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2012
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Material destinies: jewelry, authenticity and craft in the American Southwest
This article considers the representation and interpretation of Native American jewelry of the American Southwest. It gives a broad history of silversmithing and lapidary traditions, in order to contextualize the tangible and intangible values bestowed on silver and stone as pure, worked, and combined materials. It suggests the benefit of...Lidchi, Henrietta
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2005
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A review of the genus Artocella van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) with description of a new species from Spain
A new species of the genus Artocella van Achterberg is described from Spain. On the basis of its substantial sexual dimorphisim, the differences between the two previously known species of this Turanian-Mediterranean genus, which had each been described from specimens of only one (and differing) sex, are reassessed.Shaw, Mark R
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2016
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The conservation of the Triumph of Prudence tapestry
Lynn McLean presents the result of a project to restore a 16th-century tapestry which is soon to go on display at National Museum of Scotland after 1,700 hours of specialised work which involved a team of experts who include textile conservators, dye scientists and cleaning specialists.McClean, Lynn
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2005
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Review of M.Parker Pearson, N.Sharples, and J.Symonds, South Uist: archaeology and history of a Hebridean island
Two outstanding books have recently been published about the archaeology and history of the Outer Hebrides. Andrew Fleming’s St Kilda and the Wider World is one; Parker Pearson et al's is the other. South Uist presents the results of a major interdisciplinary and collaborative research project undertaken principally by the...Sheridan, J A
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2015
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New finds of Scottish fourteenth-century hoards
Holmes, N M McQ.
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2009
Journal article
Everything you always wanted to know about…la néolithisation de la Grande-Bretagne et de l'Irlande
In Great Britain and in Ireland, two conflicting models of neolithisation have been proposed. One, that is based on the assumption that indigenous late Mesolithic groups were in contact with Continental farmers (as in the case of the Ertebølle culture in Denmark), proposes a slow acculturation process; but there is...Pailler, Yves ; Sheridan, J A