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Les colliers de type ‘barmy’ et l’art des orfèvres de la Rus’ kiévienne.

Author(s): Natalia Rudyka / Language(s): French Issue: 2/2018

The present article describes the barmy – necklaces of medallions – as part of the art of the Kievan Rus’ goldsmiths, while also grouping them into categories. Such systematic studies of each type of jewellery should, over time, give a new image of the Kievan Rus’ goldsmith’s work and present it as a multidimensional phenomenon: archaeological, historical, and artistic. The two categories of barmy presented here are, on the one hand, the gold enamel medallions decorated according to the cloisonné technique, and on the other hand, the silver barmy decorated in the niello technique. These pieces have already been well studied, but there are no publications entirely devoted to them that would discuss all the achievements in this field, in order to present new research perspectives. In drawing the state of the art of the question—but also in speaking of other types of Kievan jewellery, the author attempts to address problematic questions of who wore these jewels, who designed them, and what techniques were employed. The answers to these questions are still unclear today, but they are a first step towards identifying the solutions.

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Aspecte ale recuperării unor fragmente de pictură murală de la Biserica de lemn din satul Budurăști, jud. Vâlcea

Author(s): Cosmina- Mădălina Dediu,Gheorghiță Romeo / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 7/2018

The wooden church from Budurăşti village, Stoeneşti commune, Vâlcea county was built in 1755-56 and is dedicated to the „Parvichia Paraschiva”, and is also included in the updated list of historical monuments, LMI 2015, Code VL-II-m-B-09691. Over time, it has been abandoned and suffered continuous degradations, reaching a state of ruin today. In December 2016, the paintings were brought to the Conservation and Restoration Section of the National University of Arts in Bucharest, where the conservation and restoration documentation was drawn up. Thus it was possible to outline the conservation-restoration procedure of the mural fragments retrieved from situ. Conservation-restoration operations consisted of: reinforcing and grinding the support layer, removing the provisional face, fixing the color film, recomposing the image from the recovered fragments, translating the wall painting onto a new support.

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Some Hellenistic and late Roman terracotta lamps in the Sinop Archaeological Museum in northern Turkey

Author(s): Gülseren Kan Şahin,Eray Aksoy / Language(s): English Issue: XXVIII/2019

The paper considers some terracotta lamps from recent rescue excavations by the Sinop Archaeological Museum in ancient Sinope, classifying them by types and chronological groups, from the 2nd century BC to the 7th century AD. The lamps represent part of the local lamp-making tradition, which is underinvestigated although equally important as the amphora production industry in this eastern Paphlagonian city.

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Alexandria Kom el‑Dikka. Excavations and preservation work in the 2018 season

Author(s): Grzegorz Majcherek / Language(s): English Issue: XXVIII/2019

The 2018 season saw a continuation of research on Roman housing and urbanism in Alexandria. Excavations were focused in the central area of the Kom el-Dikka site, where some early to mid-Roman structures (2nd–3rd centuries AD) were explored. The uncovered part of the building seems to combine domestic and commercial functions. A couple of shops opening onto the street were identified. Evidence of artisanal production of glass beads was also recognised in the post-occupation phase. Post-processing of the finds (pottery, glass vessels, painted wall plaster and coins) was continued. The paper also brings an overview of the preservation program, which was limited this season to maintenance conservation of structures seriously threatened by unfavourable climatic conditions (mainly the Baths and auditoria).

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Conservation work in Marina el-Alamein in 2018 (Polish–Egyptian Conservation Mission)

Author(s): Anna Selerowicz,Piotr Zambrzycki / Language(s): English Issue: XXVIII/2019

The article presents the program and results of continuous monitoring and preservation of historic architectural structures after the winter period at the site of Marina el-Alamein in Egypt, carried out by the Polish-Egyptian Conservation Mission. The program embraced studies of ancient plaster, polychromy and execution techniques employed for producing elements of sculptural and architectural decoration, as well as conservation of archaeological artifacts.

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Central Asian köshks from the Islamic period before the Mongol conquest: fortified, semi-fortified or unfortified?

Author(s): Piotr Piekarz / Language(s): English Issue: XXVIII/2019

In their external appearance, the Islamic-period köshks in Central Asia, especially the characteristic buildings with corrugated outer walls, dated broadly speaking from the 7th–8th century AD to the times of the Mongol conquest at the beginning of the 13th century, are apparently fortified. However, they lack a number of features characteristic of defensive buildings. Their interpretation as residential structures in this period is indisputed, hence their apparent defensiveness has been attributed to a line of evolution from pre-Islamic architecture of this type, which played a military role. A review of various defensive elements present in these structures, compared with buildings from an earlier period, highlights this process. An apparent exception is the Great Kyz Kala at Merv, Turkmenistan, which may have not lost its defensive capacity immediately, as recent research by the UCL Institute of Archaeology Ancient Merv Project has demonstrated.

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Restoration of the Lion of Allat statue from Palmyra after the 2015 devastation

Author(s): Bartosz Markowski / Language(s): English Issue: XXVIII/2019

The Lion of Allat statue from the Temple of Allat in Palmyra suffered extensive damages during the 2015 devastation of monuments in the ancient oasis city. Discovered in the mis 1970s, it was reconstructed in 1977 and then preserved again in a new arrangement that recalled the original context of the statue in 2005. In 2017 and 2018, the statue was recreated once again in the gardens of the National Museum in Damascus. The article traces the restoration process, providing detailed data on the current condition of this monumental statue.

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ЗА ДВЕ ИНТЕРЕСНИ НАХОДКИ MILITARIA ОТ РАЙОНА НА АНТИЧНИЯ ДИМУМ

Author(s): Vladimir Naydenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 19/2021

Two rare elements of Roman ceremonial equipment are presented – part of an iron helmet mask and bronze helmet element. Both findings were found in one area – the Hisarluka locality, southwest of what is now Belene (antique Dimum). They are dated in the period: the end of 1st century – the middle of the 3-rd century and most probably originate from an unregistered necropolis until now.

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АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИ ДАННИ ЗА РИМСКО ВОЕННО ПРИСЪСТВИЕ НА „ШИШМАНОВО КАЛЕ“

Author(s): Mihail Hristov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 19/2021

The article is dedicated to the problem of roman military presence in Samokov valley during roman period. Because of lack of historical or epigraphic data for it, we are force to turn to archaeology. During excavations on “Shishmanovo Kale” late roman fortress, near present day city of Samokov, are found some objects which may linked with roman military. This small but distinctive group of finds consist a fragment of phalera, copper alloy fittings to roman military belts and horse harness, arrowheads and lead slingshots. Identical belt fittings and weapons are published from numerous roman military camps, fortresses and sites with certain presence of roman troops in first three centuries AD. These finds indicates presence of regular roman military in the place of “Shishmanovo Kale“ at least two centuries before its building in the middle of IV c. AD. Some of the fittings are more common for infantry, others are more typical for the equestrian troops. This may indicate the mixed character of the military group stationed here. Despite the lack of historical data, we suggested that detachments of cohors II Lucensium were stationed here. This is the only known by epigraphic data military unit with permanent base in this region, stationed here after 198 AD. Also cohors II Lucensium consists of infantry and equestrian detachments, and this could explain the presence of both types of fittings here.

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КРЕМАЦИИ ОД 4 ВЕК ОД ЛОКАЛИТЕТОТ КОКОЛОВ РИД

Author(s): Julijana Ivanova / Language(s): Macedonian Issue: 19/2021

With the archaeological excavations at the site Kokolov hill in the vilage Vinichka Krshla municipality of Vinitsa in 2016, in the area east of the third and fourth tumulus eight cremation burials were discovered. According to the discovered material which mainly consists of ceramic dishes that were deposited as burial attachments and according to the coins discovered in some of them, the dating of these burials goes back to the middle of the 4th century. The burial constructions are shallow, oval and rectangular in shape, rounded with larger stones and covered with higher concentrations of stones. In the interior, which is filled with mixed soil and stone, on the cremated remains of small bones and burning there are higher concentrations of ceramic dishes whose most common forms are plates, cups, pitchers and rags. In most cases, this pottery is made of high quality gray clay, decorated with relief and printed ornaments made by embossing and engraving. These types of dishes discovered at other archaeological sites in Vinitsa region such as Vinichko Kale and Goritsa provide evidence that this group of ceramic dishes is from the time of major reforms in the Roman Empire when more political, administrative, military and economic system changes occurred. They are a compulsory grave addition to cremations, which as a local burial tradition continue to be practiced despite the official ban.

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ЗМЕЙ − ДРАКОН ПО АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИ И ЕТНОГРАФСКИ ДАННИ

Author(s): Philip Petrunov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 19/2021

The idea of the Serpent or Dragon, and the reptiles with mythological dimensions take a special place in the Bulgarian folklore. The songs, the stories and the legends related to the demonic power of the extra-mundane creatures with inhuman power, wings and four legs are widespread. In addition to their supernatural powers, they possess very often human traits: they eat, drink and steal maidens. These fairy tales, which were created to “scare the children”, many times has a historical background. The image of the extraordinary “Seven-Headed Serpent/Dragon” and its output date back to the 19th century. The mythical creature is represented by a massive scaly body with two legs in a sitting position. An archaeological artifact found in 2014 from the “Marble City – Lyutitsa” 463 – a luxury bronze spur with gilded and glass paste, on which are depicted Seven-Headed Serpent sheds new light on our understanding of those monuments. In between the ruins of Lyutitsa were discovered silver coins of the Latin nobles, who devastated the Bulgarian lands by the end of the 13th century. Some of them are direct descendants of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor who ruled Constantinople between 1209–1215. As those nobles were bearer of destruction and death, the image of the “Seven-Headed Serpent/Dragon” with crowns depict the notion of Western aristocrats. Whether or not the social memory connected to the Latins and their devastations were transformed in such a direct way and if it was so semantically enriched through the epochs? It is a question we have to pay more attention in the future researches.

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ВТОРИЯТ СКАЛЕН РЕЛЕФ КРАЙ МАДАРА – ОПИСАНИЕ И АНАЛИЗ

Author(s): Lubomir Conev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 20/2021

At the beginning of the 20th century Karel Škorpil studied the surroundings of the Madara rocks and registered Thracian sites from the Roman period, Old Bulgarian and even medieval Bulgarian sites. The area has a rich and centuries-old cult history, but the public consciousness is dominated by the Great Madara rock relief of a horseman. However, Škorpil registered another smaller rock relief nearby, which had already been destroyed in his time. The small Madara relief is located on the Daul-Tash rock block between the villages of Madara and Kyulevcha. Today it is practically forgotten, difficult to access, unvisited. Archeologists and historians pay no attention to this object. In the present report the Small Madara relief is rediscovered, a convenient route to it is established, it is photographed with modern equipment and several hypotheses are proposed about its presumed content, as well as about its destruction. The author hopes that the Small Relief deserves to be rehabilitated as a valuable historical site. The presence of a second rock relief is extremely important for clarifying the general picture of the sacred area, including the villages Kalugeritsa-Madara-Kyulevcha.

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Emil Lupu, Ctitori şi ctitorii la Curbura Carpaţilor în veacurile XIV-XVIII

Author(s): Adrian Constantin / Language(s): Romanian Issue: XLVI/2017

Review of: Emil Lupu, Ctitori şi ctitorii la Curbura Carpaţilor în veacurile XIV-XVIII (Bibliotheca archaeologica moldaviae XVI), Academia română – Filiala iaşi, Institutul de arheologie, editura doxologia, 2011, 381 p., listă planşe 52, listă fotografii 76

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DESCOPERIRILE ARHEOLOGICE DE LA TG. TROTUŞ DIN ANII 1983-1986

Author(s): Al. Artimon / Language(s): Romanian Issue: XVIII-XIX/1987

Dans cet article l’auteur se rapporte aux recherches archéologiques éffectués la Tg. Trotuş en période des années 1983—1986. A cette ocasion ont été decouvertes 11 d'habitations, 6 four d'usage courant et 11 fosses ménagères.

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WHAT IS HIDDEN UNDERNEATH THE BLACK AND BROWN ON SILESIAN GLASSWARE? ABOUT THE ARCHAEOMETRIC CHALLENGE IN THE STUDY OF PAINTED DECORATIONS ON LATE-MEDIEVAL AND POST-MEDIEVAL FINDS FROM WROCŁAW, SW OF POLAND

Author(s): Beata Miazga / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

At the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the post-medieval period, painted glass vessels were not uncommon and are found during archaeological excavations, especially in urban sites. In the first quarter of the 21st century in Wrocław, a considerable collection of painted glassware was obtained during excavations: some of these artefacts were characterised by multicoloured painted decorations, while others seemed to be made using a modest colour palette, mainly brown and black. It was decided to take a closer look at the latter vessels and establish the cause of such differences. For this purpose, non-destructive and minimally invasive analytical tools were employed, commonly used to study archaeological artefacts, such as microscopic observations in visible light (OM), X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) or scanning electron microscopy coupled with an energy-dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS). In the course of archaeometric research, the results confirmed the assumptions about the significant contamination of painted decorations by mineral substances, especially iron and sulphur. The deposition of these elements on the surface of paint caused a permanent change in the colour of decorations on glass vessels.

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CERCETĂRILE ARHEOLOGICE DE LA TG. TROTUŞ DIN ANII 1987-1989

Author(s): Alexandru Artimon / Language(s): Romanian Issue: XX/1989

Dans cet article l’auteur se rapporte aux recherches archéologiques effectues la Tg. Trotuş en periode des années 1987—1989...

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EVOLUŢIA LOCALITĂŢII TÎRGU OCNA ÎN EVUL MEDIU (PINĂ LA MIJLOCUL SECOLULUI AL XVIII-LEA)

Author(s): Corneliu Stoica / Language(s): Romanian Issue: XXI/1990

C est pour la première fois qu'on essaie, basés sur un vaste matériel documentaire, de préciser les commencements de la localité de Tîrgu Ocna, qui remontent a la première décennie du XV-ème siècle...

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ЗАСЕЛЕНИЕ СТАРОВЕРАМИ ВЫГОВСКОГО СУЗЕМКА

Author(s): A. N. Staritsyn / Language(s): Russian Issue: 4/2022

The purpose of the article is to study the socio-geographical issues of the early Old Belief using an integrated approach to sources. The origin of the Old Believers – the first settlers of uninhabited lands on the border of two pogosts of the Olonets Uyezd is considered. Over time, there was a gradual process of settlement of the Vyg River basin from west to east, depending on the number of fugitives and the availability of ready housing. The settlements were large (monastery) and small (hermitages). The censuses of 1678 and 1707 were used as sources on the history of the early Old Believers. A comparative analysis of the seventeenth-century census data and the first revision with the data from the Old Believers’ sources was made. New biographical data on some of the first Vyg settlers were obtained. The results of the study confirmed the conclusion made by M. L. Sokolovskaya that the overwhelming number of settlers came from the Olonets Uyezd pogosts, on the territory of which the settlements were founded. The social composition of the settlers (their peasant background) corresponds to the social composition of the inhabited village districts surrounding the unpopulated forest areas (suzemok).

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Author(s): Lăcrămioara-Elena Istina,Ioan Mitrea,Anton Coşa,Elena Artimon / Language(s): Romanian Issue: XXX/2001

Reviews: CULTURA COSTIŞA ÎN CONTEXTUL EPOCII BRONZULUI DIN ROMÂNIA, COORD. VALERIU CAVRUC ŞI GHEORGHE DUMITROAIA, PIATRA NEAMŢ, EDITURA "CONSTANTIN MATASĂ", 2001, 138 P. + 82 PLANŞE (Lăcrămioara Elena lstina) PETRE GHERGHE, REPERTORIUL INFORMAŢIILOR ŞI DESCOPERIRILOR ARHEOLOGICE DIN OLTENIA. EPOCA LATÈNE, CRAIOVA, EDITURA UNIVERSITARIA, 2001, 145 P. (Lăcrămioara Elena lstina) LULIAN ANTONESCU, LIBERŢII ÎN SOCIETATEA ROMANĂ A SECOLELOR I-II, CONSTANŢA, EDITURA EX PONTO, 2000, 80 P. (Ioan Mitrea) D. PROTASE, AUTOHTONII ÎN DACIA, VOLUMUL II. DACIA POSTROMANĂ PÂNĂ LA SLAVI, CLUJ-NAPOCA, EDITURA RISOPRINT, 2000, 388 P. (Ioan Mitrea) IOAN MURARIU, ISTORIA SATELOR CRISTINEŞTI, DĂMILENI ŞI DRAGALINA (JUDEŢUL BOTOŞANI), BACĂU, EDITURA PLUMB, 2001, 220 P. TEXT + 23 P. ILUSTRAŢll (Ioan Mitrea) MOLDVAI MAGYAROK- CSANGO MAGYAROK, ÎNGRIJIT DE FARKAS TIBOR, KECSKÉS JOSEF, DR. POZSONY FERENC, DR. KOLTA DORA, BUDAPEST, EDITURA GODOLO, 2000, 68 P. (Anton Coşa) NICOLAE MISCHIE, VASILE LASCĂR REFORMATOR ÎN ADMINISTRAŢIA DE STAT, CLUJ-NAPOCA, EDITURA "CLUSIUM", 2000, 264 P. (Elena Artimon)

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ЗАДУЖБИНЕ И ЗАДУЖБИНАРИ У СРПСКОЈ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЈ ЕПАРХИЈИ ТЕМИШВАРСКОЈ

Author(s): Sașa Iașin / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 7/2021

Endowment as a possessed form of charity was very much present in the life of Serbian communities. Endowments are one of the best examples of an individual's love and respect for their nationality and for the spiritual and intellectual support of Serbian youth and intellectuals. The times that followed the Second World War diminished the public's interest in this type of charity, ie the fate of these funds became uncertain until they were extinguished. Today, when they are no more, the learned good deeds and the significance they had in life testify to them the most. Archival material, as well as other rich bibliography, provide a real opportunity to present the life of these endowments and their creators, as a phenomenon of exceptional importance in the Serbian people. Leaving their endowments to those who will come into the world after them, the endowments are permanently ugly. Conscious of their presumed role in a given time and space must not replace the work of those who, through self-preservation, love for the people and their neighbors and noble feelings, considered it our duty to publish their immortal deeds.

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