Social network analysis is a rapidly expanding field for interpreting the interplay of relationships in the past. Scholars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East have experimented with technologies of network analysis in attempts to approach numerous historical and archaeological questions from a new perspective. However, due to the fragmentary nature of our data, the complexities of past s...

synovial mesenchymal stem cells and hydroxyapatite-based artificial bone +Shimomura K; Moriguchi Y; Ando W; Nansai R; Susa T; Imade K; Mochiduki S; Fujie H; Kita K; Mae T; Nakata K; Shino K; Yoshikawa H; Nakamura N +Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, Osak...

there are only a few old elamite documents available today; however there are more than 500 legal documents from susa, written in akkadian, that provide us with a unique chance to study legal and social institutions of elam in the sukkalmah period. the present study will edit and translate three lease documents from the sukkalmah period, which are known as esip-tabal contracts. a comparative st...

one of the ways of recognizing the human culture and knowledge is survey of arts in civilizations. clay and pottery are old handicrafts, and they have ancient placed in iranian's cultural research& cognation. this craft is various handwork of mortality and has with deep denotation. this is the best reason that this craft is the primer thing for figurative culture. in this regard, ever loca...

the old elamite documents are indeed rare, but from susa in the sukkalmah period there are some 550 legal documents in akkadian which provide an excellent opportunity to study elamite society and culture. the present paper edits and translates a unique and very interesting will made by gimil-adad, a man from susa in the 17th century bc. in order to provide the historical context for the proper ...