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View article: Multi-proxy bioarchaeological analysis of skeletal remains shows genetic discontinuity in a Medieval Sicilian community
Multi-proxy bioarchaeological analysis of skeletal remains shows genetic discontinuity in a Medieval Sicilian community Open
The medieval period in Sicily was turbulent, involving successive regime changes, from Byzantine (Greek Christian), Aghlabid (Sunni Muslim), Fatimid (Shīʿa Muslim), to Normans and Swabians (Latin Christian). To shed new light on the local …
View article: Water security through community-directed monitoring in the Canadian Columbia Basin: democratizing watershed data
Water security through community-directed monitoring in the Canadian Columbia Basin: democratizing watershed data Open
The Columbia Basin Water Monitoring Framework (CBWMF) aims to help quantify the impacts of climate change on freshwater sources in the Canadian Columbia Basin. By involving stakeholders and prioritizing monitoring based on scientific and c…
View article: Cuisine in transition? Organic residue analysis of domestic containers from 9th-14th century Sicily
Cuisine in transition? Organic residue analysis of domestic containers from 9th-14th century Sicily Open
From the 9th to 14th centuries AD, Sicily experienced a series of rapid and quite radical changes in political regime, but the impact of these regime changes on the lives of the people that experienced them remains largely elusive within t…
View article: S1: Organic residue analysis data of CLESP and MZ from Cuisine in transition? Organic residue analysis of domestic containers from ninth- to fourteenth-century Sicily
S1: Organic residue analysis data of CLESP and MZ from Cuisine in transition? Organic residue analysis of domestic containers from ninth- to fourteenth-century Sicily Open
Ceramic sample information and ORA results and interpretations in excel format
View article: New insights into early medieval Islamic cuisine: Organic residue analysis of pottery from rural and urban Sicily
New insights into early medieval Islamic cuisine: Organic residue analysis of pottery from rural and urban Sicily Open
Sicily, during the 9 th -12 th century AD, thrived politically, economically, and culturally under Islamic political rule and the capital of Palermo stood as a cultural and political centre in the Mediterranean Islamic world. However, to w…
View article: Chemical evidence for the persistence of wine production and trade in Early Medieval Islamic Sicily
Chemical evidence for the persistence of wine production and trade in Early Medieval Islamic Sicily Open
Significance As a high-value luxury commodity, wine has been transported across the Mediterranean since the Bronze Age. The wine trade was potentially disrupted during political and religious change brought about by Islamization in the Ear…
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specialising in early medieval archaeology
View article: Sicily in transition : new research on early medieval Sicily, 2017-2018
Sicily in transition : new research on early medieval Sicily, 2017-2018 Open
Il testo che segue riguarda la nostra ricerca archeologica sulla Sicilia bizantina, islamica e normanno-sveva e in particolare riporta le ultime scoperte a Castronovo di Sicilia, che includono il riconoscimento di una chiesa del XII-XIII s…
View article: Sicily in Transition : Interim report of investigations at Castronovo di Sicilia 2016
Sicily in Transition : Interim report of investigations at Castronovo di Sicilia 2016 Open
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View article: The York Gospels: a 1000-year biological palimpsest
The York Gospels: a 1000-year biological palimpsest Open
Medieval manuscripts, carefully curated and conserved, represent not only an irreplaceable documentary record but also a remarkable reservoir of biological information. Palaeographic and codicological investigation can often locate and dat…
View article: The York Gospels: a one thousand year biological palimpsest
The York Gospels: a one thousand year biological palimpsest Open
Medieval manuscripts, carefully curated and conserved, represent not only an irreplaceable documentary record but also a remarkable reservoir of biological information. Palaeographic and codicological investigation can often locate and dat…
View article: Supplementary material from "The York Gospels: a 1000-year biological palimpsest"
Supplementary material from "The York Gospels: a 1000-year biological palimpsest" Open
Medieval manuscripts, carefully curated and conserved, represent not only an irreplaceable documentary record but also a remarkable reservoir of biological information. Palaeographic and codicological investigation can often locate and dat…
View article: Sicily in Transition Research Project. Investigations at Castronovo di Sicilia. Results and Prospects, 2015
Sicily in Transition Research Project. Investigations at Castronovo di Sicilia. Results and Prospects, 2015 Open
Il progetto Sicily in Transition e nato dalla collaborazione delle Universita di York e di Roma Tor Vergata, con il pieno ap-poggio della Soprintendenza ai BB. CC. AA di Palermo. La finalita della nostra ricerca e quella di analizzare, att…
View article: Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-East Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD
Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-East Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD Open
Portmahomack on the Tarbat peninsula overlooking the Dornoch Firth is a fishing village with a 1,500-year-old history. In the sixth and seventh century it was a high-ranking centre with monumental cist burials and links to the equestrian c…