Search results

1

Early Bronze Age sealing tradition of Küllüoba Höyük in the context of Anatolian sealing practice

100%

Türkteki S. Ü.

Studia Hercynia

|

2020

|

vol. 24

|

issue 1

7-29

EN

Different ideas have been put forward by the researchers for the functions of the seals made of baked clay, stone and metal. The most common view among these is that particularly beginning from the Early Bronze Age, seals were used for expressions of ownership and registration. Another view is that seals could be stamping tools used on the body or in textile printing. The pottery with seal impressions recovered in exca vations is important archaeological evidence demonstrating that the find termed a ‘seal’ was used also for decorative purposes. A total of 11 stamp seals dated to the Early Bronze Age were recovered from Küllüoba Höyük between the years of 1996 and 2019. It could be observed that the stamp seals uncovered in Küllüoba share many common characteristics with those unearthed in other contemporary settlements in Anatolia. Particularly, the close resemblance of the motifs seen on the stamping surfaces of the seals gives rise to the thought that there was a common sealing tradition in Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age. Towards the end of the Early Bronze Age, an organized trade had developed as a result of the close relations with distant regions. This study aims to examine the seals that have been found in the excavations at Küllüoba Höyük, located in Western Central Anatolia, which lay along a significant trade route and which has provided important data on urbanization and trade in the EBA.

2

Kushite Stamp Impressions from Selib 2, Sudan

84%

Hajduga R.

Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)

|

2021

|

issue 34

141-166

EN

More than two hundred sealings have been found since 2010 at Selib 2, a small Meroitic settlement in the Dongola Reach. This group come from the same context, in the S2/1/2010 storehouse and the most prominent building within the settlement. This paper focuses on selected impressions of thirty-one seals found on sealings and discusses them mainly in terms of iconography. Motifs from the sealings are both figural and non-figural. They reflect Meroitic beliefs, culture and politics. The catalogue and description of individual sealings, complete with photographs and drawings of stamp impressions, provide a firm base for preliminary observation regarding religion, symbols used by administrations and political propaganda, as well as allowing one to trace external influences and adaptation of foreign patterns.

3

Zmiany w środowisku glebowym i ich skutki

67%

Gruszczyński S.

Przyszłość. Świat-Europa-Polska

|

2014

|

issue 2/30/

36-63

PL

Gleby ulegają ciągłym zmianom związanym z przebiegiem procesów glebotwórczych oraz oddziaływaniem przedsięwzięć gospodarczych czło-wieka. Głównym problemem jest przypuszczalnie zabezpieczanie przeciwerozyjne gleb, choć na tle Europy Polska należy do krajów mniej zagrożonych tym zjawiskiem. Stosunkowo duże jest zagrożenie ruchami masowymi. Obserwuje się ubytek węgla organicznego w glebach spowodowany po części wzrostem głębokości uprawy, odwodnieniem, jak też prawdopodobnie podniesieniem się temperatury powietrza. Poza rejonami intensywnego oddziaływania przemysłu gleby można uznać za czyste, choć może budzić niepokój znaczny wzrost zużycia środków ochrony roślin. Obserwuje się silny trend w urbanizacji Polski: w ciągu dziesięciu lat powierzchnia terenów zurbanizowanych wzrosła z poziomu 4,66% do ponad 5,15%, co oznacza ubytek gleb uprawnych kosztem terenów potencjalnie separowanych około 40 ha na dobę. Zagęszczanie jest następstwem unowocześniania i wzrostu masy urządzeń uprawowych; rolnictwo, jako działanie najbardziej dotknięte tym problemem dysponuje środkami technicznymi na przeciwdziałanie jego skutkom. Znaczna część problemów związanych z tymi zagrożeniami może zostać złagodzona dzięki kompetentnie sporządzonym planom zagospodarowania przestrzennego i wdrożeniu metod ochrony przeciwerozyjnej. Pewne możliwości przeciwdziałania ubytkowi glebowego węgla organicznego są dostępne dla gospodarstwa rolnego i leśnego. Doprowadzenie do odpowiedniego stanu obszarów zanieczyszczonych wymaga podjęcia remediacji gleb.

EN

Soils are constantly evolving due to the soil-forming processes and the impact of human economic activities. The main problem is likely to protect soil erosion, but comparing to Europe, Poland is a country less threatened by this phenomenon. Relatively large is the threat of mass movements. The loss of soil organic carbon is due in part to an increase in the depth of planting, dehydration, and also probably because of increase the air temperature. Beyond impact of intensive industry, soil can be considered clean, although a significant increase in the use of plant protection products may be worrying. There is a strong trend in urbanization: in ten years, an urban area in Poland increased from 4.66% to 5.15%, which means the loss of agricultural soils about 40 hectares a day. Densification is a consequence of the modernization and growth of the equipment for cultivation; agriculture, as the activity most affected by this problem has the technical means to counteract its effects. A large part of the problems associated with these risks can be mitigated through competently prepared spatial develop-ment plans and implementation methods for erosion protection. Some ways of preventing the depletion of soil organic carbon are available for agriculture or forestry. Bring contaminated sites to an appropriate state requires a soil remediation.

Refine search results

1 Przyszłość. Świat-Europa-Polska

1 Studia Hercynia

1 Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)

1 Gruszczyński S.

1 Hajduga R.

1 Türkteki S. Ü.

1 2021

1 2020

1 2014

Early Bronze Age sealing tradition of Küllüoba Höyük in the context of Anatolian sealing practice

Kushite Stamp Impressions from Selib 2, Sudan

Zmiany w środowisku glebowym i ich skutki