萨洛尼卡 古老而年轻的希腊陪都

漫步萨洛尼卡寻胜,宛如叩访历史的大门。这里有许多经过千百年的风雨侵蚀和兵燹之灾后幸存下来的古迹:气象森严的古罗马建筑,金碧辉煌的拜占庭式教堂,巍然屹立的中世纪城墙,都在记录着萨洛尼卡的古老文明。     

Human occupation and geomorphological evolution of the Thessaloniki Plain (Greece) since mid Holocene

The plain of Thessaloniki is an important area from a historical standpoint. Numerous reigns and empires have occupied the area, leaving behind numerous archaeological remains. The literature and historical evidences show that the city of Pella was located near the sea and its harbor was the starting point of various conquests of famous kings such as Philip the 2nd and Alexander the Great. At present, the ancient capital is located 28 km inland the large fertile plain of Thessaloniki.     

Archaeomagnetic versus luminescence methods: the case of an Early Byzantine ceramic workshop in Thessaloniki,Greece

In this contribution, we present a combined archaeomagnetic and luminescence study of archaeologically dated structures. The investigated area is a ceramic workshop comprising several Early Byzantine kilns. Based on (a) the archaeological–anthropogenic stratigraphy of the site, (b) the structural characteristics of the kilns and (c) the few ceramic findings revealed within their context, the operation of this brick and tile factory is approximately dated between the middle of the fifth century until the first decades of the sixth century AD. Three of the well-preserved workshop kilns have been studied archaeomagnetically. The full vector of the geomagnetic field, accompanied by rock magnetic analyses of the studied material, has been defined. The archaeomagnetic study revealed similar directions among the three kilns indicating and confirming their contemporary use. Additionally, several luminescence measurements were obtained on material from the same kilns. The dating of the site was performed with both methods. The archaeomagnetic dating is convergent with the archaeological estimation only when its upper limit is considered. Concerning the luminescence dating, the calculated ages (corrected for anomalous fading and for the ⁴⁰K content) with their standard deviations are convergent with the archaeological estimations for the first kiln, while for the other two, the results seem to be incompatible. The possible factors that provoked this divergence are thoroughly discussed.     

Reconstruction of the landscape history around the remnant arch of the Klidhi Roman Bridge,Thessaloniki Plain,North Central Greece

This paper deals with the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the area surrounding the remnant arch of the ancient bridge of Klidhi, Thessaloniki Plain, Greece. 19th century travellers and 20th century historians discussed the age of the monument and concluded that it was built during Late Roman Times (3rd Cent. AD) and supported a branch of the Via Egnatia road. However, few studies have considered the environmental context of the construction of the bridge, and until now, only two hypotheses have been presented: The bridge was built on or over a junction of the Aliakmon and Loudias Rivers, or on a coastal barrier. Within the framework of a geoarchaeological project developed in April 2008, five boreholes were drilled and the sediment cores analysed for microfauna and sedimentology. Seven ¹⁴C AMS dates provided a chronostratigraphic sequence and helped to define the geomorphological evolution of the area. Spatial interpretation of the results was possible using a Landsat TM image (False Colour Composite – FCC). Our data indicate the gradual transition of the site from a marine to a terrestrial environment during Ancient Times. Lagoonal conditions dominated during the construction of the bridge and the presence of a palaeochannel of the Aliakmon River was later revealed (transition from Byzantine and Ottoman periods), overlying sediments of a coastal barrier.     

Avian resources at a Mexican site at the time of the Spanish Conquest

The time of the Spanish Conquest in America saw a major biological interchange caused by human action. In the native people it was expressed by major changes in the use of animals, due to the introduction of domestic European fauna. This theme is discussed here based on a review of ethnohistorical sources and a small body of recent archaeological evidence. An analysis is presented of the use of birds at a Mexican settlement inhabited in the sixteenth century at the time of Spanish contact. The bird remains, 456 fragments, are from the site of El Japon, southeast of Mexico City. The main avian resources were domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, and four species of ducks. The exploitation of scrub jay, Apheolocoura coerulescens is recorded for the first time in Mexican archaeo-ornithology. The study confirms ethnohistorical information about the introduction of the domestic fowl, but also shows that native resources were more widely used than is known from the chronicles of the sixteenth century. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Prehistorian at Cambridge

J. Maxwell Atkinson and Paul Drew. Order in Court: The Organization of Verbal Interaction in Judicial Settings. Atlantic Highlands, N. J.: Humanities Press, 1979. ix + 275 pp. Notes, references, and index. (Published in Oxford Socio‐Legal Studies Series, J. Maxwell Atkinson, Donald R. Harris, and R. M. Hartwell, general eds.) $30.00.     

一种随意

<正>这张封面图片,只是一次不经意地发现,每当回忆起来,就会从内心里生发出一种淡淡的美好,抑或是一种难以名状的浪漫。还记得当时的情景,那时刚从奥斯陆的维格兰公园出来,偶尔发现不远处有     

Carnival at Binche

REPORTS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO TORRES STRAITS. Vol. V. Sociology, Magic, and Religion of the Western Islanders. Cambridge University Press, 1904. 4to. Pp. xii, 378, with 22 plates and 84 figures in the text. Price 25s. net. Reviewed by N. W. Thomas.

L'ANNÉE SOCIOLOGIQUE, publiée sous la direction de Emile Durkheim, Professeur de Sociologie à l'Université de Bordeaux. Septième Année (1902–1903). Paris: Félix Alcan. 1904. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

OM RAGNAROK. Af AXEL OLRIK. (Saertryk af “Aarböger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie”). Kjobenhavn. 1902. Reviewed by L. Winifred Faraday.

THE SHAIKHS OF MOROCCO IN THE XVITH CENTURY. By T. H. Weir, B.D., M.R.A.S. Edinburgh ; G. A. Morton. 1904. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

INDIAN FOLKLORE. By GANESHJI JETHABHAI. Limbdi, 1903. Reviewed by W. Crooke.