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In ancient Egypt a proclivity existed for constructing analogies between divinities or corporeal elements of divinities and earthly objects. This thesis examines the specific relationship between analogous god parts and boat parts in...
This thesis examines the current state of preservation of the 37 opus vermiculatum mosaics found at Pompeii by exploring the history of their excavation, conservation, and preservation. The intriguing dichotomy of the architectural and...
In the 2003 excavation season at Cetamura del Chianti, a mortarium was unearthed which has undergone cleaning, restoration and residue analysis. A mortarium is a vessel used for grinding or mashing food items in conjunction with a...
The purpose of this study is to make a preliminary classification of the black-gloss fabrics and forms from the 1999 excavation season at the Samnite/Roman settlement on Monte Pallano, a regional pagus center with a forum complex and a...
The purpose of this thesis is to catalogue and analyze the stamps on Italian red-gloss pottery discovered at San Venanzo, Italy (locality Poggio delle Civitelle) during the 2000 to 2003 seasons. When viewed within the greater context of...
This dissertation is a study of the impact of Hellenistic palatial architecture and décor on the design of private houses and their social culture at Pompeii in the second century B.C.E. A great deal of attention has been devoted in...
This dissertation is an interdisciplinary examination of the human-animal hybrid divinities of ancient Italy and how their iconography, mythic narrative, and cult interrelate. The deities and demons collected in this text are organized...
Study of the eighteenth-century Sadana Island ship and the cargo it was transporting is an opportunity to add to our understanding of Ottoman-era Muslim seafaring. The Sadana Island shipwreck was explored by Cheryl Ward during excavation...
It is generally thought that that the peoples of the Greek Dark Age did not use chariots for warfare. This theory is based on the assumption that the Greek Dark Age (ca. 1100 B.C.E to 750 B.C.E.) was too impoverished for people to own, ...
Cetamura del Chianti is a small habitation site in the Chianti region of Tuscany which has yielded a number of bucchero pottery fragments. Bucchero is an Etruscan fineware, known for its characteristic burnished black surface, consistent...
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