Work performance, physiological and hemato-biochemical responses in working buffalo with different load weights by Visoky Paján-Jiménez, Fernando D. Pazmiño-Rodríguez, Patricia Roldán-Santiago, Cristian Larrondo-Cornejo, Anna Dutro-Aceves, Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz

“…Twelve male working buffaloes 7 to 10 years old (782.16±21.62 kg) were evaluated while transporting African oil palm fruits in metal baskets placed on the back. The weights of the loads were 200, 300, and 500 kg. …”
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L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…These blocks, averaging some 1.20 m in length and between 0.40 and 0.70 m in thickness, were assembled with live joints and secured with metal clamps sealed with lead in holes drilled into their base.The foundation block of pier 18, preserved in the middle of riverbed, was examined by means of a deep test trench dug on the south side, which revealed a pinewood foundation frame which reached down to the base of the masonry at a depth of 3.44 m. …”
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Estimation and evaluation of iron reserves in the eastern area of Eileh1 mine, Razavi Khorasan province by Hamid Esmati Daroneh, Maryam Gholamzadeh

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Le travail des peaux et du cuir durant le Haut-Empire à Bordeaux/Burdigala (Gironde), d’après les vestiges mis au jour sur le site de la rue Jean-Fleuret by Vanessa Elizagoyen, Christophe Sireix, Gisèle Allenet de Ribemont, Laurence Benquet, Philippe Borgard, Emilie Claud, Katleen Couchez, Marie-France Dietsch-Sellami, Stéphan Dubernet, Véronique Guitton, Jérôme Hénique, Yannick Le Digol, Martine Leguilloux, Sébastien Lepetz, Fabrice Leroy, Hélène Martin, Alain Queffelec, Stéphanie Raux, Nima Saedlou, Farid Sellami, Laure Simon, Serge Vigier

“…The use of lithic macro-tools and metal pins is also linked to the specific treatment of the hides of small ruminants, whether for finishing or to facilitate the impregnation of treatment products. …”
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Le camp F de Lautagne à Valence (Drôme) : l’organisation interne et la vie quotidienne d’un camp militaire romain au milieu du ier s. av. J.-C. by Magalie Kielb Zaaraoui, Loïc Buffat, Michel Reddé, Yahya Zaaraoui

“…The material consists of ceramic goods (amphora, common ceramics, fine ceramics and unturned ceramics), pebbles, charcoal, seeds and fragmentary metal objects. A large amount of information has been gathered about the daily life and diet of Roman soldiers in the mid-1st c. …”
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Une pompe hydraulique romaine en bois en contexte d’incendie à Reims/Durocortorum by Cyril Driard

“…They were attached quite loosely to a metal piece stapled to the end of the wooden sleeve.The pump was found more than one meter above the bottom of the well, no support was identified and its design did not allow it to be placed at the bottom of the well to operate. …”
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De l’agglomération antique de Cassinomagus au village de Chassenon (Charente) : un bilan des connaissances by Lucie Carpentier, Sandra Sicard

“…In the northern part of the site, the presence of several kilograms of forge waste (slag, hearth walls and metal scraps) and a high density of micro-waste (scales) attests to steelmaking activities, though the location of these installations have yet to be brought to light. …”
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Contribution à l’histoire de la boulangerie romaine : étude de « pains/galettes » découverts en Gaule by Andreas G. Heiss, Véronique Matterne, Nicolas Monteix, Margaux Tillier, Camille Noûs

“…These findings differ from the Metal Age specimens previously studied in Europe, which appear to contain a higher frequency of bran and glume remains. …”
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Geological, alteration, mineralogy and geochemical studies of the Copper deposit in the Kalatehno prospect area, northwest of Gonabad (Khorasan Razavi province) by Sedigheh Zirjanizadeh, Roohollah Miri Bydokhti

“…Vein copper deposits include various vein-type deposits in which copper is the dominant metal. The ore minerals are deposited as open-space filling. …”
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Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún by Oláwọlé Fámúlẹ̀

“…The component parts that formed this uneven and surged-back shape [of gúdúgúdú] include kúseré and apìràn. Kúseré is a circular metal object affixed onto the drum’s wooded base, and apìràn is an array of wooden pegs that hold the kúseré securely onto the base of the instrument. …”
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La gestion de l’eau à Bibracte (Saône-et-Loire), avant et après la Conquête romaine by Laetitia Borau

“…These structures destined for water storage were completed by a water distribution system: several wooden pipes joined together by iron rings were discovered beneath the streets, but no direct connection with a source or a basin could be established: this is the case for the main road crossing the residential area, the craftsmen’s quarter and the side street along the houses in the northern part of the public district. About 50 metal circles and fragments of wooden pipes were discovered. …”
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