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Interrogating Influence: Researching Korean collections at National Museums Scotland
There are almost 1000 Korean objects in the collections of National Museums Scotland (NMS), yet research into this varied collection has previously focused on the early stages of collections development and on the materiality of the objects within the collection. Current collections research at NMS is instead led by the...Barnes, Lauren
museum objects, donors, provenance, collections data analysis, Korean collections research, Korean material culture, and sellers
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Book
El traje: Forma, función y estilo
El traje desvela la historia de esta prenda desde su aparición en Europa occidental a finales del siglo XVII hasta nuestros días. Figuras como el caballero de Savile Row y el hombre de negocios de Wall Street han encarnado durante mucho tiempo ideas de tradición, masculinidad, poder y respetabilidad, pero...Breward, Christopher
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Journal article
Endangered Crafts: Stained Glass
Rothwell, Sarah
crafts and Stained Glass
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Book chapter
Social control in Middle Kingdom Egypt: Embodied experience and symbolic violence
Pharaonic Egypt’s highly unequal social organisation was maintained not only through the use of physical coercion, but also through embodied daily practice and symbolic violence (Bourdieu). The control of space and physical interactions influenced how ancient Egyptians saw themselves in relation to the rest of society. This paper explores Middle...Maitland, Margaret
Submission, Deviance, Middle Kingdom art and texts, Social distancing, and Punishment
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Lecture
The Galloway Hoard: viking age treasure
Dr Adrian Maldonado joins us to speak about the Galloway Hoard, the world-famous viking-age treasure.Maldonado, Adrián
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Presentation
Exploring the Motivations, Drivers and Justifications of the Business of Archaeology
This one-day conference will explore the entanglement and intersection of archaeology in Egypt and Sudan, and the world of the antiquities market. It will include presentations of cutting-edge research delving into the histories of museums, collecting, the art market and the study of the Nile Valley.Potter, Daniel M
Sudan, Egypt, archaeology, historic collecting , research project, conference session, art market , museums, and antiquities market
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Magazine article
Art Meets Palaeontology on Skye
In the last few years I’ve been working with artists on projects that integrate palaeontological themes with visual arts. This work came about for two reasons: firstly, because I am, like many other scientists, someone who straddles the borders that traditionally delimit the arts from the sciences. I originally pursued...Panciroli, Elsa
visual arts, art-science collaborations, palaeontological themes, Isle of Skye fielwork, and Skye Fossils Art/Science Residency
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Journal article
From Field to Museum: The Treasure Trove process and the Peebles Hoard
Have you ever wondered how archaeological finds end up in Scottish Museums? The Treasure Trove Unit (TTU) is the front-facing team dealing with archaeological finds in Scotland. -
Journal article
Multiple skeletons of Rhynchaeites from the London Clay reveal the osteology of early Eocene ibises (Aves, Threskiornithidae)
We describe a new species of from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK), which is represented by a partial skeleton comprising a skull and most major postcranial bones. Multiple further partial skeletons are assigned to sp. and include skeletal elements that are rarely preserved in Paleogene birds....Mayr, Gerald ; Kitchener, Andrew C
Walton-on-the-Naze, Rhynchaeites , Fossil birds , Aves , and Character evolution