Seed clumps of Capparis spinosa L. together with shoots, leaves and fruits of Cannabis sativa L. were unearthed in the Yanghai Tombs, Turpan District in Xinjiang, China. This is the first time that plant remains of Capparis spinosa have been discovered in China and the eastern part of Central Asia. Based on the joint occurrence of Capparis spinosa and Cannabis sativa, and the pharmacological va...

This research intends to engage the notion of the biography of the object in the study of inscribed bronzes in early Western Zhou tombs. Different from the use-life cultural historical approach that focused on the changes to the morphological or functional characteristics of an object, a biographical approach seeks to understand the way objects become invested with meaning through social intera...

Abstract This paper focuses on the diagnosis of damage processes decorative Roman renders a group tombs in Porta Nocera necropolis ancient city Pompeii, Italy. Unprotected from various climatic events, keep deteriorating since they were first excavated 1954. Extensive on-site and laboratory diagnostics using non-destructive low-destructive techniques have been able to demonstrate that soluble s...

The Belem Tower was initiated in 1515, thus being built the last fortress, a military defence mechanism strategically placed on Tagus, but it also served as protection to biggest monastery built, Monastery and Church of Jeronimos. Paulo Pereira emphasises that this reason explains morphology its ornamental opulence, which both accorded with current taste suited location bank river.

Lecce is a city located in the southern part of Apulia region (south Italy). Its subsoil rich remains superimposed ancient settlements from Messapian period (7th–3rd century BC) to Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Cathedral one most important buildings town. It was built 12th transformed 16th 17th centuries. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) surveys were carried out cathedral its...