The New Chronology of the Bronze Age Settlement of Tepe Hissar, Iran, by Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann. University Museum Monographs 142. Philadelphia: Published for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology by the University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. xix + 408 pp., 238 figs., and maps. Hardback. $69.95.

2019 ◽  
Vol 381 ◽  
pp. 253-255
Author(s):  
Mitchell S. Rothman
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bronze Age

Underwater Surveying and Draughting—A Technique

Antiquity ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 36 (144) ◽  
pp. 252-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Ryan ◽  
George F. Bass
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Considerable Difficulty ◽  
Marine Archaeology ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University

‘No attempt worthy of the name has yet been made to explore an ancient wreck. Marine Archaeology will only become a science by practice, patience and experience. But at any rate we know enough to say that any excavation likely to fulfill its purpose will be heart-breakingly slow and will only be achieved underwater’.Philippe Diolé, L’Aventure Sous-Marine, 1951.Rapid strides in the development of underwater excavation have been made during the past two decades. New techniques of diving, raising objects, and removing sand and mud make practical the excavation of sites lying at depths up to 150 ft. The problems encountered in making accurate three-dimensional plans, however, are only slowly being solved. The methods used by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, in excavating two ancient wrecks off the southern coast of Turkey, present partial solutions to these problems.The excavation of a late Bronze Age shipwreck, reported lying near Cape Gelidonya by Peter Throckmorton, has been discussed more fully elsewhere. This wreck rested upon bedrock, which was unfortunate from an archaeological point of view as there was no protective covering of sand to preserve the wooden hull. The survey of the site and its remains, however, was relatively simple. Scattered heaps of metal cargo were photographed, plotted and then, not without considerable difficulty, removed to the surface in lumps held together by 32 centuries of deep sea concretion.

Human-Environment Dynamics in the Aeolian Islands during the Bronze Age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Speciale
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Aeolian Islands ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bronze Age

The book is the result of a three-year investigation for a PhD project at the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy). By comparing archaeological and archaeobotanical data, new paleodemographic estimations are made, reconstructing the use of vegetal resources of Bronze Age communities on the Aeolian Islands.

Origin, evolution and paleoepidemiology of brucellosis

2010 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D'ANASTASIO ◽  
T. STANISCIA ◽  
M. L. MILIA ◽  
L. MANZOLI ◽  
L. CAPASSO
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Lumbar Vertebrae ◽  
Direct Analysis ◽  
Australopithecus Africanus ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Important Disease

SUMMARYBrucellosis is a worldwide disease. Although it has been eradicated in some countries, it continues to be an important disease in many farming areas. Previous works have described the evolution and diffusion of brucellosis in antiquity through direct analysis of ancient human remains collected by the University Museum of Chieti, Italy, and by using paleopathological and historical data. The earliest published case was reported in a skeletal individual dated to the Middle Bronze Age. However, our research group has diagnosed vertebral brucellosis in the partial skeleton of the late Pliocene Australopithecus africanus, demonstrating that this infectious disease occasionally affected our direct ancestors 2·3–2·5 million years ago. The frequency of brucellosis increased during the Roman period, when the disease would almost certainly have been endemic in Roman society, and during the Middle Ages. Most paleopathological cases involve adult male skeletal individuals, and lumbar vertebrae and sacroiliac joints are most commonly involved.

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