Sheep wool in Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe

This study presents the results of a series of wool measurements from Bronze Age and Iron Age skins and textiles from Hallstatt, and Bronze Age textiles from Scandinavia and the Balkans. A new method of classification that was set up and applied on mostly mineralised Iron Age material has now been applied to a large body of non-mineralised material from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Three types of microscopes were used and their advantages and disadvantages assessed. The results of the investigation cast new light on sheep breeding and fibre processing in prehistoric Europe, and suggest that different sheep breeds existed in Bronze Age Europe.     

迈锡尼时代--希腊英雄神话和史诗的摇篮

迈锡尼时代(约公元前1600-前1100年)是古希腊史前文化发展的一个十分重要而特殊的阶段,属于希腊本土青铜文化(希腊底文化)晚期,也是其鼎盛期,其文化持续发展达500年之久.     

Iron Age people of Norway

‘Iron Age People in Norway’ is an interdisciplinary research project. The source material consists of archaeological finds of graves containing human skeletal remains. Archaeological and physical anthropological methods and data will be combined in analyses of the people, their living conditions, aspects of social organization and questions about ethnic groups, using a specially developed computer registration system and database structure. The in‐depth analyses concentrate on the five northernmost counties in Norway, while the catalogue covers the whole country.     

A Comparison of Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age Blades from South Africa

Abstract

The Middle Stone Age (MSA, ca. 250,000 to 25,000 B.P.) and the Later Stone Age (LSA, ca. 25,000 to 2000 B.P.) provide the cultural backdrops for the evolution of modern humans in Africa. The LSA has been long regarded as the period during which modern forms of behavior were widely adopted. Over the last decade evidence of modern behavior in the MSA has grown significantly, however, and some cultural distinctions between the MSA and LSA have become blurred. Perceived differences between MSA and LSA blade technologies warranted closer investigation. The South African site of Rose Cottage Cave (RCC) has a long cultural sequence incorporating several MSA and LSA industries. A controlled comparison of blades from the Howiesons Poort (ca. 65,000 to 55,000 B.P.) and Robberg (ca. 20,000 to 10,000 CAL B.P.) industries of RCC is presented. Robberg blade production appears to involve both a different theoretical approach and greater technical precision than Howiesons Poort production but it does not result in a greater level of dimensional standardization. Robberg blade technology could be described as more advanced, but its economic advantages are problematic. The skills involved may have been fostered within a particular social context, though it remains to be established whether these conditions were peculiar to the environmentally-stressed Robberg phase or to the broader LSA.     

试析宋代官员官年与实年不符现象

宋代官员官年与实年不符现象非常普遍,既反映出仕途中人的种种心理,也折射出宋代官僚体制运作过程中的某些弊端,两的结合又使官年与实年不符现象屡禁不止、日益加剧并公开化。     

虫草时代

包括贵重金属、珠宝玉石、名贵药材或其他林林总总的稀世珍品,从来没有一种东西能像冬虫夏草这样：它是那么的稀有．但只要合理采挖．就能够循环再生;它既是药品又是保健品．既是高档奢侈品又像是价格低廉的土特产品;它是短线投资的绝佳投资工具．也是馈赠佳品;既可以让我们永葆青春活力．也能够彰显尊荣：