L’Émergence de l’esthétique photographique par Viollet-le-Duc et Ruskin by Arnaud François

“…This article deploys the field of research on structuring sensitive experiences through "energetic images" to examine the influence of photography on architectural aesthetics during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using a quasi-archaeological approach, the article takes a case study of the works of Viollet-le-Duc and Ruskin, hypothesizing that photography unconsciously influenced their sense of perception and imagination to the point of renewing the art of architecture from this new aesthetic. …”
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Los mayas y los otros: integración y distinción cultural en el paisaje urbano y rural de Copán by Felix Kupprat

“…This article explores new ways of approaching Maya identity in the regional state of Copan by the means of a comparative epigraphic analysis that responds to settlement patterns and recent archaeological and bioarchaeological data. At this site on the periphery of the Maya world, the sociopolitical authorities developed a cultural identity based on the elite culture of 5th-century Tikal, which was instrumentalized in order to integrate a multi-ethnic population under a hegemonic ideological model.…”
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Human Flea Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) by Chad L. Cross, Estelle Martin, Lucas Brendel

“…In fact, this species has been found associated with human archaeological sediments in Europe and Greenland, underscoring the long-term correlation between humans and this flea (Buckland and Sadler 1989). …”
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Maladie hyperostosique et mode de vie : intérêt d’une démarche bio-archéologique. Exemple du cimetière du Couvent des Soeurs Grises de Beauvais (Oise), XVe-XVIIIe siècles by Sacha Kacki, Sébastien Villotte

“…This study confirms the usefulness of the joint application of historical, archaeological, and paleopathological data in the reconstitution of the way of life of past populations.…”
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Quelques retours d’expériences d’archéo-géophysiques du PCR « Monastères en Europe occidentale (ve-xe siècles). Topographie et structures des premiers établissements en Franche-Com... by Sébastien Bully, Christian Sapin

“…The heuristic confrontation between « geophysical image » and « archaeological reality » helps to define the limits of this method, which is the most workable for the period, especially for this Early medieval type of structure and « archi-stratigraphic environment ». …”
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Hospitaller Castles and Fortifications in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1136-1291 by Denys Pringle

“…This paper presents a historical and archaeological overview of the castles and other fortifications built and occupied by the Order of the Hospital of St John in the Kingdom of Jerusalem between 1136, when the order acquired the castle of Bayt Jibrīn, and the final Mamluk siege of Acre in 1291, during which it defended a section of the city walls. …”
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Investigating and Analyzing the Formation and Evolution of Songhor City in Islamic Periods by Mehran Motamedi, Zarin Fakhar

“…And to collect the required data and information, library-documentary studies and field visits (observation, testing and interviewing) were used. Among the archaeological evidence and historical documents examined in this study include: pottery, gravestones of medieval Islamic times, religious and non-religious architecture, and springs and sanctuaries. …”
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HOABINHIAN IN VIETNAM AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES FROM 20,000 TO 7,000 YEARS BP by Khac Su Nguyen

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Anatomy of the endemic palms of the Near and Middle East: archaeobotanical perspectives by Romain Thomas

“…Woody petioles and midribs of these five genera constitute a common source of fuel, as shown by the many palm fragments found in domestic hearths on archaeological sites. They are also transformed into furniture, small fishing boats or other carpentry works. …”
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Des objets en bois remarquables issus d’un puits de la place d’Assas à Nîmes (Gard) by Pierre Mille, Éric Bayen, Frédéric Conche, Martial Monteil

“…The archaeological excavation of Assas Square in Nîmes in 2003 brought to light a vast hypostyle edifice built around the change of the era, which was subsequently reworked, then unfortunately levelled. …”
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Les établissements perchés de l’Auvergne (ive-viie s. apr. J.-C.) : de nouvelles formes d’habitat groupé by Sandra Chabert, Damien Martinez

“…The resurgence of hilltop settlements that began in the Late Antiquity in Gaul is now at the heart of Roman period and medieval archaeological research. For a long time this subject was considered anecdotal, however it is now being reconsidered and incorporated into the discourse on such new forms of concentrated settlement. …”
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Le camp légionnaire romain de Mayence/Mogontiacum (Allemagne) : nouveaux résultats sur l’enceinte et la chronologie by Daniel Burger-Völlmecke

“…No changes to the earth-and-timber rampart can be identified archaeologically during phase 3 and the north-western long side is also the only one for which the course remains unknown for this phase. …”
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Fortified architecture of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem in southwest France, from the 12th to the 15th century by Yoan Mattalia

“…John of Jerusalem in southwestern France from the twelfth to the end of the fifteenth century. The archaeological traces of a fortification implemented from the foundation of the houses in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries are rare. …”
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IN SEARCH OF THE ORIGINS OF ISRAELITE ANICONISM by S I Kang

“…Some major theories will be critically reviewed, and a new synthesis with reference to archaeological and iconographic data will be presented. …”
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Looking closer: the eastern gate of the Early Bronze Age fortifications on Zyndram’s Hill and its relation to ritual practices by Marcin S. Przybyła, Jan Ledwoń, Magdalena Makiel, Aleksandra Wójcik

“…We shall try to justify this assumption based on various categories of evidence: the layouts of the entire defensive system of the settlement on Zyndram’s Hill and of similar fortifications in the Balkans, the landscape and astronomical context, the symbolism of some of the elements used in the gate (stone stelae) and the artefacts discovered in it (anthropomorphic figurines), and finally, the results of archaeological-botanical and microstratigraphic analysis of sediments. …”
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EURAD State-of-the-Art Report: Assessment of the chemical evolution at the disposal cell scale – part II – gaining insights into the geochemical evolution by Guido Deissmann, Erika Neeft, Diederik Jacques

“…In this second part, an overview is given about methods and approaches that can be used to gain further insights into the processes driving the geochemical evolution, more in particular (i) laboratory and in-situ experiments, (ii) archaeological and natural analogues, and (iii) modelling tools. …”
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Praetoria et tabernae en Gaule : contribution à l’identification des établissements de bord de route by Philippe Leveau

“…However, there was no archaeological evidence for their existence before the praetorium of Muru of Bangius in Sardinia was identified. …”
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Revisiting Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) and the Ancient Maya by Mary Baker

“…Originally refuted by Baker (1992), this paper reevaluates the evidence from both papers, taking an ethnoprimatological, four‑field approach and integrating content from cultural, biological, linguistic and archaeological anthropology to discuss evidence that capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) were also found within the Maya region in ancient times. …”
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The Egyptian Museum in Fiction: The Mummy’s Eyes as the ‘Black Mirror’ of the Empire by Nolwenn Corriou

“…In the context of the constitution of the ‘imperial archive’ (Thomas Richards), the museum plays a substantial role and the interactions between the archaeologist or museum visitor and the mummy in fiction can be interpreted in imperial terms, archaeological processes of excavation, classification and exhibition mirroring imperial dynamics. …”
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Sens/Agedincum, cité des Sénons by Pierre Nouvel, Anne Delor-Ahü, Émilien Estur, Stéphane Venault

“…The scarcity of epigraphic and archaeological documents in situ does not permit us an informed study of the population structure and the nature of the activities that took place here. …”
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