Wednesday, February 29, 2012

News from AMAR

Stony Brook University is delighted to announce that the Archive of Mesopotamian Site Reports (AMAR) has now gone live in its almost final form.  You can access it at www.stonybrook.edu/amar.  It contains digitized copies of nearly 600 archaeological site reports.  These focus on Mesopotamia, but include reports on the archaeology of Iran, the Gulf, Turkey, Syria, Armenia and Lebanon.  The books can all be downloaded without charge for personal use only.  This project was funded through the "Rebuild the Capabilities of Iraq's Museum, Heritage and Archaeology Organizations Project" funded by the Iraq Cultural Heritage Project with and the International Relief and Development and the implementing NGO.


There are a couple of tweaks still needed.  We will add instructions for use in Arabic and English, and one more book needs to be uploaded.

For those eager to begin working with the archive, if you want to download all or part of a volume, click on the arrow to the right of the box that says "document description" and you will find the tools that you need.

Elizabeth C. Stone
Professor
Department of Anthropology
SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364
Phone:  (631) 632-7627
Fax:  (631) 632-9165
Email:  estone@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

LOOT BUSTERS

LOOT  BUSTERS
ITEMS LOOTED FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND EGYPTIAN, GREEK & ROMAN ANTIQUITIES SUSPECTED TO BE LOOTED

Live Stream Conference: 1st - 3rd of March CAMNES Sessions of the 16th SOMA (Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology)

1st - 3rd of March Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies Sessions of the 16th SOMA (Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology) 

SYMPOSIUM ON MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY - 1st/3rd OF MARCH








CAMNES together with the University of Florence are organizing

the 16th SOMA - Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology
from the 1st to the 3rd of March 2012 in Florence (Italy)


"IDENTITY & CONNECTIVITY"


The 16th SOMA is under the patronage of the City of Florence, the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage, the Mediterranean Observatory and GAMA

This is the official web site:

www.soma2012florence.net

The First Circular is On-Line!

THE SECOND CIRCULAR IS ON-LINE!

THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE IS ON-LINE!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Open Access Journal: AKTC Afghanistan Newsletter

AKTC Afghanistan Newsletter
AKTC Afghanistan newsletters
Newsletters Documenting the Progress of Cultural Revitalisation Projects in Kabul and Herat
These newsletters document the progress of the revitalisation projects of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which began the rehabilitation of Bagh-e-Babur, a walled and terraced garden containing the tomb of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, in 2002. The programme has expanded to include the 19th-century mausoleum in central Kabul over the grave of Timur Shah and a great number of homes, mosques and other structures in the war-damaged quarters of Asheqan wa Arefan, Chindawol and Kuche Kharabat. In Herat, in western Afghanistan, a range of documentation, conservation and upgrading works has also been carried out since 2005 in surviving historic sections of the old city.

October 2011 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May 2011 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July / August 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July / August 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May / June 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March / April 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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January / February 2010 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May / June 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March / April 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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January / February 2009 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July / August 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May / June 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May / June 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March / April 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September/October 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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May 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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March 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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January 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter
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November / December 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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September / October 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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August 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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July 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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Project Brief on Afghanistan
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January / February 2008 Afghanistan Newsletter
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Urban Conservation and Area Development in Afghanistan
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August 2006 Afghanistan Newsletter
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Barbur's Garden Rehabilitation Framework
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Publications of the Maritime Archaeology Unit - Central Cultural Fund - Galle - Sri Lanka

Publications of the Maritime Archaeology Unit - Central Cultural Fund - Galle - Sri Lanka
The Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) was founded in 2001 under the aegis of the Mutual Heritage Centre. It is managed by the Central Cultural Fund and sponsored by the Netherlands Cultural Fund for specific projects. Following the early research and explorations connected with the Galle Harbour Project of 1992, the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) and the Department of Archaeology took the initiative to make maritime archaeologists and conservators out of the archaeology graduates from the relevant institutes and the universities. Our main intention is to develop the maritime archaeological field in Sri Lanka in order to protect our valuable underwater cultural heritage.
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Sri Lanka is situated at a location where all shipping routes in the Indian Ocean meet. It has a very long coastline for an island which is so small. We also have a long recorded history during which we came into contact with all other seafaring people of the most countries who came here, mostly for trade. They referred to our country in glowing terms. They also made records of Sri Lankan visitors to foreign countries such as Rome and China.



Thursday, February 23, 2012

New from the Griffith Institute

Norman and Nina de Garis Davies Theban Tomb Tracings Project*
The Griffith Institute has now completed the project to identify and digitize over 1000 tracings made by Norman and Nina de Garis Davis in Theban tombs in the early twentieth century. These tracings were too fragile for consultation and therefore unavailable up until 10 years ago when the whole collection was rehoused and a systematic digitization programme initiated.
This important resource is now available for consultation on the Griffith Institute website
High resolution scans of all of the tracings are available, for further information please email: griffith.institute@orinst.ox.ac.uk
We would like to thank everyone involved with this project, especially Ms Jenni Navratil and Dr Hana Navratilova for the long hours spent photographing the original tracings and subsequent digital editing, and Dr Jaromir Malek for his direction and patience.
Over 1000 tracings by Norman and Nina de Garis Davies of scenes in Theban tombs are now available on the Griffith Institute's website Consult the catalogue and tracings

New From Trismegistos: A New Survey of Greek, Coptic, Demotic and Latin Tabulae

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K.A. Worp, A New Survey of Greek, Coptic, Demotic and Latin Tabulae preserved from Classical Antiquity. Version 1.0 February 2012, Leiden / Leuven 2012, 78 pp.

This freely downloadable publication provides a new survey of inscribed wooden boards from Egypt and the East. Excluded are mummy labels and related texts, various wooden objects carrying inscriptions, carved rather than inked texts, and Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew boards. It has an appendix on wooden tablets from the West (which we are currently integrating into Trismegistos as well). The order is alphabetical according to the modern toponyms of the collections in which the tabulae are preserved.

This is the second instalment in the TOP-series from someone who is not working directly for Trismegistos or one of its satellite projects (although Klaas Worp is one of the most active 'outsiders' sending us his most welcome corrections on a regular basis). Trismegistos Online Publications remains available to all as a peer-reviewed series aiming to provide freely downloadable pdf-documents with scholarly tools based upon or providing links to the Trismegistos database.
See all volumes available in open access in Trismegistos

Open Access Journal: Human Origins

Human Origins
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Human Origins is a British-based peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal dedicated to human origins research and Palaeolithic archaeology. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, we offer a broad and interdisciplinary emphasis on Palaeolithic archaeology as well as primatology, osteology, evolutionary psychology, ethnography, palaeo-climatology, geology, anthropology and genetics (phylogeography).

We are currently inviting submissions and welcome short interim reports from the
field (1000 words), medium-length discussions (3000 words), and longer research
contributions (6000 words).  If you are interested in submitting to Human Origins please read our submission guidelines.


Human Origins Volume 1 – 2012
papers from the British Academy Lucy to Language: Archaeology of the Social Brain Seminar Series on Palaeolithic Visual Display

edited by Dr. James Cole and Karen Ruebens


The Importance of Conveying Visual Information in Acheulean Society. The Background to the Visual Display Hypothesis
Pages 1-23
John McNabb

The Identity Model: A Theory to access Visual Display and Hominin Cognition within the Palaeolithic
Pages 24-40

James Cole

Hominin Tool Production, Neural Integration and the Social Brain
Pages 41-64
Derek Hodgson

Rethinking Phylogeny and Ontogeny in Hominin Brain Evolution
Pages 65-91

Fiona Coward and Matt Grove

The pdf of the journal is hyperlinked, blue hyperlinks will take you straight to the images and the red hyperlinks back to the original page you were reading.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Cairo Genizah Collection of the Bodleian libraries

Genizah: Cairo Genizah Collection of the Bodleian libraries
The collection of Cairo Genizah fragments held at the Bodleian Libraries is one of major collections of its kind. Acquired over the years since 1890 it consists of about 4,000 fragments. Skilful selection ensured that the Bodleian Genizah holdings became one of the most important collections worldwide, featuring Bible, Early Rabbinic literature (Midrash, Mishnah and Talmud), numerous liturgical fragments (Piyyutim and Selichot), many legal documents and letters, both personal and commercial. Its significance lies particularly in the remarkable size of many of the documents. The 4000 fragments comprise about 25,000 pages, amounting to over six pages per fragment, an average unparalleled elsewhere. Some items consist of whole quires, thus deserving the designation manuscripts rather than fragments. Talmud fragments of ten pages or more are no exception in this collection: Tractate Berakhot is represented with a manuscript of 32 pages (Ms. Heb. c. 17/32); of tractate Sukkah 72 pages (Ms. Heb. e 51) are preserved and for tractate Sotah we have 160 pages (Ms. Heb. d. 20/2) at our disposal. An exceptionally exciting example are the twenty pages of Maimonides’s draft manuscript of his Mishneh Torah with corrections in 4 consecutive stages in his own hand (Ms. Heb. d 32, fols.47a-56b).

The online catalogue is based upon the printed catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (second volume) by Adolf Neubauer and Arthur Ernst Cowley (1906) and the typewritten catalogue of additional Genizah fragments by Arthur Ernst Cowley (ca 1929). 

The classification of the fragments by subject in the printed catalogue in line with the first volume of Neubauer’s catalogue of Hebrew manuscripts at the Bodleian library is - as mentioned in the introduction by Arthur Cowley - problematic. Fragments from the Cairo Genizah were collected by the Bodleian Library in successive acquisitions, which after arrival were bound up in volumes. As a consequence volumes often, despite a careful and focussed acquisition policy, contain under one heading fragments on different subjects. In the online catalogue all fragments of a volume can be searched by subject. The printed catalogue includes 166 volumes, containing in all about 2,675 fragments. The typewritten catalogue consists of 58 volumes with 1094 fragments. It is to be noticed, however, that the total number of 3769 fragments concerns those of which the Cairo Genizah provenance explicitly is stated. The digital access to the Bodleian Genizah collection will facilitate the identification of a considerable number of fragments, whose provenance were hitherto unknown, but which probably also found their way from Cairo to Oxford.
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Open Journal Systems Enhancement

Many of the Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies are served from the Open Journal Systems platform.  The SURFfoundation, has just announced the development of two plug-ins permitting the enhancement OJS publications with related research data:


Enhanced Publications now possible with Open Journal Systems
Research results published within tried-and-tested system using plug-ins
21-02-2012


The Internet makes it possible to present publications in combination with related research data, as Enhanced Publications. The Enhanced Journals…Made Easy project (EJME), which is funded by SURF, has designed a practical work process for publishers of Open Access journals so as to enhance academic journals with the associated data files. The project involved the development of two plug-ins for Open Journal Systems, a system for managing and publishing journals. Open Journal Systems (OJS) is the most frequently used open source package worldwide for academic journals.

Open Journal Systems
OJS is used internationally to promote and increase access to research results. It is used for more than 10,000 journals. The plug-ins developed during the EJME project add capabilities to OJS. The University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, DANS (Data Archiving and Network Services), and Amsterdam University Press have made use of a tried-and-tested system for creating enhanced publications so as to stick as close as possible to the publication process used by researchers. 


Publication process
Authors and editors who use OJS can now easily add data files to articles, including the associated metadata. The data files are then available – without any extra action being necessary – for everyone involved in the editorial process, including peer reviewers. When the article is published, there are references to the datasets, both on the webpage and in a machine-readable file. It is also important that the editorial team can make it possible for the data to be automatically submitted to a reliable data repository when the article is published.

According to Jeroen Sondervan (Amsterdam University Press), “This integration of research data and results on the one hand and publications on the other creates a completely new way of assessing, verifying, and publishing. The combination of OJS and the EJME plug-ins brings this a step closer.”

Practical testing
The EJME plug-ins link up with the work process followed by the editors of Open Journals: from the researcher’s intention to publish to the Open Access publication of the article. The plug-ins that have been developed have been tested in practice by two journals published by two different publishers:
• Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries (JALC), published by Amsterdam University Press (AUP)
• International Journal of the Commons (IJC), published by UBU/Igitur Publishing.


Public Knowledge Project
Staff of the international OJS are enthusiastic about the EJME plug-ins and have included them in their plug-in library. “We are very happy with what EJME has done. The plug-ins are extremely useful and robust, and the documentation is clear and well written," says Kevin Stranack of Public Knowledge Project (PKP), the organisation that manages and develops the OJS. PKP is negotiating with Utrecht University regarding collaboration to improve the functionality for depositing research data via OJS. 


More information
For editors of Open Journals: more about how to present enhanced publications via the available plug-ins.

Open Access Journal: Kerdomnel Khmer Magazine

Kerdomnel Khmer Magazine
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KERDOMNEL KHMER (Khmer Heritage) is the first magazine in the Kingdom of Cambodia which focuses on arts, archaeology, history, epigraphy, ethnology, sociology,painting, cultural tourism, and so on. The magazine, of which a trial issue has now  been published, will also provide information to readers on exhibitions, meetings, workshops, and publications on the arts and archaeology in Southeast Asia and countries around the world. The people involved in founding and researching for KERDOMNEL KHMER Magazine are local and international professors and students, both within and outside  the country,  who are conducting projects on archaeology, architecture, history, sociology, cultural tourism, and publishing.

The magazine will be used to spread information and share news to readers, especially the younger generation and persons in regional areas. It is intended to educate people in the importance of cultural legacy and national heritage in order to promote conservation and protection. To facilitate understanding by a wide range of readers, the published articles will be simply written and will try to avoid unnecessary technical terms. All data and information related to our project will be hosted at www.kerdomnel-khmer.org.

While the magazine has its own researchers to call on, we will also welcome any articles related to Khmer culture and civilization by researchers who wish to publish in our magazine, and we will also welcome any feedback from our reader through a “Letters to the Editor” section.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Illustrated List of Objects Stolen from the Museum of the History of the Olympic Games, Olympia

From the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism:

Δελτία Τύπου
20/2/2012
   

Σε συνέχεια των από 17.02.2012 Ανακοινώσεων του Αρχηγείου της Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας δίνονται στη δημοσιότητα φωτογραφίες και περιγραφές των εβδομήντα επτά (77) αρχαίων αντικειμένων που αφαιρέθηκαν το πρωί την ιδίας ημέρας από τις προθήκες του Μουσείου Ιστορίας των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων στην Αρχαία Ολυμπία.

Υπενθυμίζεται ότι όσοι πολίτες γνωρίζουν οτιδήποτε σχετικό με την υπόθεση της αφαίρεσης των παραπάνω αντικειμένων μπορούν να επικοινωνούν στα εξής τηλέφωνα και ηλεκτρονικές διευθύνσεις:

 Στον αριθμό 11012 της Υπηρεσίας Οικονομικής Αστυνομίας & Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος, που λειτουργεί σε 24ωρη βάση
 Στον αριθμό 210 647 6188 του Τμήματος Προστασίας Πολιτισμικής Κληρονομιάς της Διεύθυνσης Ασφαλείας Αττικής, που λειτουργεί από τις ώρες 08.00 έως 23.00 κάθε μέρα.
 Στην ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση: financialpolice@hellenicpolice.gr

Link: Πίνακας με το συνημμένο φωτογραφικό υλικό και τις περιγραφές

The direct link to the list is http://www.yppo.gr/files/g_43564.doc

Sam Hardy provides a translation: English-language descriptions of 77 artefacts stolen from Museum of the History of the Olympic Games

Open Access Journal: Arqueología de la Arquitectura

[First posted in AWOL 1 June 2009. Updated 20 February 2012]

Arqueología de la Arquitectura
eISSN: 1989-5313
ISSN: 1696-2731
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Arqueología de la Arquitectura es una revista científica, de periodicidad anual, dirigida a arqueólogos, historiadores, historiadores de la arquitectura y del arte, restauradores, arquitectos y profesionales relacionados con la documentación, estudio e intervención en el patrimonio edificado.


Su objetivo es doble: por una parte quiere promover marcos de debate e intercambio de ideas entre los estudiosos interesados en la arqueología de la arquitectura y, por otra, desea impulsar la creación de instrumentos básicos que den coherencia a las experiencias realizadas dentro de este ámbito disciplinar.


Arqueología de la Arquitectura facilita el acceso sin restricciones a todo su contenido seis meses después de su publicación. Durante este periodo de embargo, el acceso al texto completo de los artículos está reservado a los suscriptores de la edición impresa.

2011

8

2010

7

2009

6

2008

5

2005

4

2004

3

2003

2

2002

1


See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Linked Homer Papyri Inventory

I have added links to LDAB and other sources of online information at the home institution of the papyrus wherever possible. I have normalized the papyrological references. The re-editions themselves have an unconventional presentation, and no printable version is yet available.


Open Access Journals: Ancient Studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid

[First posted in AWOL 17 September 2009. Updated 19 February 2012]

Revistas Científicas Complutenses


Journals in Ancient Studies from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Complutum
ISSN electrónico 1988-2327
Abarca temas diversos, siempre siguiendo las más recientes tendencias de innovación teórica, metodológica e interdisciplinariedad de las ciencias arqueológicas y prehistóricas
Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos
ISSN electrónico 1988-2637Es una revista que continúa desde 1991 en su especialidad juntamente con la sección latina, la antigua revista Cuadernos de Filología Clásica de la Universidad Complutense. Refundada por los Catedráticos José S. Lasso de la Vega (†) y Luis Gil Fernández, acoge en sus páginas colaboraciones científicas españolas y extranjeras que versan sobre los ámbitos comprendidos bajo los conceptos de Filología Griega y Lingüística Indoeuropea.
Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios latinos
ISSN electrónico 1988-2343
La revista acepta contribuciones que se enmarquen en el área de conocimiento de la Filología Latina, referida ésta no sólo a la Lengua, la Literatura y los textos latinos de la época clásica, sino también a su pervivencia y toda la producción en lengua latina de épocas posteriores.
Gerión
ISSN electrónico 1988-3080
Se centra en temas relativos a las ciencias de la antigüedad, con especial dedicación a la Historia Antigua.
Hispania Epigraphica
ISSN electrónico 1988-2424
Volumes 1 (1989) - 14 (2008)
Es un revista crítica de actualización y bibliografía en Epigrafía, relativa a la Península Ibérica en la Antigüedad, hasta la época visigoda inclusive. Destinada a especialistas, investigadores y público interesado tanto en aspectos relacionados con la Epigrafía, como en la Historia, Arqueología, Filología y cuantas ciencias puedan verse implicadas en el estudio sobre textos antiguos en soporte epigráfico.
Hispania Epigraphica Online Database: Roman Inscriptions from the Iberian Peninsula
ISSN electrónico 1988-2424

Friday, February 17, 2012

Database: Bibliographie internationale d'histoire du droit canonique

Gregorius: Bibliographie internationale d'histoire du droit canonique
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« Gregorius » est une base de données présentant une bibliographie internationale d'histoire du droit canonique, établie par l'équipe du Centre Droit et Sociétés Religieuses de la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Paris-Sud.

Les auteurs :

Le projet, conçu et engagé par le Professeur Franck Roumy et par Charles de Miramon (CNRS), est aujourd'hui dirigé par le Professeur François Jankowiak et administré conjointement avec le Professeur Brigitte Basdevant-Gaudemet, directrice du Centre Droit et Sociétés Religieuses. Parmi les nombreux collaborateurs, ont participé de manière particulièrement active : Jean-Paul Andrieux, Stéphane Boiron, Maria Caria, Olivier Descamps, Dalida Jankowiak-Latour, Mélanie Lopez, Jean-Marie Signié et Clarisse Siméant.

Le travail :

La base s'adresse en premier lieu aux chercheurs en histoire du droit canonique, histoire des institutions ecclésiastiques, histoire du droit. Elle couvre la période s'étendant des origines du christianisme au milieu du XXe siècle. Juridique, elle ne contient de références relatives à l'histoire religieuse que dans la mesure où il s'agit d'un travail fondamental pour l'historien du droit et des institutions.

Les dépouillements :

À ce jour, aucun dépouillement n’a pu être réalisé de façon exhaustive. Les auteurs ont, dans un premier temps, privilégié les références souvent peu connues, moins aisément repérables, et les plus récentes (essentiellement sur la période 1997-2008). Cette option concerne notamment les articles publiés dans les périodiques vivants et les ouvrages collectifs (actes de colloques, mélanges, recueils d’articles). Les saisies seront complétées rétrospectivement ; s’y ajouteront les monographies et les travaux n’ayant pas fait l’objet de publication, thèses et mémoires pour l’essentiel (« littérature grise »).

Mode d’emploi :

Pour interroger la base, cliquez sur la rubrique « recherche » et laissez-vous guider. Vous pouvez également consulter le thésaurus des mots-clés (rubrique « thésaurus », sous-rubrique « indexation ») pour affiner vos requêtes. En outre, le point d’interrogation vous permet d’accéder à tout moment à une aide en ligne détaillée.

Database: Cruches gallo-romaines

Cruches gallo-romaines
Cette base présente une synthèse régionale sur les cruches en céramique commune ; les récipients en sigillée ou en bronze ont uniquement été utilisés comme éléments de comparaison. Rappelons que les cruches en céramique commune sont toujours cuites en mode oxydant et ont pour fonction le stockage ou le conditionnement des liquides.

La collecte de la documentation, souvent inédite ou méconnue, a été réalisée en fonction de la zone d'activité de chaque chercheur (2). Nos investigations couvrent une aire géographique allant de la ville de Sierentz, située dans le sud du Haut-Rhin, à celle de Bliesbruck, installée entre les cours de la Sarre et de la Blies, en Moselle. Cette zone se situe au carrefour de trois territoires antiques : ceux des Rauraques, des Triboques et des Médiomatriques.

Le regroupement des données a abouti à un recensement de plus d'un millier d'objets, révélant la diversité et la complexité des caractéristiques morphologiques de cette forme de récipient.

Plutôt que d'envisager une synthèse présentant quelques grands types et de ne sélectionner que des individus complets et/ou représentatifs, il nous a semblé plus intéressant de concevoir ce travail sous la forme d'un corpus présentant le plus grand nombre d'individus possibles. De cette volonté est née l'idée de créer une base de données, accessible en ligne, permettant aux chercheurs d'accéder rapidement à l'ensemble des individus. Outre la possibilité de regrouper une grande quantité de données, ce système offre l'avantage de pouvoir être interrogé. Notre base a donc été construite de manière à pouvoir effectuer des recherches ciblées et permettre ainsi aux archéologues de faire rapidement des identifications ou des comparaisons.

Pour réaliser un tel travail, une réflexion commune a été engagée sur les procédés visant à sérier les individus, ainsi que sur la mise en place d'une méthode pour enregistrer uniformément les données, à l'aide d'une fiche-type. La définition d'un vocabulaire, adapté à l'ensemble de cette masse documentaire et utilisé rigoureusement sur le corpus, était également incontournable. Cet outil de référence s'accompagne d'une bibliographie régionale des publications récentes, toutes catégories céramiques confondues.

Les cruches de même type ayant été regroupées ; le corpus comptabilise un total de 212 fiches-types (3) et l'informatisation permettra de l'enrichir aisément par de nouvelles découvertes.

Database: Epiclèses de divinités grecques et romaines

Epiclèses de divinités grecques et romaines
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Ce programme consiste à étudier les manières dont sont désignés les dieux de l’Antiquité gréco-romaine: noms, qualificatifs, épithètes, épiclèses. L’intérêt de ce thème tient au fait que, dans les mentalités antiques, le nom a une valeur en soi : nommer les dieux est un moyen de connaître ceux-ci et d’entrer en contact avec eux, éventuellement d’agir sur eux.
Le programme Nommer les dieux, par essence interdisciplinaire, est piloté dans le cadre de la MISHA par le Centre d’Analyse des Rhétoriques Religieuses de l’Antiquité (CARRA), Equipe d’Accueil de l’UMB (n° 3094). Cette équipe, dirigée par Gérard Freyburger, professeur de latin, et Laurent Pernot, professeur de grec, se situe à l’intersection de deux domaines d’études : la rhétorique d’une part, la religion d’autre part. Elle s’attache tout particulièrement à l’examen du langage dans ses rapports avec le divin et le sacré, des formes d’expression adressées aux dieux, des différentes manières de dire la conscience et le sentiment religieux. Elle entend fournir des instruments et ouvrir des voies nouvelles pour une meilleure compréhension de la rhétorique et de la religion en s’appuyant principalement sur l’étude des textes grecs et latins.
Le présent programme a donné lieu à un colloque intitulé Nommer les dieux : désignation onomastique et définition théologique dans les religions de l’Antiquité, 26 – 27 octobre 2001 (parution imminente aux Editions Brepols) à Strasbourg et à un autre colloque intitulé L’hymne antique et son public, 18 – 20 octobre 2004 (édition en cours), également à Strasbourg.
Le programme Nommer les dieux, fruit d’un travail collectif, comporte un relevé et une analyse d’ « épiclèses », entendues au sens de « épithètes », « qualificatifs » des dieux. Les fiches mises sur le réseau de la MISHA présentent un grand nombre de ces épiclèses tirées de divers corpus littéraires grecs et latins : elles en donnent à chaque fois le texte et le contexte, la traduction, la référence précise ; elles indiquent leur lien éventuel avec la prière, les variantes textuelles s’il y a lieu, l’aire linguistique, la date, la localisation, la nature grammaticale et la fonction religieuse.
L’objectif de la mise sur réseau de ces données est d’en permettre une large diffusion et une analyse aisée. Les directeurs du programme sont prêts à dialoguer avec les utilisateurs s’ils le souhaitent. Ils peuvent être contactés à l’adresse de courriel suivante : carra@umb.u-strasbg.fr.

Bibliographies: DRoits ANTiques

DRoits ANTiques
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Le Centre de documentation des droits antiques (CDDA) a été fondé au sein de l’ancienne Faculté de droit de Paris en 1960. Depuis 1973, il a en plus bénéficié du soutien du Centre national de la Recherche scientifique (CNRS). Il est aujourd’hui géré conjointement par le département de Droit romain et d’Histoire du droit de l’université Panthéon-Assas (une des composantes de Sorbonne-Universités) et par l’institut d’Histoire du droit (CNRS, UMR 7184). 
Le CDDA gère une base de données, appelée DRANT (DRoits ANTiques), spécialisée dans les institutions juridiques, politiques, économiques et sociales du monde méditerranéen ancien : son domaine couvre la Grèce et Rome au premier chef, mais s’étend aussi à la Perse, au Proche-Orient et à l’Égypte antiques.
Le CDDA s’efforce de dépouiller toute la littérature spécialisée : les ouvrages, les articles de quelque 400 revues françaises et étrangères, les articles des mélanges, les actes des colloques et congrès, les compte-rendus critiques etc. Il analyse environ 4 000 articles et ouvrages par an, mais n’en retient que 2 000 à peu près pour la base de données. À ce jour (2011), la base DRANT est riche de 60 000 références.
La base a été informatisée dès 1975. Aujourd’hui, le soutien informatique du CDDA est assuré par la Maison interuniversitaire des Sciences de l’homme - Alsace (Université de Strasbourg / CNRS).
 
The Center for the Documentation of Ancient Law (CDDA) was establishedby the Law Faculty of Paris in 1960. Today it is supported jointly by the University of Paris-II (Panthéon-Assas) and by the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). The CDDA compiles a subject bibliography database called DRANT (DRoits ANTiques "Ancient Law") which specializes in the legal, political, economic and social institutions of the ancient Mediterranean world. The DRANT database covers not only the institutions of Ancient Greece and Rome, but also Persia, the Near East and Egypt. While the focus of the database is legal institutions, the listings include numerous references to other topics which are bound to be of interest to a legal historian: papyrology, epigraphy, numismatics, archeology, the history of religions, etc. The references in the database are compiled by surveying all the specialist literature: books, articles in some 420 French and foreign journals, articles in anthologies, conference proceedings, critical reviews, etc. The CDDA analyses approximately 4000 articles and books per year, and includes on average 2000 for the database. To date, the database contains over 56,000 references.

Historical Photographs of the Land of Israel

Historical Photographs of the Land of Israel 
The Land of Israel has always attracted professional and amateur photographers. Over the years, archives, institutions and individuals have kept rare collections, documenting its unique views and people. The university's library operates for the digital conservation and documentation of these contents, in order to keep them from wearing out and to provide accessibility for education and research purposes.

In the website are photographs from various sources that were donated to the library's Digital Media Center.

The digital collection is part of the work done by the library of Haifa University. Its purpose is to expose and provide accessibility to historical photographs of the Land of Israel. The project started as cooperation with the department of Land of Israel Studies in Haifa University and Bitmuna project.

The library staff scans and catalogues the photographs. Identification of documented locations, people and events is done with the help of collection owners, information received from users, and the kind help of Mr. Roni Kenisberg.

The website allows access to the library's photographs collections according to theme, chronology or geography. It also allows access to the Digital Media Center's search options, where you can search freely for various materials.

All the photographs in the Historical Photographs of the Land of Israel website are available to the public, under fair use and copyright limitations.

We would be glad to have your response, as well as more information and identifications of photographs, to: dmc@univ.haifa.ac.il


Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Open Access Journal: The Prehistoric Society: Book Reviews

[First posted in AWOL 30 November 2009. Updated 15 February 2012]

The Prehistoric Society: Book Reviews
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The Prehistoric Society's interests are world wide and extend from the earliest human origins to the emergence of written records. The Society promotes prehistoric research; facilitates access to the results of this research; and recognises excellence, through its Awards and Grants. It also acts as an important advocate for prehistoric archaeology
We are migrating Book Reviews over from the old site. Whilst we carry this work out previous Book Reviews can still be accessed via our previous website
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Open Access Journal: Богословские труды

Богословские труды: Научно-богословский журнал РПЦ, выпускаемый Издательcтвом Московской Патриархии
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Сборник «Богословские труды» является ежегодным центральным научно-богословским рецензируемым изданием Русской Православной Церкви, объединяющим под своей обложкой труды отечественных и зарубежных ученых из различных церковных и светских институций. Издается с 1960 года.
Тематическое разнообразие материалов, представленных на страницах «Богословских трудов», весьма велико: здесь печатаются работы по вопросам догматического богословия и патристики, церковной истории, литургики, агиографии, канонического права, библеистики и другим церковно-историческим дисциплинам.
«Богословские труды» издаются по благословению Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси КИРИЛЛА.
Председателем редакционной коллегии Сборника является митрополит Минский и Слуцкий ФИЛАРЕТ, Патриарший Экзарх всея Беларуси.
Ответственный редактор: Е. С. Полищук.
Научные редакторы: М. М. Бернацкий, А. Г. Дунаев.



В разделе «Архив» редакция БТ планирует со временем разместить полный комплект журнала, начиная с 1-го выпуска. На настоящий момент для загрузки доступны следующие выпуски:


ВЫПУСК 42 (2009) ВЫПУСК 41 (2007) ВЫПУСК 40 (2005)
ВЫПУСК 39 (2004) ВЫПУСК 38 (2003) ВЫПУСК 7 (1971)
ВЫПУСК 6 (1971)

 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

CDLI News: Middle Assyrian texts in Berlin

Middle Assyrian texts in Berlin
We invite scholars interested in the Middle Assyrian period to check out the online files of the CDLI at <http://tinyurl.com/7bzpnm2>. Of the 2622 text artifacts entered to our database, 1875 are housed in Berlin's Vorderasiatisches Museum (<http://cdli.ucla.edu/collections/vam/vam_de.html> with <http://tinyurl.com/7dkvd6z>). The most recent Middle Assyrian digitization work by Max Planck Institute for the History of Science postdoctoral researcher Ludek Vacin, in collaboration with VAM Chief Curator Joachim Marzahn and supported by UCLA staff, may be viewed  at <http://tinyurl.com/7fx6o2m> (for all recently posted VAM images see <http://tinyurl.com/84eobuh>), including our first full image of the famous Middle Assyrian Laws (VAT 10,000 = KAV 1) at <http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/P281779>. We need no reminders that this latter image provides insufficient quality for the tablet's convex reverse surface; thus it, and a set of other high-profile tablets, as well as all tablet seal impressions in the Berlin collection, will be among those planned for special high-resolution imaging in a renewed effort to create and disseminate research-quality digital facsimiles of the VAM collection. We take this opportunity to appeal for the submission to us of Middle Assyrian text transliterations for CDLI ATF conversion and posting to their respective CDLI addresses, credited, per our standing policy, to the specialists who created the original files.

Bob Englund
Los Angeles

Achim Marzahn
Berlin

Göteborg Dissertation Online: The birds in the Iliad

The birds in the Iliad. Identities, interactions and functions, by Karin Johansson
Title: The birds in the Iliad. Identities, interactions and functions
Authors: Johansson, Karin
Issue Date: 4-Jan-2012
University: Göteborgs universitet. Humanistiska fakulteten
University of Gothenburg. Faculty of Arts
Department: Department of Historical Studies ; Institutionen för historiska studier
Date for public defence: 2012-01-28
Public defence: Lördagen den 28 januari 2012, kl. 10.00, Lilla Hörsalen, Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6, Göteborg
Examinationsnivå: Doctor of Philosophy
Publication type: Doctoral thesis
Series/Report no.: GOTHENBURG STUDIES IN HISTORY
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Keywords: ancient ornithology, birds, bird symbolism, divination, double motivation, divine intervention, Homer's Iliad, identity, messenger, metaphorical utterances, oral tradition, parallelism, semiotics, species interactions, transformation, transmitter, Trojan war
Abstract: As the topic of this study embraces and entwines what is routinely divided into two separate categories, “nature” and “culture”, the birds in the Iliad challenge modern scientific division and in some ways, our thinking. They are simultaneously birds, signs and symbols. The investigation aims at determining the various species of the birds in the Iliad as far as this is possible with the help of ornithological methods and tries through semiotics and hermeneutics to ascertain the symbolic ... more
ISBN: 978-91-7346-712-4
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2077/28033
Other recent online Göteborg Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för historiska studier relating to antiquity include:

18-Nov-2011ATHENIAN POTTERY AND CYPRIOTE PREFERENCESEriksson, NikiTextDoctor of PhilosophyGOTARC Series B; No 57

12-Jan-2011Gaming in Mohenjo-daro – an Archaeology of UnitiesRogersdotter, ElkeTextDoctor of PhilosophyGOTARC B; 55

29-Oct-2010The crown of Arsinoë II. The creation and development of an imagery of authorityNilsson, MariaTextDoctor of Philosophy-

2010In search of Dionysos. Reassessing a Dionysian context in early RomeHåkansson, CarinaTextDoctor of PhilosophyGothenburg Studies in History; 1

Monday, February 13, 2012

Call for responses to survey on archaeological conservation needs

If you direct an archaeological field project, please assist us by taking this brief online survey. The survey is designed to gather information about archaeologists’ engagement with conservation and identify areas in which the conservation community can improve. We would appreciate your participation whether or not you have used the services of a professional conservator, and we hope to have responses from a broad range of archaeologists working on different types of sites, both terrestrial and underwater.

•         The survey is primarily multiple-choice and takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your response will be anonymous unless you choose to provide contact information. If you do give us your name, your contact information and survey responses will be kept confidential and only discussed without attribution.

•         The survey results will be shared with both the archaeological and conservation communities.

•         The survey will be active for three weeks, until the 19th February 2012. If you know other directors who are good candidates for this survey, please forward the link.



Suzanne Davis and Claudia Chemello
Conservators
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
University of Michigan
434 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Open Access Journal: ΙΜΕρος - IMEros

ΙΜΕρος - IMEros
Το περιοδικό ΙΜΕρος αποτελεί ετήσια επιστημονική έκδοση του Ιδρύματος Μείζονος Ελληνισμού. Στόχος του είναι να προβάλει το θεωρητικό και επιστημονικό υπόβαθρο των προγραμμάτων που υλοποιούνται στο ΙΜΕ, καθώς και να ενισχύσει τα ιδιαίτερα επιστημονικά ενδιαφέροντα των μελών του. Με δεδομένη την παρουσία ποικίλων ειδικοτήτων στο ΙΜΕ, το περιοδικό ενδιαφέρεται να αποτυπώσει αυτή την ποικιλομορφία και να λάβει ενεργά μέρος στη θεωρητική μελέτη προβλημάτων που ανακύπτουν από την αλληλεπίδραση των ανθρωπιστικών επιστημών (κυρίως της αρχαιολογίας, της ιστορίας και της μουσειολογίας) με τα πολυμέσα και με τις νέες τεχνολογίες (κυρίως Διαδίκτυο, ηλεκτρονικές εκδόσεις, τρισδιάστατες αναπαραστάσεις και εικονική πραγματικότητα). Κατά συνέπεια, τα γνωστικά πεδία που προτίθεται να συμπεριλαμβάνει στην ύλη του είναι:
  • η θεωρητική προσέγγιση της πολιτισμικής πληροφορίας ως αντικειμένου ηλεκτρονικής ανάπτυξης και διάδοσης
  • τα πρακτικά ζητήματα εφαρμογής, οπτικοποίησης και ανασύστασης της πολιτισμικής πληροφορίας
  • οι ιδιαιτερότητες των εκπαιδευτικών και μουσειολογικών ηλεκτρονικών εφαρμογών που σχετίζονται με την πολιτισμική πληροφορία.

The IMEros journal is an annual publication produced by the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW). Its aim is twofold: to stimulate the theoretical study of the problems and opportunities arising from the interaction between the humanities (mainly archaeology, history and museology) with multimedia and the new technologies (primarily the Internet, electronic publishing, 3D representations and virtual reality); and, by expressing the issues, propositions and concerns that such debate engenders, to highlight the theoretical and scientific basis of the projects realised at FHW and to support the special scientific and academic interests of its staff.
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Issue 5.1 / 2005