The Status Problem of Iberian Holocene Equids: New Data from Cueva de El Mirador (Sierra de Atapuerca,Spain)

Equid remains are scarce and very fragmented in Iberian Neolithic and Bronze Age sites. Evidence suggesting that horses were domesticated does exist, but it is often inconclusive, thus leaving the question unanswered. Today, DNA analyses have provided information about a, most likely Iberian, nucleus of horse domestication, making it crucially important to expand the database. The Holocene sequence (6^th and 3^rd millennium cal bc ) of the Cueva de El Mirador (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) has yielded 92 equid remains distributed in 12 Neolithic and Bronze Age levels. In this paper, we present the study of the equid remains from the Cueva de El Mirador from an archaeozoological perspective, giving indirect evidence of horse domestication. Our results vary widely and lead to open interpretations about horse domestication and how humans used these animals. This study of horse remains focuses on species identification and on determining how humans economically used these animals. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

涿州元代壁画墓孝义故事图浅析

2002年8月河北省文物研究所在涿州市清理了一座元代壁画墓,该墓将孝义故事图浓缩于一壁,其中西南壁绘12组,东南壁绘8组。壁画由于受画面的限制,故事内容表现简略,多具象征意义,除部分内容清晰,为人共知外,多有难于辨别者。本文参考已有的研究成果,并结合文献对该壁画孝义故事进行了逐一考证。     

The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949: from the 1949 Diplomatic Conference to the Dawn of the New Millennium

In 1949 the Swiss government convened a diplomatic conference to update international humanitarian law in the light of the tragic experiences of the Second World War. Although the proceedings were largely dominated by the fear that the coup in Prague, the blockade of Berlin and the Chinese civil war would lead to a third world war, the conference succeeded in adopting the four Geneva Conventions that are still in force today. This was a major breakthrough from a humanitarian point of view as well as a significant political success. However, in the 50 years that followed, the new Conventions were applied to circumstances that differed widely from those that their framers had in mind. Since the threat of nuclear annihilation prevented any direct and open confrontation between the superpowers, their rivalry led instead to a proliferation of internal conflicts along the fault‐lines of the Cold War. What then was the significance of the new Geneva Conventions? What are the prospects for the future of international humanitarian law? These are some of the questions that deserve our attention as the twentieth century—scarred as it was by so many wars—givesway to the twenty‐first.     

隆兴寺摩尼殿壁画初探(下)

<正>定隆兴寺的中心建筑摩尼殿始建于北宋皇祐四年(1052年),殿内所有墙体除内槽背通塑五彩悬山外,俱绘壁画,内容有佛教尊像画、经变画、佛传故事、吉祥云纹等。近日经正定县文物保管所工作人员实地测量,壁画原面积应为388.64平方米,现存335.06平方米。本文对该壁画的分布、内容及保存现状作了详细介绍,并对画面内容进行了简单考证和研究。     

从壁画砖看南京西善桥宫山墓的年代

从南京西善桥宫山南朝"竹林七贤与荣启期"大型拼镶砖印壁画墓出土壁画砖的砖面标记文字、砖的拼装方法以及砖的尺寸规格等方面来看,该墓的年代应该在丹阳金家村墓和吴家村墓之前。一向被认为是陈朝墓的西善桥罐子山墓也应该与此墓年代相仿。     

敦煌莫高窟第257窟壁画《鹿王本生》释读

本文从解释"鹿王本生"的内涵着墨,着重考察莫高窟第257窟北魏壁画<鹿王本生>这则故事画的艺术特点,通过分析相关研究成果,力求对此画构图、山水等重要问题做出新的解读.即画工匠人在创作过程中遵循佛教艺术"象征主义"的同时,不断加入个人的理解和想象,时代生活与审美情趣渗透其中,使得外来佛教艺术逐渐地形成印度、边疆、汉地等多种因素有机结合的中国化佛教艺术特征.     

隆兴寺摩尼殿壁画初探(上)

正定隆兴寺的中心建筑摩尼殿始建于北宋皇四年(1052年),殿内所有墙体除内槽背通塑五彩悬山外,俱绘壁画,内容有佛教尊像画、经变画、佛传故事、吉祥云纹等。近日经正定县文物保管所工作人员实地测量,壁画原面积应为388.64平方米,现存335.06平方米。本文对该壁画的分布、内容及保存现状作了详细介绍,并对画面内容进行了简单考证和研究。     

虞弘墓所谓“夫妇宴饮图”辨析

本文对虞弘墓图像中一幅学界一直认为是“夫妇宴饮图”的图像进行了辨析正名。作者列举了多件以“夫妇宴饮图”为主题的图像与虞弘墓这幅图像进行比对,通过男、女主人的排位原则考辨出虞墓图像的女主角不是虞弘夫人,又从其冠服特征、手持之物以及身旁二女伴的身份考定出她是一位天界神灵,即Daena女神。作者又进而指出,此幅图像的主题是表现墓主人灵魂进入天国后的美好情景。     

天府的第一缕晨光 古蜀文明遗址

得益于周围连绵的群山和高原的阻隔,四川盆地孕育了独特的自然和人文环境,在相当长的时间里是一片相对独立的文化区域。先秦时期这里有一个名为“蜀”的古老王国。公元前316年,古蜀国被秦国征服,其后的文明进程也逐渐淹没于中原文明的洪流之中,有关先秦古蜀国的史料记载只言片语,仅留下语焉不详的远古传说。     

甘肃东千佛洞二窟和七窟壁画使用颜料的研究

采用现代分析测试技术,对甘肃东千佛洞西夏和元代壁画的24个颜料样品进行了分析检测,查明了绘制壁画所使用颜料成分,并对壁画制作工艺和病害机理进行了探讨。     

A British Lead Seal from Northern New Spain

Abstract

It is often suggested that only a fairly small percentage of the buried population was commemorated on stones before the 19th century. However, there has been little empirical study of what proportion is represented on monuments for different periods. This work compares the number of individuals whose names appear on surviving monuments in historical burial grounds, and the number of individuals recorded in parish records. Although there was considerable variation between graveyards, the mean proportion of those registered as having been buried and who were also commemorated was 8·23%, the figure being much higher in rural areas and much lower in urban ones.