Open Access Journal: SBL International Cooperation Intitiative (ICI) Newsletter

[First posted in AWOL 29 Jue 2018, updasted 28 June 2020]

International Cooperation Intitiative (ICI) Newsletter

Each month, the chair of the ICI Executive Board distributes a newsletter to the ICI liaison network, the ICI advisory board, and to any other persons who are interested in the work of the ICI and have asked to be included in the listserv. The SBL web master maintains an archive of the ICI newsletters. Individual newsletters may be accessed by clicking on a year on the chart below. If you would like to be included in the newsletter mailing, please contact Louis Jonker or Beth Tracy.

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Agamemnon, a performance history

Agamemnon, a performance history

Agamemnon, a performance history is the APGRD's second interactive/multimedia ebook. The ebook draws on a unique collection of archival material and research at the APGRD and beyond; it uses images, film, bespoke interviews with creative practitioners and academics, and digital objects to tell the story of a play that has inspired countless interpretations onstage and onscreen, in dance, drama, and opera, across the globe from antiquity to the present day.

The new ebook will be released in three two-chapter instalments. Quicker to download and easier on storage requirements, these instalments allow us to maximise the digital material we can include in each volume. The first instalment – Beginnings & Whose Play? - is free to download now as an iBook from Apple Books.

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Agamemnon, a performance history: Beginnings & Whose Play? Beginnings: focussing on the opening scene of the tragedy, this chapter explores how the play has been linked to 'origins' or 'beginnings’. Aeschylus is seen as the 'father of tragedy’ and Agamemnon is the first play in a trilogy that has often been staged at the founding of dramatic festivals and institutions round the world. Whose Play? asks who is the main character in Aeschylus’ tragedy and shows how Agamemnon himself has rarely been the dominant focus of his name-play. Instead, it is Clytemnestra who controls events and who has fascinated playwrights and audiences across millennia.

* iTunes states that to view this book you must have an iPad with iBooks 2 or later and iOS 5 or later, or an iPhone with iOS 8.4 or later, or a Mac with OS X 10.9 or later. However, we have also discovered that some interactive features may require OS X 10.10 or later in order to work properly. macOS Catalina 10.15.3 is known to have a few issues with keynote files, this may affect the animated timeline and map. In our testing, Catalina 10.15.4 has not presented the same problems. If you are using older systems you may need to update your software.

Forthcoming:

Agamemnon, a performance history: Homecoming & Lyric: (forthcoming) Homecoming asks what kind of character is Agamemnon? How has his masculinity been understood at different times and in different places? How easy is homecoming for soldiers after a war? Lyric: focuses on the enslaved Trojan Priestess, Cassandra and the Chorus of old men from Argos, who both have a central role in this play and yet have little or no power to make things happen. The Choral Odes and Cassandra's prophetic song have proved both a challenge and a cue for enormous creativity in many modern productions and versions.

Agamemnon, a performance history: Endings & Iconography: (forthcoming) Endings considers what it has meant to stage Agamemnon as a single play, when it is itself only the first play in a trilogy. Is there closure? How effective is this as a stand-alone play? Just as the opening scene of the tragedy has resonated across time and place, so too has the final scene of violence and political insurrection. Iconography looks at the strong iconographic tradition surrounding this play - from Agamemnon's chariot to the bath in which he is murdered, the carpet of tapestries to Clytemnestra's axe. The chapter revolves around a photographic gallery showcasing how modern productions have tackled these iconic moments.

EPUB versions for devices other than Apple will follow.

See also: Medea, a performance history for the download links to our first interactive/multimedia ebook.

Open Access Monograph Series: Oriental Institute Miscellaneous Publications

[First posted in AWOL 27 April 2015, updated 27 Jume 2020]

Oriental Institute Miscellaneous Publications

The following titles were published by the Oriental Institute, or by its departments, or by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Oriental Institute, or by members of the Oriental Institute Faculty and Staff.  All of them are available in pdf courtesy of the Electronic Publications Initiative of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.   

• Discovering New Pasts: The OI at 100. Theo van den Hout, ed. 2019. 
• 100 Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental Institute Museum. Jean M. Evans, Jack Green, and Emily Teeter, eds. 2019. 
• Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan. Edited by Gil J. Stein, Michael T. Fisher, Abdul Hafiz Latify, Najibullah Popal, and Nancy Hatch Dupree. 2017.
• Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental Institute. Edited by Jean M. Evans, Jack Green, and Emily Teeter. 2017. 
• Nimrud: The Queens' Tombs. By Muzahim Mahmoud Hussein, translation and initial editing by Mark Altaweel, additional editing and notes by McGuire Gibson. 2016
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• The Mosaics of Khirbet el-Mafjar: Hisham's Palace. By Hamdan Taha and Donald Whitcomb. 2015.
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• Digital Epigraphy. By Krisztián Vértes and the Epigraphic Survey. 2014.
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• Mesopotamian Pottery: A Guide to the Babylonian Tradition in the Second Millennium B.C. By James A. Armstrong and Hermann Gasche, with contributions by Steven W. Cole, Abraham Van As, and Loe Jacobs. Mesopotamian History and Environment II, Memoirs IV. 2014.
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• Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking. A Catalogue of an Exhibition in the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, May 18-August 18, 1981. By Gulnar Bosch, John Carswell, and Guy Petherbridge. Originally published in 1981.
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• The Babylonian Genesis: The Story of Creation. By Alexander Heidel. Originally published in 1951.
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• The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels. By Alexander Heidel. Originally published in 1949.
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• Egypt through the Stereoscope: A Journey through the Land of the Pharaohs. By James Henry Breasted. Originally published in 1908. Electronic publication in 2010.
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• Pioneer to the Past: The Story of James Henry Breasted, Archaeologist, Told by His Son Charles Breasted. By Charles Breasted. Reprint of the Charles Scribner's Sons 1943 Edition with New Foreword and Photographs. Published in 2009.
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• Settlement and Society: Essays Dedicated to Robert McCormick Adams. Elizabeth C. Stone, editor. Joint Publication with the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. 2007.
• An Adventure of Great Dimension: The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary. Erica Reiner. Originally published in 2002.
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• Letters from Egypt and Iraq, 1954. Margaret Bell Cameron. Originally published in 2001.
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• Changing Watercourses in Babylonia: Towards a Reconstruction of the Ancient Environment in Lower Mesopotamia Volume 1. Hermann Gasche and Michel Tanret, editors. Originally published in 1998.
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• Dating the Fall of Babylon: A Reappraisal of Second-Millennium Chronology. J. A. Armstrong, S. W. Cole, and V. G. Gurzadyan. Originally published in 1998.
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• Ayla: Art and Industry in the Islamic Port of Aqaba. D. Whitcomb. 1994.
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• Letters from Turkey, 1939-1946. G. Maynard. 1994.
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• Uch Tepe II: Technical Reports. McG. Gibson, ed. 1990.
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• The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute: Introduction and Guide. The Oriental Institute. Originally published in 1990.
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• Aqaba: "Port of Palestine on the China Sea." D. Whitcomb. 1988.
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• Egyptology at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. The Oriental Institute. Originally published in 1983.
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• Feasts for Pharaohs & Kings: A Cookbook by the Oriental Institute Museum, The University of Chicago. Edited and compiled by Anne S. Blomstrom. Originally published in 1983.
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• Quseir al-Qadim 1980: Preliminary Report. By Donald S. Whitcomb and Janet H. Johnson. Originally published in 1982.
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• A Guide to the Oriental Institute Museum. Written by Leon Marfoe, edited by Peter T. Daniels and Valerie M. Fargo. Originally published in 1982.
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• Uch Tepe I: Tell Razuk, Tell Ahmed Al-Mughir, Tell Ajamat. McG. Gibson, ed. 1981.
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• Heartland of Cities: Surveys of Ancient Settlement and Land Use on the Central Floodplain of the Euphrates. Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1981.
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• United with Eternity: A Concise Guide to the Monuments of Medinet Habu. William J. Murnane. Originally published in 1980. Download Terms of Use
• Prehistoric Research in Southeastern Anatolia -- Guneydogu Anadolu Tarihoncesi Arastirmalari. Halet Cambel and Robert J. Braidwood. Originally published in 1980.
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• Remembrances of the Near East: The Photographs of Bonfils, 1867-1907. The Bonfils Firm.. Originally published in 1980.
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• Quseir Al-Qadim 1978: Preliminary Report. D. S. Whitcomb and J. H. Johnson. 1979.
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• Ancient Textiles from Nubia: Meroitic, X-Group, and Christian Fabrics from Ballana and Qustul. Christa C. Mayer Thurman and Bruce Williams. Originally published in 1979.
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• Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt: A Study in Cultural Ecology. Karl W. Butzer. Originally published in 1976.
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• Old Babylonian Contracts From Nippur: Selected Texts From the University Museum University of Pennsylvania. Catalogue by Elizabeth C. Stone. Photos by Paul E. Zimansky. Originally published in 1976.
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• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Centenary Exhibition: A Productive Collaboration 1919–1935. Originally published in 1974.
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• The Uruk Countryside: The Natural Setting of Urban Societies. Robert McC. Adams and Hans J. Nissen. 1972.
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• Letters From Mesopotamia: Official, Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia. A. Leo Oppenheim. Originally published in 1967.
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• Most Ancient Egypt. William C. Hayes. Originally published in 1965.
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• Land Behind Baghdad: A History of Settlement on the Diyala Plains. Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1965.
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• Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization. A. Leo Oppenheim. Revised edition completed by Erica Reiner. Originally published in 1964; revised edition in 1977.
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• Signs and Wonders upon Pharaoh: A History of American Egyptology. John A. Wilson. Originally published in 1964.
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• Land Behind Baghdad: A History of Settlement on the Diyala Plains. Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1965.
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• Studies Presented to A. Leo Oppenheim, June 7, 1964. R. D. Biggs and J. A. Brinkman, editors. Originally published in 1964.
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• Most Ancient Verse. Selected and translated by Thorkild Jacobsen and John A. Wilson. Originally published in 1963.
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• The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character. Samuel Noah Kramer. Originally published in 1963.
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• City Invincible: A Symposium on Urbanization and Cultural Development in the Ancient Near East Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, December 4-7, 1958. Edited by Carl H. Kraeling & Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1960.
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• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume IV: The Second Hypostyle Hall. Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1958.
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• When Egypt Ruled the East. By George Steindorff and Keith C. Seele. Revised by Keith C. Seele. Originally published as second edition in 1957.
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• The Culture of Ancient Egypt: An Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Culture. By John A. Wilson. Reprinted in 1956.
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• Standard Operating Procedure for the Assyrian Dictionary. I. J. Gelb. Originally published in 1954.
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• Third Century Iran: Sapor and Kartir. Martin Sprengling. Originally published in 1953.
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• Medieval Islam: A Study in Cultural Orientation. Gustave E. von Grunebaum. Originally published in 1953.
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• A Study of Writing. I. J. Gelb. Originally published in 1952.
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• The Burden of Egypt: An Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Culture. By John A. Wilson. Originally published in 1951.
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• Reliefs and Inscriptions from the Tomb of Per-haps: An Oriental Institute Holiday Card. Early 1950s
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• Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature. By Henri Frankfort. Originally published in 1948.
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• History of the Persian Empire. Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead. Originally published in 1948.
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• The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East. Henri Frankfort, H. A. Frankfort, John A. Wilson, Thorkild Jacobsen, and William A. Irwin. Originally published in 1946.
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• Two Queens of Baghdad: Mother and Wife of Harun al-Rashid. Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1946.
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• The Problem of Ezekiel: An Inductive Study. William A. Irwin. Originally published in 1943.
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• Aishah: The Beloved of Mohammed. Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1942.
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• The Rayy Expedition. Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1942.
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• The Expedition to Luristan. Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1941.
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• The Persepolis Expedition. Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1941.
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• Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran. Erich F. Schmidt. 1940.
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• A Political History of Parthia. Neilson C. Debevoise. Originally published in 1938.
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• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume III: The Osiris Complex. Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1938.
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• The History of Early Iran. George G. Cameron. Originally published in 1938.
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• They Wrote on Clay: The Babylonian Tablets Speak Today. By Edward Chiera. Edited by George G. Cameron. Originally published in 1938.
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• Syrian Expedition: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. The Oriental Institute. Originally published in 1937.
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• Ancient Egyptian Paintings Selected, Copied, and Described. Volume III: Descriptive Text. By Nina M. Davies with the Editorial Assistance of Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1936.
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• Ancient Egyptian Paintings Selected, Copied, and Described. Volume II: Descriptive Text. By Nina M. Davies with the Editorial Assistance of Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1936.
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• Ancient Egyptian Paintings Selected, Copied, and Described. Volume I: Descriptive Text. By Nina M. Davies with the Editorial Assistance of Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1936.
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• Service in the Memory of James Henry Breasted. Originally published in 1936.
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• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Fifth Edition. Originally published between 1936-1946.
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• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume II: The Chapels of Amen-Re', Re'-Harakhti, Ptah, and King Sethos. Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1935.
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• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Fourth Edition. Originally published in 1935.
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• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume I: The Chapels of Osiris, Isis and Horus. Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1933.
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• The Oriental Institute. James Henry Breasted. Originally published in 1933.
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• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Third Edition. Originally published in 1931.
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• The Oriental Institute: General Circular No. 2, 1928. Originally published in 1928.
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• Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 2: Historical Records of Assyria From Sargon to the End. David Luckenbill. Originally published in 1927.
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• Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 1: Historical Records of Assyria From the Earliest Times to Sargon. Daniel David Luckenbill. Originally published in 1926.
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• The Oriental Institute: General Circular No. 1, 1926. Originally published in 1926.
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• History of Assyria. Albert T. Olmstead. Originally published in 1923.
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Open Access Journal: Archaeobios

[First posted in AWOL 20 September 2009. Updated 27 June 2020]

Archaeobios
Electronics ISSN 1996-5214

Desde el año 2007, Arqueobios viene brindando a toda la comunidad su revista de investigación Archaeobios, con el fin principal de mostrar las investigaciones a las cuales está avocada y contribuir a la diversificación de la misma para todos sus visitantes e investigadores.  

Since 2007, Arqueobios been providing the entire community his research journal Archaeobios, the primary purpose of showing the investigations which are doomed and contribute to the diversification of the same for all visitors and researchers.

Archaeobios 2019 ( 12 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 12 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2019.
Carátula:
Estatuillas de madera de la época Chimú saliendo de un bosque de “algarrobos” Prosopis pallida.

Archaeobios 2018 ( 11 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 12 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2018.
Carátula:
Tinajas de la época Chimú conteniendo chicha y acompañados con mazorcas de Zea mays “maíz” de proto-razas costeras, parecidas a Proto-Alazán.

Archaeobios 2017 ( 19 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 11 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2017.
Carátula:
Vértebras de tiburones de un yacimiento precerámico de la costa norte y especies de tiburones y otras especies cartilaginosas que habitan en lo mares de la costa norte.

Archaeobios 2016 ( 12 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 10 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2016.
Carátula:
Evolución fenotipica del Perro Sin Pelo Peruano, a partir del ancestro Canis lupus "lobo", la raza de perro siberiano, un individuo intermedio que porta el gen FOXI3 que está en proceso de la Displasia Ectodérmica Canina (DEC) y el producto final de la mutación: una raza de perro sin pelo nativa de América.

Archaeobios 2015 ( 18 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 9 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2015.
Carátula:
Mapa de América mostrando la fauna representativa de cada región del Neotrópico.

Archaeobios 2014 ( 8 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 8 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2013.
Carátula:
Vasija doméstica de la cultura Chimú conteniendo tubérculos de “papa” de la variedad “peruanita”, se observa granos de almidón teñidos con fluorescencia adheridos a las paredes internas de la vasija.

Artículos Compartidos ( 2 Files )

Archaeobios 2013 ( 9 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 7 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2013.
Carátula:
Pigmentos del tatuaje de la Dama de Cao.

Archaeobios 2012 ( 10 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 6 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2012.
Carátula:
Escenario marino con “llamas” consumiendo algas marinas como parte de su dieta.

Archaeobios 2011 ( 8 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 5 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2011.
Carátula:
Cadena de ADN formada a partir de semillas de Zea mays “maíz” que participan como los núcleotidos y también inflorescencias de  teosinte que forman los puentes de hidrógeno entre ambas cadenas.

Archaeobios 2010 ( 9 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 4 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2010.
Carátula:
Imagen satelital de la lengua de aguas cálidas sobre el pacífico ecuatorial oriental en el climax de un evento El Niño, con imágenes de la iconografía mochica, una de las culturas que más impacto tuvo con El Niño.

Archaeobios 2009 ( 12 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 3 ISSN 1996-5214 - Diciembre 2009.
Carátula:
Representación del ancestro del “perro doméstico” Canis lupus familiaris, el “lobo” Canis lupus, a partir del cual derivan los diversos morfotipos y razas de perros de la América prehispánica.

Archaeobios 2008 ( 10 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 2 ISSN 1996-5214 - Setiembre 2008.

Carátula:

Recreación de una posible escena de captura de peces en un ambiente de estuario, con el pez Micropogonias altipinnis "corvina dorada" cuyos restos son los más representativos en los basurales paijanenses de la costa norte.

Archaeobios 2007 ( 1 Files )

Revista de Bioarqueología "ARCHAEOBIOS" N° 1 ISSN 1996-5214 - Setiembre 2007.

Carátula:

Panorama crepuscular del muelle de la caleta de Huanchaco, recreando un escenario con alpacas e iconografía mochica.

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