Heavy metals from urban runoff preserved in sedimentary deposits record long-term economic and industrial development via the expansion and contraction of a city's infrastructure. Lead concentrations and isotopic compositions measured in the sediments of the harbor of Ostia-Rome's first harbor-show that lead pipes used in the water supply networks of Rome and Ostia were the only source of radio...

Today more than ever, archeological research is interdisciplinary: environmental sciences, pollen analysis, botany, soil science, and hydrology. In fact, the impacts of human behaviors on environment and environment on human behaviors can be studied through use of remote sensing technology. The use of this important technique gives archaeologists the opportunity to understand these impacts, whi...

The ancient Iraqis left us, through cuneiform tablets, important archives of records economic activity, which are a fertile and open field for research study. Among the most these accounting in Sumerian term (nig2-kas7..ak) is mentioned translated by researchers as "balanced account" or "budget accounts". This has great importance context interpretation economy Iraq, especially texts end third ...

Extending over a wide geographical area Anatolia has rich architectural diversity. The Western Region is divided into two sub-regions as Coastal and Inland Anatolia. Even though similar building techniques materials were used in both sub-regions, the settlement patterns differ from each other distinctively. While buildings open onto streets alleys Anatolia, structures leant on defense system co...

CrystEngComm COMMUNICATION Bettina V. Lotsch et al. Optical gap in herringbone and π-stacked crystals of [1]benzothieno[3,2-b] benzothiophene and its brominated derivative