The analysis of archaeological materials can provide information to protect the cultural heritage of civilizations, allowing inferences about their technology and interaction with their surrounding physical and social environments. In this context, the present paper pro...

Global cultural heritage is threatened by the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters caused by climate change. International experts emphasise the importance of managing cultural heritage sustainably as part of a paradigm shift in cultural heritage perce...

Projectile technology is commonly viewed as a significant contributor to past human subsistence and, consequently, to our evolution. Due to the allegedly central role of projectile weapons in the food-getting strategies of Upper Palaeolithic people, typo-technological c...

When studying bone retouchers, researchers pay close attention to the morphological characteristics of the tool’s active zone, and the lithic raw material processed. In our research, we found that the orientation of the bone retoucher in the hand and the grip employed t...

We analyze Qué solos se quedan los muertos, a novel about crimes in the Mexican city of Zacatecas published in 1985 by Mempo Giardinelli, an Argentine writer who was exiled in Mexico. This analysis about how the author represents his host country, Mexican literature and...

The vast Federmessergruppen site of Lommel-Maatheide, which is located in the Campine region (Northern Belgium), revealed the presence of numerous Final Palaeolithic concentrations situated on a large Late Glacial sand ridge on the northern edge of a contemporary lake. ...

Le présent article propose une mise au point sur les relations existant entre l’étude de l’affectivité dans le langage et celle des modalités langagières. Une première partie dresse une synthèse quant à la manière dont l’affectivité a pu être abordée en sciences du lang...

Through adopting a comparative approach, this article examines the instructions the late-medieval rulers of the Crown of Aragon, Florence, and Venice gave to their envoys to be sent to the Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt-Syria, 1250-1517). These sources vividly shows that the i...

Abstract This article looks at Sultan Somjee’s Bead Bai (2012) which focuses on Sakina, a member of the Satpanth Ismaili community living in mid-twentieth century Kenya. Based on nine years of research and interviews with Khoja women who now reside in Western Europe and...