Les techniques de sculpture dans l’Antiquité tardive et le haut Moyen Âge by Thierry Gregor, Anne-Bénédicte Mérel-Brandenburg

Subjects: “…Late Antiquity…”
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L’emploi antique des géomatériaux à Reims/Durocortorum by Gilles Fronteau, Sébastien Laratte, Alain Devos, Claire Pichard

“…Rural peri-urban buildings exhibit almost exclusive use of perishable materials, such as cob and mud bricks or mud tiles, but also relatively abundant use of stone for tools, material goods or larger architectural elements. …”
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Pierre et carrières dans la Saintonge antique : identification, usages et diffusion by Jacques Gaillard, Egle Conforto

“…Thus, only the stonemason would be left with his intimate knowledge of the material, its lustre, or resistance to tools; yet this craftsman can only know the stone that they have worked themselves. …”
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Étude de trois grands tonneaux mis au jour à Reims/Durocortorum (Marne) : le savoir-faire des tonneliers antiques by Pierre Mille, Philippe Rollet

“…Use wear analysis was based on the traces left by the tools, still recognisable on the surfaces of the staves. …”
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L’état sanitaire des premiers aménagements de berge en bois antiques de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) : l’apport de la xylo-entomologie by Magali Toriti, Aline Durand, Fabien Fohrer

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Once Again about Women's Burials with Jewelry Tools from the Muroma Burial Grounds in the Lower Oka Region by Olga V. Zelentsova

“…Burials of women with casting tools are a striking feature of the Finno-Ugric antiquities of the early Middle Ages. …”
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Henry James’s Spectral Archaeology by Stefano Evangelista

“…“The Last of the Valerii” participates in a literary tradition of the archaeological fantastic that developed alongside the rise of classical archaeology as a tool of Altertumswissenschaft, in which authors employ narratives of the return of material objects from antiquity in order to explore difficult questions to do with transgressive desires, repression and sexual identity.…”
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From utility to imperial propaganda: (Re)discovering a milestone of Constantine I from the vicinity of Bona Mansio and emporion Pistiros and its significance for the study of the ‘... by Emil Nankov

“…A new look at the milestone’s findspot, date, historical context and relation to other milestones found in the region is necessary because its place of discovery puts the actual route of the ‘Via Diagonalis’ in close proximity to the fortified settlement at Gradishteto near Asardere, situated ca. 2 km west of “Kaldarmata” and ca. 5 km east of the town of Vetren, commonly identified with Bona Mansio, which was the last road station in the territory of Philippopolis during Late Antiquity. The diachronic analysis of other milestones found in the region allows us to capture the milestone’s evolving function as a medium of communication between the imperial administration and its subjects within the 3rd and the 4th centuries AD; from a road accessory providing practical information to travellers into an administrative tool displaying imperial propaganda. …”
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Application of Infrared Spectroscopy for Functional Compounds Evaluation in Olive Oil: A Current Snapshot by Sarfaraz Ahmed Mahesar, Massimo Lucarini, Alessandra Durazzo, Antonello Santini, Anja I. Lampe, Johannes Kiefer

“…It is largely produced and used since antiquity. It is mainly used and consumed as food but also as key ingredient in a wide variety of cosmetic products, e.g., to moisturize and nourish dry skin. …”
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Russian Science Foundation grant No. 20-14-00140 supported this study. The authors are thankful to the multi-access Center “Bioinformatics” for the use of computational resources a... by O. V. Vishnevsky, I. V. Chadaeva, E. B. Sharypova, B. M. Khandaev, K. A. Zolotareva, A. V. Kazachek, P. M. Ponomarenko, N. L. Podkolodny, D. A. Rasskazov, E. V. Zemlyanskaya, A. G. Bogomolov, O. A. Podkolodnaya, L. K. Savinkova, M. P. Ponomarenko

“…In this work, by means of this bioinformatics tool, 363 gene promoter DNA sequences representing 43 plant species were analyzed. …”
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Investigating Geotourism Capabilities of Geomorphosites in Saymarreh Region Using Pralong Method by Mojtaba Yamani, Samad Azimirad, Sajad Bagheri, Seyed Shakari

“…In order to achieve this goal, the Landsat7 ETM 2002 satellite image, topographic maps, geologic maps, digital maps of DEM SRTM 10 meters and ArcGis software have been used as research tools. In this study, firstly geomorphologic landforms with high capability to attract tourism, antiquities and historical monuments, the athletic capabilities of geotourism, accessibility and infrastructures in the region as research variables were examined. …”
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Les fours « à pain » dans les Gaules et les Germanies (ve s. av. J.-C.-ve s. apr. J.-C.), un regard technique by Nicolas Monteix, Camille Noûs

“…This article provides the first comprehensive overview of the different manifestations of tools used to bake previously ground cereals, in the form of “bread”, in Gallic and Germanic provinces, from the 5th c. …”
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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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