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Article Reference Robert Garcet's Eben-Ezer Flint Tower (Bassenge, Belgium): from Stone Masonry to Stone Mythology.
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Article Reference Étude archéométrique des céramiques de la Basse Époque à l’époque romaine d’Elkab (Haute Égypte) Présentation des céramiques en pâte calcaire de la Basse Époque à l’époque romaine d’Elkab (Haute Égypte).
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Article Reference A 17th century bell foundry in the belfry (UNESCO’s world Heritage site) of Gembloux (Belgium): an archaeometric study.
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Article Reference Why is it so difficult to work on geochemical composition? Supervised geochemical composition data processing to study colouring iron oxide-rich rocks in archaeological contexts.
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Article Reference A peculiar ornamental stone in the civitas Treverorum used in funeral monuments and the antique theatre of Dalheim (Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg).
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Inproceedings Reference Anthropology: Pediatric and Juvenile.
he death of a fetus or child due to maltreatment raises many forensic as well as physiological issues. Forensic anthropological techniques using medical imaging of bones are very useful in analyzing the sequelae in physical child maltreatment[note that there are over recent years several terms and expressions to explain the results of physical child trauma: non-accidental trauma (NAT) or nonaccidental injury (NAI); suspected child physical abuse (SPA); inflicted injury (II); battered child syndrome; abusive head trauma of “shaken baby syndrome”(Bhattacharya et al., 2023; Paddock et al., 2017a)]. In infanticide and fetus death, anthropological characteristics and clinical parameters of age estimation are also of high importance. The contribution of forensic anthropology to the pathologist’s examination is of fundamental importance. The fields of forensic anthropology and bioarcheology are complicated and requires a multidisciplinary approach.
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Article Reference Le lapidaire gallo-romain du Musée archéologique d'Arlon : identification des roches et des sources des matières premières.
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Inproceedings Reference Disabled individuals in a Belgian medieval Cistercian monastic community: a palaeopathological perspective.
Throughout human history, disabilities and impairments have been an inherent aspect of societies, deeply influenced by cultural contexts and by the diverse forms they manifest. Some of the physical and/or mental impairments leave skeletal traces detectable by palaeopathologists. This study presents notable cases of important disorders, such as disproportionate dwarfism, bilateral calcaneus varus (clubfoot) with evidence of crutch use and cerebral palsy. All these pathological individuals were buried in the Cistercian Abbey of the Dunes in Koksijde (Belgium), which was most active between the 12th and 15th centuries. Their grave locations are diverse, ranging from the cloister to the lay brother cemetery. There was no detected difference in their funerary treatment, except one “adapted” burial caused by a physical deformity resulting from cerebral palsy. Most of the identified pathologies are profoundly disabling, with many being congenital and detectable either at birth or during early childhood. Yet all cases presented in this study reached adulthood, with some even surviving into advanced age (over 60 years), suggesting that they received care and support from a young age. Possible health challenge encountered, as well as the nature of the assistance received will be discussed. The prevalence of disabilities within this monastic community raises questions about the social consequences of visible congenital anomalies. Were these individuals placed in a religious institution due to their disabilities, or did they choose monastic life for other reasons, as it might have offered opportunities to develop talents that did not rely on physical abilities? Interestingly, historical texts provide no specific mention of disabled individuals within the context of this abbey, making it challenging to determine whether they were fully integrated into the monastic community or were laypersons and/or benefactors.
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Article Reference DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections
Natural History institutes hold an immense number of specimens and artefacts. For years these collections were not accessible online, remaining inaccessible to researchers from far away and hidden from the general public. Large digitisation projects and cross-institutional agreements aim to bring their collections into the digital era, such as the SYNTHESYS+ project and the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) Research Infrastructure. As specimens are 3D physical objects with different characteristics many techniques are available to 3D digitise them. For inexperienced users this can be quite overwhelming. Which techniques are already well tested in other institutions and are suitable for a specific specimen or collection? To investigate this, we have set up a dichotomous identification key for digitisation techniques: DIGIT-KEY, (https://digit.naturalheritage.be/digit-key). For each technique, examples used in SYNTHESYS+ Institutions are visualised and training manuals provided. All information can be easily updated and representatives can be contacted if necessary to request more information about a certain technique. This key can be helpful to achieve comparable results across institutions when digitising collections on demand in future DiSSCo research initiatives coordinated through the European Loans and Visits System (ELViS) for Virtual and Transnational Access. A correction has been published: Brecko J., Mathys A., Chatzinikolaou E., Keklikoglou K., Blettery J., Green L., Musson A., Paton A., Phillips S., Bastir M., Wiltschke K., Rainer H., Kroh A., Haston E. & Semal P. 2025. DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections — Corrigendum. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 306–307. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2841
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Article Reference Gekko (Gekko) emshiva, a new limestone-dwelling gecko from Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae)
We describe Gekko shiva sp. nov. from limestone cave and hills in Khlong Hat District, Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand, near the border with Cambodia. The new species, a member of the subgenus Gekko, differs from all currently recognized Gekko species by the following combination of morphological characters and pattern: maximal known snout-vent length of 131.9 mm, lack of contact between nostrils and rostral, 28 or 29 interorbital scales between supraciliaries, 80–86 scale rows around midbody, 18 dorsal tubercle rows at midbody, 35–37 ventral scale rows at midbody, 9–12 precloacal pores in males, one or two postcloacal tubercles on each side of the base of the tail, 13–15 subdigital lamellae on 1st toe and 18 or 19 on 4th toe, no Y-shaped mark on head, white spots on head, brown dorsal background with irregular bands of white spots on dorsum, yellow venter, and greenish golden iris.
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