Chipped stone tool analysis is an essential aspect of prehistoric archaeological research throughout Europe, especially in regard to reconstructing developments in technology, dietary and subsistence practices, and socio-economic systems of exchange. Continue reading “Obsidian findings distribution may imply sociocultural boundaries during the Late Neolithic on the Great Hungarian Plain”
Monuments from Xi’an & Baoji, Shaanxi, China
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Xi’an & Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Continue reading “Monuments from Xi’an & Baoji, Shaanxi, China”
Monuments from Khalsi, Leh, Ladakh, India
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Khalsi, Leh, Ladakh, India. Continue reading “Monuments from Khalsi, Leh, Ladakh, India”
Monuments from Karnataka, Bangalore (Bengaluru), India
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Karnataka, Bangalore (Bengaluru), India. Continue reading “Monuments from Karnataka, Bangalore (Bengaluru), India”
Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) and Sasanian commercial relations with N-E Russia
The history of the steppes of southern Russia has been viewed as a series of invasions of nomads from the east who displaced their predecessors, either annihilating them, absorbing them, or forcing them to move westward. Continue reading “Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) and Sasanian commercial relations with N-E Russia”
Raising an army in Post-Roman Europe – The seventh century Visigothic Spain
From the early seventh century the sources available to us are more numerous and more evenly distributed across the west. By this period, the ‘ethnic’ armies descended from the late Roman field armies had evolved into armies raised from classes of landowners. This evolution continued through the seventh century. Continue reading “Raising an army in Post-Roman Europe – The seventh century Visigothic Spain”