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Relational and other alternative ontologies and epistemologies have recently been discussed in archaeology, but those discussions have had only a limited impact on historical archaeology. This paper discusses the relationship between relational being/knowing and magical thinking in the modern Western world. It will be proposed that various forms of magical thinking, from Renaissance hermeticism to contemporary popular beliefs, can provide useful insights into the significance of relational being...
Magical Treasure Hunting in Early Modern Wurttemberg: Spirits, Neurocognition, and Sociocultural Change (2024)
This is an abstract from the "Magic, Spirits, Shamanism, and Trance" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. One of the most common forms of divination in early modern Europe was magical treasure hunting. In an era before banks, locks, and police were common, people often buried or hid valuables, and sometimes knowledge of the location was lost. Some people later stumbled upon these caches accidentally, but others sought them out. Some treasure hunters...
A Magnetic Analysis of Kiln Alpha at Choban-Kule (1998)
Attempt at dating a Medieval kiln; survey for Tatyana Smekalova.
Magnetic analysis of kilns (1994)
Analysis of the direction of magnetization within a medieval kiln in Crimea for Tatyana Smekalova (St. Petersburg State University).
A magnetic analysis of the kilns within the Ilka site at Mangup (2012)
Survey by Tatiana Smekalova (Aarhus University); estimated direction of magnetization within the kilns.
Magnetic Directions of Furnaces in Wales (1999)
Analysis of magnetic maps measured over iron furnaces suggests their dates. Survey by Tatiana Smekalova (St. Petersburg State U) for Peter Crew (Plas Tan y Bwlch, Wales).
A magnetic exploration for early iron furnaces at Maglegård (2011)
A survey on the Danish island of Bornholm done with Tatiana Smekalova (Moesgaard Museum) for Olfert Voss (Frederiksberg, Denmark) locates three cooking pits and one block of iron-containing slag.
A magnetic exploration of Brændesgård in 2012 (2012)
Magnetic survey with Tatiana Smekalova locates no complete blocks of iron-containing slag; however, many other features were revealed. Survey for Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen (Bornholms Museum) and Olfert Voss (Frederiksberg).
Magnetic maps of three Danish slag blocks (2004)
Detailed magnetic maps over three excavated blocks of iron-containing slag. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova and Sergei Smekalov for Olfert Voss (Nationalmuseet).
Magnetic properties of the granite aqueduct at Ammaia (2011)
Tests at the Roman site of Ammaia with Tatiana Smekalova (Aarhus U) for C. Corsi (Univ de Evora), Frank Vermeulen (Univ Gent).
A Magnetic Search for a Boatyard at Holmen (2011)
Survey of a Norwegian Viking period site finds no evidence of the boathouse that was thought to have been here. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova (Moesgaard Museum) for Frans-Arne Stylegar (Vest-Agder fyldeskommune, Norway)
A magnetic search for remnants of Ørkild castle at Svendborg (2011)
Magnetic survey with Tatiana Smekalova may locate some underground foundations at this former Danish castle. Survey for Per Ole Thomsen (Svendborg Museum).
Magnetic stratification at Alken Enge (2012)
Susceptibility readings were made with Tatiana Smekalova (Aarhus U) for Mads Kahler Holst (Aarhus U).
a magnetic survey at Aleria (1971)
Searching for deeper Greek features where shallower Roman features are found. For Jean Jehasse.
A magnetic survey at Gammeltoft Odde (2012)
Because of waterlogged soil, survey could not locate refilled ditches. Geophysical survey with Tatiana Smekalova for Stina Troldtoft Andresen (Varde Museum).
A magnetic survey at Repton (1978)
Searching for traces of a Viking ditch at St. Wystan's Church. Survey for Martin Biddle (U of Penn Museum).
A magnetic survey at Rispebjerg in September 2011 (2011)
Survey locates possible Neolithic palisade trench on the southern side of the site. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova and for Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen (Bornholms Museum).
A magnetic survey at Skovholm (2012)
Survey with Tatiana Smeklova for Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen (Bornholms Museum) found evidence of a buried medieval well or spring.
A magnetic survey at St. Valby (2012)
Found some linear features in buried medieval village, but no rectangular buldings; survey with Tatiana Smekalova for Trine Louise Borake (Sydvestjaellands Museum)
The Magnetic View of a Princely Landscape (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Monumental Surveys: New Insights from Landscape-Scale Geophysics" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Hallstatt period hilltop settlement at Mont Lassois and its environs have been the focus of archaeological interest ever since the discovery of the famous princely grave of the "Dame de Vix" in 1953. Several excavations as well as aerial and geophysical prospections have since explored the sites on top and around the...
Mahlversuche auf einer Trogmühle - Vorbericht (1989)
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...
Mahlversuche mit urzeitlichen Mühlen im Museum für Urgeschichte Asparn an der Zaya (1984)
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Mahogany and Sugar for Tobacco, Booze, and Salt-Pork: Consumerism and Consumption at 19th-Century Lamanai, Belize (2017)
This presentation outlines archaeological research focused on the nineteenth-century, British sugar plantation settlement at Lamanai, northwestern Belize. Little is known about the eighteenth- and nineteenth- centuries at Lamanai, and this ongoing project aims to answer questions regarding how life (residential, industrial, and administrative) was structured. Archaeological data presented here includes the results of recent archaeological excavations (2014) and a study of previously excavated...
The main building at Borg (1:1) (2003)
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Maistas Ir Matyba Lietuvos Geografinėje Aplinkoje Nuo Ankstyviausių Laikų Iki XIV A. (2015)
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...