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Group Works To Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock From River, Steven Shaffer
Group Works To Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock From River, Steven Shaffer
Indian Head Rock Project
Article published in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch on the removal of Indian Head Rock from October 2, 2007.
The Celtic Legacy Of The Gaita In Galician Music, Xosé Lois Foxo
The Celtic Legacy Of The Gaita In Galician Music, Xosé Lois Foxo
e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies
The paper focuses on the traditional music of Galicia with special emphasis on the gaita, or bagpipe, its persistence throughout the centuries as a symbol for the region, and its strong similarities with the instruments of Celtic regions such as Scotland, Brittany and Ireland. Samples of musical melodies from Galicia are included and compared to these areas, and their similarities are discussed.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Indian Head Rock Project
Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Indian Head Rock Project
Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
Historic River Rock Rescued, Frank Lewis
Historic River Rock Rescued, Frank Lewis
Indian Head Rock Project
Article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the extraction of the Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.
Indian Head Rock Project
Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.
Can Developing Women Create Primitive Art? And Other Questions Of Value, Meaning And Identity In The Circulation Of Janakpur Art, Coralynn V. Davis
Can Developing Women Create Primitive Art? And Other Questions Of Value, Meaning And Identity In The Circulation Of Janakpur Art, Coralynn V. Davis
Faculty Journal Articles
In this article, I examine the values and meanings that adhere to objects made by Maithil women at a development project in Janakpur, Nepal – objects collectors have called ‘Janakpur Art’. I seek to explain how and why changes in pictorial content in Janakpur Art – shifts that took place over a period of five or six years in the 1990s – occurred, and what such a change might indicate about the link between Maithil women’s lives, development, and tourism. As I will demonstrate, part of the appeal for consumers of Janakpur Art has been that it is produced at …
Analysis Of A Celtiberian Protective Paste And Its Possible Use By Arevaci Warriors, Jesús Martín-Gil, Gonzalo Palacios-Leblé, Pablo Matin Ramos, Francisco J. Martín-Gil
Analysis Of A Celtiberian Protective Paste And Its Possible Use By Arevaci Warriors, Jesús Martín-Gil, Gonzalo Palacios-Leblé, Pablo Matin Ramos, Francisco J. Martín-Gil
e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies
This article presents an infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis of residue adhering to a Celtiberian pottery sherd of late Iron Age date from the Arevacian site of Cerro del Castillo, in Ayllón (Segovia, Spain). This residue may be a paste used since antiquity for protective aims. Orange-sepia in colour, made from crushed bones and glue, the paste was used by Greeks and Romans and later in the construction of the cathedrals and monasteries of Europe to confer a warm colour to the stone and to protect it against environmental deterioration. In this article we also suggest a possible ritual …
Archaeology, Language, And The African Past, Roger Blench
Archaeology, Language, And The African Past, Roger Blench
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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Photograph Of The Extraction Crew, Steve Shaffer
Photograph Of The Extraction Crew, Steve Shaffer
Indian Head Rock Project
Photograph of the Indian Head Rock extraction crew on the day of the Rock's removal.