Fig 1a Calc-Schist from Fenetre-de-Ferret, 2700 m elevation (left), Petrographic Photo (400 x) Both Temple and Quarry Stone, Calcite (gray-green) and Mica (yellow-green) grains; Fig. 1b Quartzite from Gran San Bernardo Valley, 2300 m elevation (right) Petrographic Photo (400 x) fused quartz grains [both in cross-polarized light] Field provenance of stone sources – matching archaeological…
Author: Patrick Hunt
Carolingian Era Roman Spolia at the Medieval Church of Bourg-St-Pierre, Valais
Fig. 1 Bourg-St-Pierre with Churchyard in town center, 9th.c CE and later Fig. 2 Map of Bourg-St-Pierre with Church (toward south end of town, marked by cross east-west) Spoliation of Roman material is common wherever there is continuity between Roman and medieval communities, even when a considerable time has ensued between abandonment and reuse and/or…
Triptolemos, Hemitheos and Judge at Eleusis and Beyond? Plato’s Apologia 41a
Great Eleusis Frieze, Eleusis Museum, Greece, late 5th c. BCE What was the role of Triptolemos in the Eleusinian Mysteries? This question is still unanswered – and may never be answered – despite considerable attention and voluminous studies spanning many centuries. Even the earliest Patristic commentators like Clement of Alexandria, Lactantius, Macrobius and others have…
Alpine Archaeology: Some Effects of Climate and Altitude
Satellite Image over Alps, Spring How do altitude and its attendant climatic results affect archaeology? Since 1994 we have an annual active learning experience about this relationship in the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project. Some general data about Alpine climate is apropos. Not only is the European Alpine high altitude above 2200 meters a cold biome…