1 Projet AxIS, INRIA-Rocquencourt, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, B.P. 105, F-78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, France, [email protected]. 2 Helsinki University of Technology – Lab. Computer and Information Science, Neural Networks Research Centre, P.O. Box 5400, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland, [email protected] 3 Université catholique de Louvain – Machine Learning Group, CESAME, 4 av. G. Lemaître, B-1348...

Archaeological excavations at Göbekli Tepe, a transitional Neolithic site in southeast Turkey, have revealed the earliest megalithic ritual architecture with characteristic T-shaped pillars. Although human burials are still absent from the site, a number of fragmented human bones have been recovered from fill deposits of buildings and from adjacent areas. We focus on three partially preserved h...

We present a model for the dynamics of fluid vesicles in linear flow which consistently includes thermal fluctuations and nonlinear coupling between different modes. At the transition between tank treading and tumbling, we predict a trembling motion which is at odds with the known deterministic motions and for which thermal noise is strongly amplified. In particular, highly asymmetric shapes ar...

Based on her study of distribution patterns, Vronwy Hankey suggested that Cyprus or Cypriots played some role in the trade of Mycenaean pottery eastwards to the Levant. She also noted that some of the Mycenaean pottery which reached both Cyprus and the Near East can-ied marks incised on handles or painted on bases. This paper examines the possible relationships between the marks, Mycenaean pott...