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Soldiers fallen in the Battle of Austerlitz
During the reconstruction of the cellars of a house in Staňkova Street in Brno (Czech Republic), the human skeletal remains of 12 individuals stored...
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Unification conditions of human civilization patterns: based on multi-agent modeling of early Chinese history (770 BC to 476 BC)
The series of unified empires or dynasties in the history of China (221 BC–1912 AD) have shaped the unification pattern of Chinese culture....
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Size and shape analysis of gunflints from the British shipwreck Deltebre I (1813), Catalonia, Spain: a geometric morphometric comparison of unused and used artefacts
Gunflints represent a worldwide feature of lithic technology in modern times. This type of artefact was used to ignite the powder of firearms through...
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Understanding Cold War Trust-Building Between Norway and the Soviet Union. Norwegian-Russian Relations – A History of Peaceful Coexistence
The Cold War was a conflict of incompatible ideologies between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The global order...
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Use of the radiocarbon method for dating of skeletal remains of a mass grave (Brno, the Czech Republic)
The dating of skeletal remains in archaeology is difficult, especially at findings without burial equipment. In this case, apart from literary and...
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An Orwellian Climate as Rome Burns
Inherent in fascism is extreme nationalism, totalitarianism, racism, militarism and a push for war, all of which are on the increase. History can be...
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On the History and Prospects of the Westernist Idea in Russia
This article addresses the issues of cultural-historical identify of Russia and, specifically, Westerism, one of the geopolitical concepts....
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Geoconservation History of a Basalt Quarry – The Case of Mt. Wilkołak, Land of Extinct Volcanoes Geopark, SW Poland
Mt. Wilkołak is one among many hills built of mid-Cenozoic basalts in SW Poland, within the Land of Extinct Volcanoes UNESCO Global Geopark....
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Quantifying the History of Building Stone Use in a Heritage City: Cambridge, UK, 1040–2020
Building stone use through time in Cambridge is reassessed based on a new field survey of most significant buildings within the city boundary....
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Grim up North? Exploring the diet of urban populations in post-medieval Greater Manchester, England, using stable isotope analysis
Historical evidence suggests that social status played a major role in all aspects of society in eighteenth–nineteenth century England. We present an...
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The Invisibles of Science and the Paleontological Heritage: the Brazilian Study Case
Paleontology, as a science of discoveries, mainly prioritizes those that describe new fossils, in general, as the work of individuals disconnected...
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Regional Governance: The Case of the Barents Region
Since the end of the Cold War, the Barents region has experienced a unique and complex governance model in the Arctic. Remembering that this part of...
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Multidisciplinary investigations of the diets of two post-medieval populations from London using stable isotopes and microdebris analysis
This paper presents the first multi-tissue study of diet in post-medieval London using both the stable light isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen...
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The marble sculptures of General Bülow and Scharnhorst in Berlin: comparative, non-destructive analysis of the weathering state after 12 years of exposure
After almost 200 years of exposure, the monuments of General Scharnhorst and Bülow have been analysed by means of ultrasound. Both sculptures are...
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Spatiotemporal variability of tornadoes in the Czech Lands, 1801–2017
Tornadoes are severe, small-scale weather phenomena that may cause loss of human lives and give rise to great material damage on a local (regional)...
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A brief history of syphilis in the Czech Lands
From the end of the fifteenth century, the massive expansion of syphilis had a distinct effect on the historical development of Europe. Due to this...
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The climate in Zafra from 1750 to 1840: temperature indexes from documentary sources
This article shows the first monthly series of a temperature index for the region of Zafra, located in the southwest of Spain, during the period...
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Communicating Information on Eruptions and Their Impacts from the Earliest Times Until the Late Twentieth Century
Volcanoes hold a fascination for human beings and, before they were recorded by literate observers, eruptions were portrayed in art, were recalled in...
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Seasonal contamination of surface waters close to an abandoned Sn-W mine, northeast Portugal
The abandoned Ribeira mine consists of Sn-W quartz veins and is located in Trás-os-Montes, northeast Portugal. The mining activities took place on...
