Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Open Access Journal: Revista DJESER


 
        Con este primer número damos un nuevo paso a otro de nuestros proyectos: la Revista DJESER, que nace para dar cabida a estudios sobre Arte, Arqueología y Egiptología, así como al amplio campo de disciplinas afines. Presentaremos trabajos de investigación, inéditos, pero también artículos sobre exposiciones, monumentos, piezas. Etc.
        Su publicación será de cuatro números anuales y, en principio, se podrá descargar gratuitamente desde nuestra web. En este número leeremos sobre los mingqi, los yong y los muyong, objetos de los ajuares de las dinastías chinas Zhou, Qin y Han que muchas veces hemos observado en los  museos, sin conocer bien su historia y significado.
        Un interesante estudio de la obra de Chardin, que hemos podido visitar en la exposición organizada por el Museo del Prado, lo analiza y compara con obras de otros autores coetáneos.
        La Fundación Mapfre nos trajo a Madrid piezas maestras del arte románico. Así hemos podido ver de cerca elementos arquitectónicos, tablas de altar y orfebrería religiosa. Algunas piezas mejor expuestas que otras.
        A pesar de los últimos treinta años revueltos que ha sufrido Afganistán, hoy podemos admirar, en Londres, uno de sus más preciados tesoros. Los hallazgos de Tepe Fullol, Ai Khanum, Begram y Tilia Tepe nos muestran como, una tierra que fue encrucijada de civilizaciones y paso obligado en las Rutas de la Seda, fue absorbiendo características artísticas de otros pueblos mezclándolas con las suyas y dando lugar a auténticas obras maestras que hoy se presentan en varias ciudades de Europa y América.
        Terminamos con una de las más bonitas piezas de la joyería del Egipto antiguo, la diadema de la princesa Sit Hathor Yunet.
Se puede DESCARGAR la revista a través del botón INSCRIBIRSE.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Open Access Journal: Iris: Journal of the Classical Association of Victoria

Iris: Journal of the Classical Association of Victoria
ISSN 1448 - 1421

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What is Iris?

Iris is the journal of the Classical Association of Victoria. The New Series of the journal was founded in 1988. The Journal Editor is Mr. John L. Penwill of La Trobe University, Bendigo. The Assistant Editor is Dr. Heather M. Jackson, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Melbourne. The Honorary Secretary is Dr. K.O. Chong-Gossard, lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Iris is published with the support of the Muriel P. Blackwood Memorial Fund.

What is in Iris?

Iris is now a refereed publication. This means that articles published in the refereed section undergo a peer review process. This involves assessment of the publication in its entirety (not merely an abstract or extract), before publication, and by appropriately independent, qualified experts. Independent in this context means independent of the author.

How do I contribute to Iris?

Persons interested into submitting articles or letters to the journal should send them to either the Journal Editor (John Penwil) or the Honorary Secretary (K.O. Chong-Gossard). Contributors should state whether they wish their article to be refereed or not.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Open Access Journal: Queensland Archaeological Research

Queensland Archaeological Research

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Queensland Archaeological Research, is a refereed journal published since 1984 devoted to publishing substantive archaeological material pertaining to research in Queensland, Australia and adjacent areas. Data-rich manuscripts are particularly welcome. Contributions are accepted in six sections: Articles (5000+ words), Short Reports (<3000 words), Obituaries (500-2000), Thesis Abstracts (200-500), Book Reviews (500-2000) and Backfill (which includes letters and other material of interest to readers). Queensland Archaeological Research is published in one volume each year.

2002

Vol 13 (2002)

Recent Archaeological Research in Southeast Queensland
Sean Ulm & Jay Hall (eds)

2000

Vol 12 (2000)

Index of Dates from Archaeological Sites in Queensland
Sean Ulm & Jill Reid

1999

Vol 11 (1999)

The Gooreng Gooreng Cultural Heritage Project: Preliminary Results of Archaeological Research, 1993-1997
Ian Lilley, Sean Ulm & Michael Williams (eds)










1984

Vol 1 (1984)

Friday, August 26, 2011

"Rome Wasn't Digitized in a Day": Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Classicists

"Rome Wasn't Digitized in a Day": Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Classicists by Alison Babeu
August 2011.
307 pp.
$0 (Web only)
ISBN 978-1-932326-38-3
The author provides a summative and recent overview of the use of digital technologies in classical studies, focusing on classical Greece, Rome, and the ancient Middle and Near East, and generally on the period up to about 600 AD. The report explores what projects exist and how they are used, examines the infrastructure that currently exists to support digital classics as a discipline, and investigates larger humanities cyberinfrastructure projects and existing tools or services that might be repurposed for the digital classics.

Creative Commons License
"Rome Wasn't Digitized in a Day": Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Classicists by Alison Babeu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.clir.org.



This is a Web-only publication. It is not available in print
A draft of this report was circulated for comment in October 2010.

Digital Library: Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României

Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României

Periodice
Muzeul Naţional
Cercetări Arheologice
Cercetări Numismatice
Monografii
Crişan Muşeţeanu în colaborare cu Dan Elefterescu, Ateliere ceramice romane de la Durostorum

Teze de Doctorat
Cristina Anton Manea, Structura şi restructurarea marii boierimi din Ţara Românească de la începutul secolului al XVI-LEA până la mijlocul secolului al XVII-LEA, 2003
Valentin Radu , Exploitation des ressources aquatiques dans les cultures néolithiques et chalcolithiques de la Roumanie Méridionale, 2003
Paul Cristian Damian , Geto-dacii în configuraţia demografică a Daciei Romane, 2002
Eugen S. Teodor , Ceramica din Muntenia, de la sfârşitul veacului al V-lea până la mijlocul veacului al VII-lea, 2001

Rapoarte

  Raport anual, 2007

  Raport anual, 2006

  Raport anual, 2008

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Early Explorers in Egypt & Nubia

Early Explorers in Egypt & Nubia
By Daniele Salvoldi

This is the blog of Daniele Salvoldi, an Egyptologist working on W. J. Bankes Egyptian and Nubian portfolio in Dorset History Centre, Dorchester.

He id developing links to a very interesting set of books and documents relating to the early exploration of Egypt and Nubia.

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Open Access Journal: Muzeul Naţional

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Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României
21 / 2009   [sumar | articole in extenso]
20 / 2008   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
19 / 2007   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
18 / 2006   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
17 / 2005   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
16 / 2004   [sumar | rezumate ]
15 / 2003   [sumar | rezumate ]
14 / 2002   [sumar | rezumate ]
13 / 2001   [sumar | rezumate ]
12 / 2000   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
11 / 1999   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
10 / 1998   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
9 / 1997   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
8 / 1995   [sumar | rezumate ]
7 / 1983   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
2 / 1975   [ ]
1 / 1974   [sumar | articole in extenso]

Open Access Journal: Cercetări Arheologice

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Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României

14-15 / 2007-2008   [sumar | articole in extenso]
13 / 2006   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
12 / 2003   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
11 / 2000   [sumar ]
10 / 1997   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
09 / 1992   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
07 / 1984   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
06 / 1983   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
05 / 1982   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
04 / 1981   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
03 / 1979   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
02 / 1976   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
01 / 1975   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso

Open Access Journal: Cercetări Numismatice


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Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României

14 / 2008   [sumar ]
09 - 11 / 2005   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
08 / 2003   [sumar ]
07 / 1996   [sumar | rezumate ]
06 / 1990   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
05 / 1983   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
04 / 1982   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
03 / 1980   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
02 / 1979   [sumar | rezumate | articole in extenso]
01 / 1978   [ ]

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Friday, August 19, 2011

Book: Archaeology 2.0: New Approaches to Communication and Collaboration

Archaeology 2.0: New Approaches to Communication and Collaboration
Kansa, Eric C.; Kansa, Sarah Whitcher; Watrall, Ethan (eds.)
Cotsen Digital Archaeology Series





Announced 18 August at:
This book explores the social use and context of the World Wide Web within the discipline of archaeology. While the Web has radically altered journalism, commerce, media and social relationships, its sees very uneven adoption in professional scholarly contexts. Case studies discussed in this book help illuminate patterns of adoption and resistance to new forms of scholarly communication and data sharing. These case studies explore social media, digital preservation, and cultural representation concerns, as well as technical and semantic challenges and approaches toward data interoperability. Contributors to this volume debate the merits and sustainability of open access publishing and how the Web mediates interactions between professional and nonprofessional communities engaged in archaeology.


Archaeology 2.0 is the first book in the Cotsen Institute’s new Digital Archaeology Series. The editors want to thank all of the book’s contributors, and also the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, especially Julie Nemer, Carol Leyba, and Willeke Wendrich. The printed version will be available for purchase shortly.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Inscriptifact Update

The InscriptiFact Team has reported in an email to registered users that they have just uploaded approximately 5700 new images of 296 new texts from the Persepolis Fortification Archive. The majority of Aramaic texts from the archive are now available.

InscriptiFact is part of The West Semitic Research Project an academic project affiliated with the University of Southern California School of Religion and directed by Dr. Bruce Zuckerman. 


About InscriptiFact

The InscriptiFact Project is a database designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. The target inscriptions are some of the earliest written records in the world from an array of international museums and libraries and field projects where inscriptions still remain in situ. Included are, for example, Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia and Canaan; papyri from Egypt; inscriptions on stone from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., clay sherds, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles); and Egyptian scarabs. These ancient texts represent religious and historical documents that serve as a foundation and historical point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged...
Examples of screens and searches in HTML format for viewing in a web browser.
Step-by-step instructions for conducting searches and retrieving images in InscriptiFact, in PDF format.
Step-by-step instructions for using the InscriptiFact Viewer, featuring RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) images, in PDF format.
One possible way to search for texts in InscriptiFact is by choosing "Text or Publication Numbers," i.e., common abbreviations used in the field of Ancient Near Eastern Studies. This PDF documents gives bibliographic information for the abbreviations or references used in InscriptiFact.
Download this document and fax it as stated to obtain access to InscriptiFact.
Click on this link to be taken to the download site for the InscriptiFact desktop client.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Open Access Journal: American Numismatic Society E-News

[First posted in AWOL 29 October 2009. Updated 14 September 2012]

American Numismatic Society E-News
The American Numismatic Society E-News is a monthly news posting sent out via e-mail. It allows members and friends of the ANS to keep up to date with recent acquisitions of coins, notes, medals and other items, upcoming events, and other news of interest to the numismatic community.


The American Numismatic Society sends out its E-News to members and interested individuals. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send e-mail to membership@numismatics.org.



Open Access Journal: Lyre of Ur News

In April 2003 follwing the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad and the destructive vandalism of thethe contents, including the Gold Lyre, Mr Andy Lowings announced that he would form a group to remake an authentic but playable version of the famous Harp of Ur shown above (actually technically a Lyre)

The inspiration for this came from stone carvings he viewed in the Chicago museum and a cover of Harpa magazine showing the mother of all harps dating from the time of Genesis itself!


This had not been done authentically before, using the correct original adhesives, Gulf shell and Sumerian region wood.


All existing harps held in Pennsylvania, Baghdad and London museums are, in fact, unplayable models reconstructed from bits, distributed after Leonard Woolley`s excavations in the 1930`s.


The Bull-headed harp held in the museum of Baghdad, has been well featured in the worlds press, as a result of events in Iraq. Much interest has been shown in hearing a remade and playable instrument.


This is a highly topical project. We would like to play it for you and see no reason why it should not tell its story all over the world.
LYRE OF UR NEWS 2 UK A4 Size     |     USA Letter Size
LYRE OF UR NEWS 3 UK A4 Size     |     USA Letter Size
LYRE OF UR NEWS 4 UK A5 Size
LYRE OF UR NEWS 5 UK A4 Size


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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The Iraq Museum in Google Street View

The journey to bring Iraq’s National Museum to Street View
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Google Lat Long Blog




Using the Street View indoor trolley to collect imagery

Over the years, our Street View technology has been used to showcase images from a variety of amazing locations around the world. Without the stress of travelling, we’ve all been able to tour places like Stonehenge, Palace and Park of Versailles, and even Half Moon Island (with the penguins!) in Antarctica. Starting today, you can view Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad on Google Maps, in our Street View Gallery and on the museum’s own website.

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Street View of Iraq National Museum

The project began in October 2009, when the Street View team had the opportunity to visit Baghdad to collaborate with the museum. By this time, the Iraqi National Museum had recovered a slew of articles that were infamously looted during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. The collection hosts a staggering wealth of artifacts dating back to some of the earliest human settlements, which developed around present day Iraq. The history of this area is often underrepresented, or otherwise inaccessible, in large part due to the political strife that has plagued Iraq. For this reason, we considered it an important opportunity to showcase Iraq’s National Museum in our Street View Gallery...
 

Open Access Journal: Alberca

Alberca – Revista de la Asociación de Amigos del Museo Arqueológico de Lorca

La Asociación de Amigos del Museo Arqueológico de Lorca se propuso, entre sus fines, el publicar periódicamente una revista que recogiera trabajos de humanidades, espacialmente los dedicados a la arqueología y la historia. Con este propósito se creo la Revista La Alberca, cuyo nombre se debe al enclave urbano en el que se emplaza el Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Lorca y que recuerda al origen árabe del lugar, tan importante para nosotros, y a la vez conocido e identificado en la Ciudad.

Con la Revista La Alberca  queremos ser receptores y difusores de la cultura y el patrimonio de nuestra comarca, fomentando el conocimiento de su pasado y contribuyendo a concienciar a la ciudadanía en la importancia de preservar el patrimonio, arqueológico, artístico, histórico y etnográfico del municipio de Lorca.


Los cinco números publicados hasta la fecha se encuentran disponibles para su consultado en esta web cuyo objetivo último es contribuir a facilitar la difusión de los numerosos trabajos científicos publicados en la Revista.
 

Revista Número 1
Revista Número 2
Revista Número 3
Revista Número 4
Revista Número 5
Revista Número 6
Revista Número 7 Revista Número 8    



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Monday, August 15, 2011

Pleiades

Pleiades
33,565 Ancient Places Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mosaique_du_Nil_(palais_Barberini).JPG
26,515 Ancient Names Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coptic_liturgic_inscription.JPG
34,615 Ancient Locations Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/isawnyu/4727178977/in/set-72157624340575014/
Pleiades gives scholars, students, and enthusiasts worldwide the ability to use, create, and share historical geographic information about the Greek and Roman World in digital form. Browse, search, follow, or join and contribute. Find the most recently modified resources in the map at left [on this page].


Senior Editors: Roger Bagnall and Richard Talbert
Managing Editors: Tom Elliott and Brian Turner
Associate Editor: Michael McCormick
Chief Engineer: Sean Gillies


Pleiades is a joint project of the Ancient World Mapping Center, the Stoa Consortium, and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. It is supported by its institutional partners and by the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. For a complete listing of contributors, please see the credits.
News
News Item 1600 new places from the Barrington Atlas Aug 15, 2011
News Item First locations for unnamed features Aug 05, 2011
News Item More locations from DARMC Aug 02, 2011
News Item Updated categorization of places Jul 19, 2011
News Item Connecting places Jul 05, 2011
More news…