apices iuris non sunt iura Functionality of New Institutional Economics in research on Roman law Il concetto di mater familias in caso di arrogazione Remarks on Mars Ultor, Augustus, and Egypt Family law in the private law systematics from the Roman law until the present day From Roman oratores to modern advocates Some remarks on the formative of lawyer’s ethics in Antiquity Superexactiones in the Late Roman Law A short review of the imperial constitutions in the Theodosian Code
Lexundria: A Digital Library of Antiquity
Lexundria: A Digital Library of Antiquity
This site is under construction, and may be glitchy over the next several weeks. All texts should, however, continue to be accessible. (September, 2018)
Lexundria is a digital library of classical antiquity. Although most of the texts on this site can be found elsewhere on the internet, this project aims to make them accessible in a more research-friendly format. The Lexundria editions are thus distinguished by the following features:
1. Standard reference numbers. Most classical texts have a standard referencing scheme used by academics and other authors (analogous to the verse divisions of the Bible). These divisions are clearly marked in the texts on this site, even when the corresponding print edition does not contain them.
2. Pin-citation functionality. You can easily look up a passage at Lexundria using its pin citation. Rather than browse through long blocks of text in order to find the passage you’re looking for, simply enter the standard citation in the Lexundria search box. Lexundria will automatically pinpoint the passage and display it.
3. Parallel-editions mode. When Lexundria hosts more than one edition of a work, you will see a “compare” option at the bottom of the version menu. This feature allows you to compare editions side-by-side, one passage at a time. For a taste of how this works, try reading Epicurus’s Kuriai Doxai in comparison mode.
4. A comprehensive search engine. Lexundria’s full-text search engine makes it easy to search for words and phrases. To search the entire Lexundria library, simply enter your search terms in the search box and hit submit. To limit your search to a single work, add a backslash followed by the standard abbreviation for the work. (For example, “Antonius \Cic. Phil.” will search for occurrences of “Antonius” only in Cicero’s Philippics.) To limit your search to a single edition, add another backslash followed by the Lexundria abbreviation for the edition. (Edition abbreviations can be found on Lexundria’s table of contents page for the work you’re interested in.)
Histories
Philosophy
Political materials
Religious literature
Socratic memorabilia
Technical
Ethnography
Biographies
- Josephus: Life of Flavius Josephusc. 100 AD
- Plutarch: Parallel Livesc. 100 AD
- Life of Theseus
- Life of Romulus
- Comparison of Theseus and Romulus
- Life of Lycurgus
- Life of Numa
- Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa
- Life of Solon
- Life of Publicola
- Comparison of Solon and Publicola
- Life of Themistocles
- Life of Camillus
- Life of Pericles
- Life of Fabius Maximus
- Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus
- Life of Alcibiades
- Life of Coriolanus
- Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus
- Life of Timoleon
- Life of Aemilius Paulus
- Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus
- Life of Pelopidas
- Life of Marcellus
- Comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus
- Life of Aristides
- Life of Cato the Elder
- Comparison of Aristides and Cato
- Life of Philopoemen
- Life of Flamininus
- Comparison of Philopoemen and Flamininus
- Life of Pyrrhus
- Life of Marius
- Life of Lysander
- Life of Sulla
- Comparison of Lysander and Sulla
- Life of Cimon
- Life of Lucullus
- Comparison of Cimon and Lucullus
- Life of Nicias
- Life of Crassus
- Comparison of Nicias and Crassus
- Life of Eumenes
- Life of Sertorius
- Comparison of Eumenes and Sertorius
- Life of Agesilaus
- Life of Pompey
- Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey
- Life of Alexander
- Life of Caesar
- Life of Phocion
- Life of Cato the Younger
- Life of Agis
- Life of Cleomenes
- Life of Tiberius
- Life of Caius Gracchus
- Comparison of Agis and Cleomenes and the Gracchi
- Life of Demosthenes
- Life of Cicero
- Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero
- Life of Demetrius
- Life of Antony
- Comparison of Demetrius and Antony
- Life of Dion
- Life of Brutus
- Comparison of Dion and Brutus
- Plutarch: Life of Aratusc. 100 AD
- Plutarch: Life of Artaxerxesc. 100 AD
- Plutarch: Life of Galbac. 100 AD
- Plutarch: Life of Othoc. 100 AD
- Suetonius: Lives of the Caesarsc. 120 AD
- Life of Julius Caesar
- Life of Augustus
- Life of Tiberius
- Life of Caligula
- Life of Claudius
- Life of Nero
- Life of Galba
- Life of Otho
- Life of Vitellius
- Life of Vespasian
- Life of Titus
- Life of Domitian
New exhibition seeks to revisit Raffles’ other facets
ia The Straits Times, 01 January 2019: Modern Singapore's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles, is the focus of a new exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum starting next month.
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RM10mil for ancient secrets
via The Star, 04 January 2019: The Malaysia federal government has approved a RM$10 million budget for more work at the Sungai Batu site in Kedah.
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Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Investigations at the Victoria Concert Hall
via the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, a newly-published report on the excavations at the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore.
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