EditorialBos primigenius, Print, The aurochs, also known as urus or ure (Bos primigenius), is an extinct species of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is the ancestor of domestic cattle; it has also been suggested as an ancestor...
EditorialElephas primigenius, Print, The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the early Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning w...
EditorialElephas primigenius, Print, The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the early Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning w...
EditorialA map of central Asia and the recent Russian acquisitions in Turkestan. The Russians in Central Asia: their occupation of the Kirghiz Steppe and the lives of the Syr-Daria: their political relations with Khiva, Bokhara, and Kokan: also descriptions of ...
EditorialHomo georgicus. On the left, reproduction of the skull D2282 probably of a young woman. Cranial capacity, 650-660 cc; on the right, reproduction of the skull D2700 and the jaw D2735 corresponding to a male. Weight, 40-50 Kg. Size, 150 cm. Cranial capac...
EditorialThe Avar Treasure, 600s (bucket)?700s, Avar or Byzantine, Gold and silver, Metalwork-Gold, The Avars were a nomadic tribe of mounted warriors from the Eurasian steppe. The Byzantine emperor Justinian negotiated with them in the sixth century to protect...
EditorialGold Strip, 700s, Avar, Gold, 24 13/16 ? 3/16 ? 1/16 in., 0 Troy Ounces (63.1 ? 0.4 ? 0.1 cm, 26g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some show no signs of ...
EditorialGold Strip, 700s, Avar, Gold, 23 7/16 ? 1/8 ? 1/16 in., 0 Troy Ounces (59.6 ? 0.3 ? 0.1 cm, 22g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some show no signs of us...
EditorialGold Strip, 700s, Avar, Gold, 25 1/2 ? 3/16 ? 1/16 in., 0 Troy Ounces (64.7 ? 0.4 ? 0.1 cm, 31g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some show no signs of us...
EditorialGold Buckle, 700s, Avar, Gold, 3 7/16 ? 1 9/16 ? 3/8 in., 3 Troy Ounces (8.8 ? 4 ? 1 cm, 114g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some show no signs of use,...
EditorialFragment of a Gold Ingot, 700s, Avar, Gold, 2 11/16 ? 11/16 ? 3/8 in., 3.73 Troy Ounces (6.9 ? 1.7 ? 0.9 cm, 116g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some s...
EditorialGold Belt Mount (Miscast and Unfinished), 700s, Avar, Gold, cast., 1 9/16 ? 1 7/16 ? 3/8 in., 1.35 Troy Ounces (3.9 ? 3.6 ? 0.9 cm, 42g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or de...
EditorialGold Belt Mount (Unfinished), 700s, Avar, Gold, 1 ? 1 1/2 ? 1/2 in., 0 Troy Ounces (2.5 ? 3.8 ? 1.2 cm, 9g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some show no ...
EditorialEXTREMADURA. View of a landscape of the COMARCA DE LA SERENA, near Castuera. It is a steppe-like plain, with a marked deforestation only saved by some plots of Mediterranean forest. Province of Badajoz. Spain.
EditorialNAVARRE. LAS BARDENAS REALES. Steppe landscape southeast of Navarra, between the Ebro and Arag?n rivers. It is divided into the B?rdena Blanca, whitish territory by the abundance of gypsiferous marls and gypsum and the B?rdena Negra, with vegetation of...
EditorialLion's head from the temple of Ninhursag, a mother goddess " lady of the steppe land", Tell al-Ubaid near Ur, southern Iraq 2600-2400 BCE. The head, made of sheet copper over a bitumen core was found at the foot of a brick platform of the for...