Palaeolithic art in Slovenia

Close Range Photogrammetry and Enhanced Recording of Palaeolithic Rock Art

Recording of archaeological sites has long been studied by many scientific organizations. However, the analyses and evolution of human beings through rock art is one of the most challenging tasks in prehistoric archaeology, not only because of the unpredicted contribution to the understanding of the past but also because of the difficulties for appropriate recording. Tracing, rubbing and photog...

Analogical Evidence and Shamanism in Archaeological Interpretation : South African and European Palaeolithic Rock Art

Rock art studies have been strongly reliant on ethnography in recent decades. Since the 1970s, the (re)turn to ethnography has been considered short of a paradigmatic change, and it has indeed stirred a lot of theoretical discussion in the very under-theorized field of rock art research. The ethnographic turn has been mainly built around shamanism, very loosely defined here as the causal associ...

Arrow poisons in the Palaeolithic?

Stroke Epidemiology in Slovenia

Stroke is a global health problem and a leading cause of adult disability1. Out of 35 million deaths attributable to chronic non-communicable diseases that occurred worldwide in 2005, stroke was responsible for 5.7 million (16.6%) deaths and 87% of these deaths occurred in lowto middle-income countries2. Driven by increased aging of the populations across the world, together with escalating pre...

Thrips in Slovenia

The is an overview of our knowledge of thrips in Slovenia. It includes a check-list of species recorded, indicating the plants from which specimens have been taken and the collectors. Special attention is given to work on thrips during the last five years, focusing on some species of potential economical importance. but in the inner land single specimens can be found as early as March and as la...