ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands

Soils, Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integration

Edited by Kristina A Franke, Thomas Stöllner, Nima Nezafati, Moslem Mishmastnehi & Martin Kehl | Forthcoming

The Iranian highlands are characterized by very special resource conditions: although being dominated in large parts by aridity, the presence of ecological niches and specific weather phenomena, along with rich deposits of minerals and raw…



Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula

Inhabited – Abandoned – Re(dis)covered

Edited by Stephanie Döpper, Birgit Mershen, Josephine Kanditt, Irini Biezeveld & Thomas Schmidt-Lux | Forthcoming

Caught between the poles of remembering and forgetting, glorification and neglect, the abandoned mudbrick settlements (ḥārāt) of Oman are a vital object of conflicting processes of interpretation and negotiation. Adopting a diachronic perspective, the multi-disciplinary…



The Bissing Link

The Collections and Network of Egyptologist F. W. von Bissing (1873–1956)

Edited by Lars Petersen & Ben van den Bercken | Forthcoming

One of the largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese antiquities worldwide was accrued by the Egyptologist Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956). As a scholar, university professor, and politically engaged Prussian nobleman he was an…



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ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands

Soils, Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integration

Edited by Kristina A Franke, Thomas Stöllner, Nima Nezafati, Moslem Mishmastnehi & Martin Kehl | Forthcoming

The Iranian highlands are characterized by very special resource conditions: although being dominated in large parts by aridity, the presence of ecological niches and specific weather phenomena, along with rich deposits of minerals and raw…



Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula

Inhabited – Abandoned – Re(dis)covered

Edited by Stephanie Döpper, Birgit Mershen, Josephine Kanditt, Irini Biezeveld & Thomas Schmidt-Lux | Forthcoming

Caught between the poles of remembering and forgetting, glorification and neglect, the abandoned mudbrick settlements (ḥārāt) of Oman are a vital object of conflicting processes of interpretation and negotiation. Adopting a diachronic perspective, the multi-disciplinary…



The Bissing Link

The Collections and Network of Egyptologist F. W. von Bissing (1873–1956)

Edited by Lars Petersen & Ben van den Bercken | Forthcoming

One of the largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese antiquities worldwide was accrued by the Egyptologist Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956). As a scholar, university professor, and politically engaged Prussian nobleman he was an…






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