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Journal of Music Archaeology, Volume 3
A large part of the third issue is dedicated to a neglected find of Greek-style wind instruments (auloi) from the Oxus temple in ancient Bactria, modern Tajikistan, discussing the excavation and context of the various stray parts, documenting each of them with relevant measurements, and trying to piece them together to find out about the music they may have played. Other contributions take us from the unparalleled sound world of pre-Columbian America to ancient African dance scenes and to...
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medieval worlds ‒ comparative and interdisciplinary studies, No. 23/2025
Multilingualism in Premodern Societies: Urban Administrative Spaces (Guest Editor: Katalin Szende). Moving Jobs: Occupational Identity and Motility in the Middle Ages, II (Guest Editors: Annamaria Pazienza and Irene Bavuso)
A truly sensational find is presented in volume 23 of Medieval Worlds: a newly discovered Christian world chronicle in Arabic, which Adrian C. Pirtea examines in a preliminary case study.
We furthermore open a new series on "Multilingualism in Premodern Societies", which investigates patterns of communication, mobility and power in connection with language use in a Eurasian context. This first instalment focuses on "Urban Administrative Spaces" (guest editor: Katalin Szende), in which two...
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