Archeology

Kniha byla vydána roku 1989 v Praze  / The book was published in 1989 in Prague.

Drazí kolegové, tato kniha je umístěna kvůli jejímu  mimořádnému významu při porozumění archeologii Čech a její špatné dostupnosti zahraničním vědcům a studentům. Naléhavě Vás prosíme, abyste respektovali autorská práva autora a vydavatele. Děkujeme --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear colleagues, this book is placed because of its importance in understanding the archaeology of Bohemia and its poor availability to foreign scientists and students. We urge you to respect the copyrights of author and publishers. Thank you

This book, published in August of 2016, tells the story of the wholly forgotten nation which--2000 years ago-- ruled a territory in West Mexico the size of Guatemala. Unlike the Aztecs and Mayas, their name was never known, but today they are called the people of the Teuchitlán Tradition, after the site where many of their trademark "circular pyramids" were excavated and studied during the last twenty years.
Published by Acento Editores, Guadalajara, Mexico, this slim volume has 68 pages, 87 color photos and six maps and sketches. The text is in English and Spanish, side by side.

Tra i personaggi che animarono la vita intellettuale di Roma nella prima metà del secolo XIX, Donna Teresa Caetani, nata de' Rossi, rappresenta sicuramente un caso d'interesse sia per quanto riguarda le vicende dell'alta nobiltà romana, sia per l'archeologia, che proprio in quel periodo iniziava a muovere i suoi primi ed incerti passi verso una propria strutturazione come Altertumswissenschaft, come scienza dell'antichità. In questa sede si tenterà una ricostruzione del profilo biografico di questa nobildonna, dai tratti contraddittori e a volte "scomodi", soprattutto per la società del suo tempo, operando una sintesi tra i dati già editi e quelli inediti, questi ultimi raccolti in archivio, durante le ricerche riguardanti la sua attività di scavo nell'Etruria meridionale.

Prezentujemy Państwu nową serię wydawniczą, której tematem są używki i substancje psychoaktywne. Tom pierwszy zawiera artykuły, których autorami są przede wszystkim archeolodzy i historycy. Rozważania dotyczące najstarszych dziejów skupiają się zwłaszcza na ukazaniu roli narkotyków i alkoholu w systemie ówczesnych wierzeń i rytuałów, choć są i takie, które odnoszą się do sfery profanum.

Populonia is the only Etruscan town on the sea. It occupies the hills of Poggio del Telegrafo
and Poggio del Castello, overlooking the Gulf of Baratti. The city benefits from a territory
rich of natural resources and with great potential. Nevertheless, because of its shape, required
unconventional choices in its organization and its management. Until at least the Late
Bronze Age, the exploitation of the important resources of coastal lagoons seems to follow
similar patterns of other middle Tyrrhenian districts. The Populonian coast was studded
with small settlements, located on the dunes or in the immediate proximity of the sea. In
the Early Iron Age, the above described way of occupation seems to change gradually, all
Bronze Age sites were abbandoned, apparently in contrast with southern Etruria. In the
Gulf of Baratti, the existence of the Villanovan necropolis on top of previous settlements,
seems to support this interpretation. It is possible to relate this phenomenon with the contemporary
concentration of the population in the area of the historical city, corresponding
to Poggio del Telegrafo and Poggio del Castello, as part of a larger commitment to planning
which also involved the gulf. Two different cemeteries have been identified at Baratti, the
first one was located at the center of the Gulf (San Cerbone and Casone-Porcareccia),
the second to the north-east (Poggio-Piano delle Granate). Furthermore, two small necropoleis
have been identified on the south-western slopes of Poggio del Telegrafo, and
the northern foothills in locality Buca (or Buche) delle Fate. The settlement of Poggio del
Telegrafo and Poggio del Castello, if not enclosed, is at least partially surrounded by the
necropolis. This choice of settlement allowed the inhabitans to combine the high defensive
potential of a coastal headland with wide visibility of the surrounding coast. The system of
occupation of the hinterland seems to be centralized, as in southern Etruria, on a tight selection
of the smaller settlements and focused on the maintenance of those needed to ensure
control of the territory. On the Island of Elba, we have evidence of thriving metallurgical
activities, still connected to the mixed sulphides, while the material culture, especially the
bronzework, confirms its proximity to Populonia. The Villanovan Populonia appears to be
the hub of a geographical district rich in important resources, with the mineralization of
Elba and Campiglia’s hills, and not only as a crucial junction of Tyrrhenian routes but also
of the main Mediterranean routes. Such a reconstruction fits well with the features of the
local society which emerges from the analysis of the funerary evidence. Infact, the birth of
the great Villanovan towns implies the overcoming of the previous fragmentation through
a process of integration that lead to a more complex structure of the social hierarchy. In
the case of Populonia, we have to imagine that this layering process was influenced by a
strong human mobility characteristic of a port of trade, the point of arrival or passage of
different peoples.

Écrire l’histoire de Metz-Divodurum n’est pas aisé.
Traditionnellement, les historiens se sont appuyés, pour
l’essentiel, sur les sources littéraires avant de prendre en compte,
dès le xviiie siècle, les sources archéologiques. Depuis plus
d’un demi-siècle, la fouille stratigraphique, notamment dans
le cadre de l’archéologie dite de sauvetage puis « préventive »
à partir des années 1980, a considérablement enrichi
la connaissance sur l’histoire de Metz. Elle a permis la mise
en évidence des différentes phases d’évolution connues par
la ville antique entre les Ier et IVe siècles apr. J.-C.

Writing Metz-Divodurum history isn’t easy. Traditionally,
historians mostly relied on literary sources before taking
archaeological sources into account since 18th century. For more
than a half century, the stratigraphic excavation, especially
in the context of rescue archeology, then called “preventive”
from 1980, considerably enriched knowledge on Metz history.
It enabled to highlight the different evolution phases of the
antique city between 1st and 4th centuries AD.

Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı’nın girişimleriyle ülkemize geri kazandırılan
Boğazköy-Hattuşaş Sfenksi, İstanbul Restorasyon ve Konservasyon
Merkez Laboratuarı Müdürlüğü tarafından yürütülen koruma
ve onarım çalışmalarının ardından, 26 Kasım 2011 tarihinde düzenlenen
açılış töreni ile Boğazkale Müzesi’nde sergilenmeye başlanmıştır.
Çorum’da tüm ihtişamıyla izlenebilen sfenks, bundan 94 yıl önce, restorasyon
ve konservayon çalışmalarının yapılması amacıyla Almanlar
tarafından Berlin’e götürülmüştü ve yakın bir tarihe kadar Pergamon
Müzesi teşhirinde bulunmaktaydı. Çeşitli nedenlerle yurtdışına götürülen
kültür varlıklarının ait oldukları topraklara iade edilmesi açısından
yürütülen girişimlerin başlangıcı niteliğinde kabul edilen Boğazköy
Sfenksi’nin anavatanına dönmesi sürecinde yaşananlar, yurdumuzda
olduğu kadar yurtdışında da ilgiyle takip edilmiştir.

Studie byla publikována roku 2011 v knize ,,Slánské rozhovory 2010 : Česká husitská reformace historie, osobnosti, teologie, umění" / The study was published in 2011 in books ,,Slánské rozhovory 2010: The Czech Hussite Reformation of History, Personalities, Theology, Art."

GeoarchaeologIcal perspective to the reconstruction of coastal landscapes and settlement strategies of the Bronze Age Salento - Investigations of coastal landscape archaeology conducted over the last 10 years on the Adriatic and Ionian coastlines of the Salento allowed us to map many geoarchaeological markers of relative sea level changes; these data can give us accurate information on late Holocene phenomena of marine transgression offering a good opportunity to submit some fresh proposals of paleogeographic reconstructions of these territories. A particular attention was paid to the analysis of spatial, chronological and functional data of a group of archaeological markers (sunken and not) connected with forti ed and open settlements dated to the  rst half of the II millennium BC. Torre Santa Sabina, Torre Guaceto-Scogli di Apani and Scalo di Furno-Porto Cesareo stand out among long-lived settlements for the relevance of the research outcomes. Many archaeological evidences (forti cation walls, moats, pavements, occupation layers, dwelling structures, etc.) mark the ancient position and height of the relative sea level, but postholes have a leading role. The mapping and recording of these structural elements allow us to reconstruct the real extension of Bronze Age inhabited areas.

This paper deals with the phenomenon of Archeoastronomy present at different locations and different cultures around the world. The three historical structures present in this paper show how was Archeoastronomy applied and how it was used in ancient times.

My bold suggestions in this paper, as an artisan-anthropologist-therapist, are as follows: (a) human manufacturing of objects brings about individual/collective (deep well-being) experiences of beauty and grace and (b)‘making artifacts’ represents an important ancient continuity in (social-cultural-biological) humanization. Combining these two assertions suggests a universal existence of ‘crafting in the world’. The argument was ignited by the termination of both my mother’s and father’s family blacksmithing workshops in the twentieth century. Being a technical engineer/craftsman in my first career, and being one of six sons, I was deeply puzzled about why and how our transgenerational arts and crafting family tradition would die out when my father closed down his metal construction workshop in 1986. My great-uncles from mother’s side had already closed down their smithy decades earlier.

Quadro relativo ai luoghi di culto d'età romana attestati nella provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola; articolo di approfondimento sul sito a carattere sacro di Candoglia, ove è attestato il culto di Giove. Vengono per la prima volta analizzati ed editi i materiali rivenuti negli scavi degli anni Sessanta.

Anormal Psikoloji kitabı, ruhsal bozukluklar alanında çalışan tüm profesyoneller, psikiyatristler, klinik psikologlar, psikologlar, psikolojik danışmanlar, hekimler, sosyal hizmet uzmanları, psikiyatri hemşireleri ve bu alanlarda öğrenci yetiştiren akademisyenler ile eğitim alan öğrenciler için temel bir başvuru kitabıdır.
2013 yılının Mayısı ayında yayımlanan DSM-5 ölçütlerine göre ruhsal bozukluklarla ilgili sunulan bilgilerin güncellemesinin de yapıldığı bu kitap, tüm dünyada pek çok üniversitenin psikiyatri ve psikoloji bölümlerinde ders kitabı olarak okutulmaktadır.
Kitabın her bölümünde, ilk olarak ruhsal bozukluklarla ilgili vakalar sunulmakta, daha sonra bozuklukların klinik tanıları yapılmakta ve DSM-IV-TR’den farklı olan DSM-5’te yapılan değişikliklere yer verilmektedir. Ayrıca, DSM-5’teki tanı ölçütleri, bozuklukların etiyolojisi ve epidemiyolojisi, bozukluklar üzerinde kalıtımın ve çevrenin etkileri, biyolojik ve sosyal ve kültürel etkiler, en güncel araştırmalardan elde edilen verilerle harmanlanarak sunulmaktadır. Ruhsal bozuklukların tedavisinde etkili olacak terapi yaklaşımları ve ilaçla yapılan tedaviler hakkında da bilgiler veren kitap, sahip olduğu zengin içeriği ile eşsiz bir kaynaktır.
Anormal Psikoloji kitabının; profesyoneller ve öğrenciler için önemli bir rehber olacağına, yardıma ihtiyaç duyan insanların sorunlarının çözümüne, ruhsal bozuklukların tanı ve tedavisinde önemli katkılar sağlayacağına inanıyoruz.

Dracorex was a dinosaur of the family Pachycephalosauridae, that lived during the Late Cretaceous of North America. The type (and only) species is Dracorex hogwartsia, meaning "dragon king of Hogwarts".
It is known from one nearly complete skull (the holotype TCMI 2004.17.1), as well as four cervical vertebrae including the atlas, third, ninth and eighth. These were discovered in the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota by three amateur paleontologists from Sioux City, Iowa. The skull was subsequently donated to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis for study in 2004, and was formally described by Bob Bakker and Robert Sullivan in 2006.

Dracorex, a herbivore, had a skull with spiky horns, bumps, and a long muzzle. The species also sports well-developed supratemporal fenestrae and a heavily-armored flat skull – lacking the characteristic pachycephalosaurid dome. Coupled with these two features is the excessive number of osteoderms in the form of irregular osteodermal crust: a number of nodes, larger hornlets, and spikes. Disregarding this, Dracorex is physically comparable to Stygimoloch. In the Pachycephalosauridae family, the Asian taxa includes a number of (somewhat) flat-headed pachycephalosaurs (Homalocephale calat'hocercos, Goyocephale lattimorei, and Wannanosaurus yansiensis). However, prior to the discovery of Dracorex, the only semi-flat-headed pachycephalosaur from North America was Stegoceras validum (inclusive of Ornatotholus' browni). Even then, the semi-flat-headed trait was only present in juveniles of the species.

Aside from having a flat, nodal skull, the most prominent feature of Dracorex is the pair of huge and unrestricted superior temporal openings. The supratemporal fenestrae are much larger front-to-back and side-to-side than in Homalocephale, and larger than in Goyocephale. Only a fragmentary Wannanosaurus skull shows fenestrae as large as those of Dracorex. This fenestral architecture has been seen in ancient archosaurs, but not in other pachycephalosaurs.

Consequently, if unreduced superior fenestrae are morphologically primitive, then Dracorex is more primitive in the temporal region than any other known pachycephalosaur. However, Sullivan (2003, 2006) demonstrated that the oldest known pachycephalosaurs were, in fact, fully-domed, and that the flat-headed morphology appeared later in the fossil record. This suggests that doming may be primitive for pachycephalosaurs and that a reversion to the non-domed, flat-headed state is a secondary (derived) character reversion, coupled with the re-opening of the supratemporal fenestrae. Indeed, while Stegoceras has been considered to be transitional between domed and flat-headed taxa, it may indicate the beginning of a character reversion to suppression of doming and opening of the supratemporal fenestrae in some taxa.

The excavated specimen was most likely a young adult. However, based on ossification of the mid-cervical arch with the centrum, it was near maturity. The animal was approximately 10 feet (3 m) long.

However, at the 2007 annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Jack Horner of Montana State University presented evidence, from analysis of the skull of holotype specimen TCMI 2004.17.1, that Dracorex may well be a juvenile form of Pachycephalosaurus.

Classification
In the original description, Bob Bakker included Dracorex in the family Pachycephalosauridae within the subfamily Pachycephalosaurinae. In the latter in the Pachycephalosaurini tribe together with Pachycephalosaurus forming a clearing next to Stygimoloch . To carry out the analysis of the relationships between the genders, he observed the differences in cranial ornamentation.

In a comprehensive study of numerous fossils of Pachycephalosaurus published in 2009, John R. Horner and Mark B. Goodwin , a strong variation warn ontogenetic of the skull : large morphological differences between juveniles and adults. For them, the flat Dracorex skull , the nodules at the front end, the small spines at the back, and the thick but non-dome-shaped frontoparietal, indicate that the only known specimen is a juvenile Pachycephalosaurus

Alternative interpretation
Dracorex may be a closely related individual of Stygimoloch and / or Pachycephalosaurus in which the cupola and horns are not well developed either because the animal was a juvenile or a female. This consideration was supported at the 2007 annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Jack Horner from Montana State University presented evidence, from analysis of the skull of the only extant specimen of Dracorex , that this dinosaur could be a juvenile form of Stygimoloch . In addition, he presented data indicating that both Stygimoloch and Dracorex may be juvenile forms ofPachycephalosaurus . Horner and MB Goodwin published their findings in 2009, showing that the spine / nodule bones and cranial domes of all three species' exhibit extreme plasticity and that both Dracorex and Stygimoloch are known only from juvenile specimens, while Pachycephalosaurus is only known from specimens. Adults". These observations, plus the fact that all three forms lived at the same time and place, lead them to conclude that Dracorex and Stygimoloch may have simply been juvenile Pachycephalosaurs that had lost their spines and developed domes as they aged. The researchers were unable to break out Dracorex's skull to sample it,  and had to use a cast of the skull for descriptive purposes.
A 2010 study by Nick Longrich and colleagues also supported the hypothesis that all flat-headed pachycephalosaurus were juveniles, suggesting that flat-domed forms, such as Goyocephale and Homalocephale , represent the juveniles of domed adults. 
In 2016, Goodwin and Evans analyzed the youngest known ontogimorphs of Pachycephalosaurus , collected from the Hell Creek Formation. While this material would normally refer to DracorexSince it represented one or more individuals younger than the only known Dracorex individual and displayed similar characteristics, the items showed that the unique characters in Dracorex and Stygimoloch represent morphological characters consisting of a morphological continuum for Pachycephalosaurus . In other words, these younger individuals showed that Dracorex characteristics were probably transient and can be easily traced on a growth curve to Pachycephalosaurus , where Stygimoloch and Dracorex are incorporated into this genus. As such, DracorexIt is probably not a single species, but a more modern synonym for Pachycephalosaurus .
This study has not been challenging and represents the most recent analysis of this genre. In conclusion, an ontogenetic relationship is established, being infantile, juvenile and adult individuals of the same species, between Dracorex hogwartsia , Stygimoloch spinifer and Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis , the latter being the bearer of the valid species name, as it is the first of the three to be described.

Name
The name Dracorex hogwartsia was inspired by young visitors to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis as a tribute to both dragons (Dracorex means "dragon king"), which the animal resembled, as well as the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling (hogwartsia for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the fictional school from the popular series).

References
^ Bakker, R. T., Sullivan, R. M., Porter, V., Larson, P. and Saulsbury, S.J. (2006). "Dracorex hogwartsia, n. gen., n. sp., a spiked, flat-headed pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota." in Lucas, S. G. and Sullivan, R. M., eds., Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, pp. 331–345. [1]
^ Erik Stokstad,"SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY MEETING:Did Horny Young Dinosaurs Cause Illusion of Separate Species?", Science Vol. 18, 23 Nov. 2007, p. 1236; http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/318/5854/1236.

Fumetto allegato alla "Guida Kids" per la mostra "Longobardi. Un popolo che ha cambiato la storia" tenutasi presso il Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli dal 21 dicembre 2017 al 25 marzo 2018.

Prodotto in collaborazione con: Museo Archeologico di Napoli; Scuola Italiana di Comix.

This paper reviews the earliest empirical evidence for seafaring, leading to the exploits of Homo erectus in two world regions. This leads to the explanation of the rationale of replication experiments intended to establish the minimum conditions under which demonstrated maritime colonisations in the Lower Palaeolithic could have succeeded.

We employ social network analysis of collar decoration on Iroquoian vessels to conduct a multiscalar analysis of signaling practices among ancestral Huron-Wendat communities on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Our analysis focuses on the microscale of the West Duffins Creek community relocation sequence as well as the mesoscale, incorporating several populations to the west. The data demonstrate that network ties were stronger among populations in adjacent drainages as opposed to within drainage-specific sequences, providing evidence for west-to-east population movement, especially as conflict between Wendat and Haudenosaunee populations escalated in the sixteenth century. These results suggest that although coalescence may have initially involved the incorporation of peoples from microscale (local) networks, populations originating among wider mesoscale (subregional) networks contributed to later coalescent communities. These findings challenge previous models of village relocation and settlement aggregation that oversimplified these processes.

Emprendí el estudio comparativo del arte egipcio y del arte mesoamericano tratando de comprender las similitudes que sus expresiones artísticas  presentan, a pesar de la gran distancia temporal y espacial que los separa. Con solo mirar sus monumentos nos podemos dar cuenta de que el arte egipcio y el arte mesoamericano están basados en la geometría. La presencia de la  matemática y de la astronomía, que también están presentes, son menos evidentes.

The Indus Valley Civilisation used thousands of seals with symbols which have not been properly understood so far.Most of these symbols were later used all over India and abroad on pottery,copper plates,rocks ,textiles,furniture , metalwork products etc. But the fundamental principle underlying these symbols escaped the attention of scholars and researchers so far.This led to many strange conclusions about their readings. In this paper we are explaining the basic principle of the symbols and their purpose. We are not surprised to find that vedic
“mangala/mangalatraya/ ashTamangala / agni/ kaala/raja/ laabha/varsha/sabha/siva/subha/srii” are the underlying words employed in most of the inscriptions. These symbols agree with the Rg vedic concept of agni/fire worship and the archeological evidence of presence of vedic fire altars in IVC sites.Worship of agni(sun,fire,king,priest) led to the use of these symbols by other contemporary civilisations also.
The Ashtamangala(asta-mangala>house of king ; cf.Heb.LMLK;Bethlehem/beth-melech;king’s sacrifice;bull’s sacrifice) is a set of Eight Auspicious Signs used in religions like  Hinduism,Jainism, and Buddhism. In the Hindu tradition, the Ashtamangala may be used during certain occasions like pujas,weddings,coronation of kings etc.  They have been depicted in decorative motifs on pottery ,temples,royal palaces, houses and cultural artifacts.This paper explores the Harappan ashTa mangala rationale in vedic literature,rituals and sacrifices,temple architecture etc.

“Divinazioni/Divinations” the artist in residence program born in 2012 in Sicily and curated by Giusi Diana, arises from the need to combine contemporary art, archeology, visual and aural landscape, aesthetic and technological innovation.
The italian and international artists of the three editions have been invited, according to a dynamic view of history, to give life to a contemporary view of the extraordinary archeological sites of the Temples Valley of Agrigento. An interdisciplinary model of residences, innovative and experimental, has had the dual purpose of expanding the fields of interest of two types of audience, that of contemporary art and that of archeology, providing artists the chance to live un unconventional experience far from the usual circuits of contemporary art, and encouraging a process of reflection on the past to actualize the History. The artists of “Divinazioni/Divinations” Domenico Sciajno and Sergio Zavattieri in the first edition, Laboratorio Saccardi in the second and Alterazioni Video in the firth, in the suspended time wich has been the residency, they have been worked to a freely creative site-specific project, emerged from a truly extraordinary suggestion of the place. The result of this process is shown in the three final exhibitions in Villa Aurea.