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Quern and millstones from the Iberian Iron Age settlement of Cerro de la Cruz, Almedinilla, Córdoba, Spain
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)This paper presents an assemblage of Iron Age grinding stones from the Iron Age settlement of Cerro de la Cruz, Almedinilla, Córdoba (Spain). This Iberian Culture site dating from the 2nd century BC suffered a sudden ... -
The volcanic rock grinding stones from Selinunte, Sicily (Italy): Archaeological evidence and geochemical provenance analyses
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)This study is based on the assemblage of grinding stones from the Greek colony of Selinunte in Sicily. Most were brought to light in well stratified contexts dating to the 6th century BC making them ideal subjects for ... -
Inscribed Pompeian millstones from Tarragona, Spain
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)This paper presents a small assemblage of inscribed Pompeian millstones from Roman Tarraco and its surroundings (Tarragona, Spain). Pompeian millstones are not common in the Spanish Peninsula. Furthermore, most are ... -
Early rotary querns in South-Western Norway
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)This paper presents the corpus of prehistoric rotary querns stored in the Museum of Archaeology of Stavanger, the largest collection of this type of mill in Norway. Most are linked to excavations carried out of early ... -
Trichoma 1. Identificación y características de las especies de malas hierbas del género Setaria
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American millstones similar to the French burr: 19th century attempts to find substitutes
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)During the early to mid 19th century, attempts were made in the United States to locate local sources of stone that were comparable in texture or appearance to that of the well known French burr millstone. These searches ... -
Widespread North American ocuurence of millstones made of imported French chert (French buhr) containing charophytes
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)Fossil charophytes belonging to the genus Gyrogona can be used to distinguish chert millstones made of French buhr (pierre meulière) from millstones made of domestic North American cherts. The occurrence of the charophytes ... -
Norwegian millstone quarries in the face of European competition and cooperation 18th - 19 centuries
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)Although geographically outside the heart of Europe, Norwegian millstone production was far from isolated from the rest of the continent. This article is based on research undertaken in French historical archives, a ... -
Bringing millstones to America: 19th century use of Norwgian mica-schist millstones in the United States
(Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)Norwegian mica-schist millstones are preserved at two sites in the upper Midwest of the United States, the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Iowa, and Beckman Mill in Wisconsin. Based on their mineral composition, ... -
For a Genetic and Diplomatic approach to Old Cadastres: Proposals and Advice for Editing Cadastral Sources
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Old cadastres are largely used as sources in a good many geohistorical publications. Although often reduced to their planimetric aspect alone, they form the kernel of a substantial documentary output. The constraints on ... -
The Archaeology of the Peasantry in the Early Medieval Age. Reflections and proposals
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The archaeology of the medieval peasantry in Spain and Europe has attracted renewed attention in recent decades. This article is an overview of the research carried out in the last 30 years into the peasantry and their ... -
From Occitania to Catalonia. Catharism: the Current State of Research
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)This article offers a historiographical analysis of the question of Catharism in medieval Europe, taking as its starting point a proposal structured around two clearly differentiated parts, which respectively focus on an ... -
Weaponizing Historical Knowledge: the Notion of Reconquista in Spanish Nationalism
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The notion of Reconquista is the product of 19th-century Spanish Nationalist thinking. Although developed as an academic concept, it played, at the same time, a crucial political and ideological role, thus holding a very ... -
Founding and Ineffable Identities: Pelagius, Virgin and Martyr
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Raguel’s Vita vel passio sancti Pelagii (c. 967) and Hroswitha of Gandersheim’s poem (10th century) devoted to Pelagius are keywords for the creation of an European literary and symbolic space against Muslims. Both texts ... -
Celo inter manus pontificum tradidit spiritum. The Ideology surrounding Royal Deaths in the Light of the Latin Castilian-Leonese Chronicles (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries)
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The death of a king in the medieval chronicles is an incomparable historiographical locus from which to examine this phenomenon. Historiographical texts written at the Castilian-Leonese court during the twelfth century and ... -
Conflict Generated by the Land Distribution after the Feudal Conquest of Majorca (1230-1244)
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The distribution of property after the taking of the Ciutat de Mallorca in December 1229 was a complex process that lasted for over two and a half years. The difficulties given by researchers when explaining this include ... -
Some Problematic Animals in Marco Polo’s Description of the World
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)There are a number of animals mentioned in Marco Polo’s book which present difficulties. A few are considered here. The papiones of the area near Fuzhou have been identified as Chinese ferret-badgers. It is suggested that ... -
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Reconnaissance, Spying on Mercenaries and Crusaders
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Spying always used to be an essential part of the strategy of the companies, as it was always much more dangerous and it caused more loss in human life to risk a frontal assault against a walled city or castle than to use ... -
Leasing the Seigneurial Rents: Remences as Lessees in Girona (14th-15th Centuries)
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Becoming wealthy in the Middle Ages was as viable as in any other period of history. However, the feudal system imposed many limitations, especially on those who did not belong to the privileged elites. My goal in this ... -
Joan Palou, Foundryman and Master Cannon Maker of the City of Barcelona at the End of the 15th Century
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)In the Late Middle Ages, artillery became a key element of military tactics. Monarchy, nobility and government institutions were aware of the need to employ the services of craftsmen specialised in the art of building, ...