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Gaming pieces and dices are well documented within the finds from Vindonissa (Windisch, Canton Aargau, CH), a legionary fortress with a surrounding civil settlement of the 1st century A.D. Over 800 tokens and more than 80 dice are... more
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      Roman military archaeologyVindonissaRoman Small FindsRoman board games
Directeur d'études : William VAN ANDRINGA Séminaire hebdomadaire, le mercredi de 14h à 16h (INHA), salle Benjamin Archéologie du quotidien Dans la veine de l'histoire et de la sociologie du quotidien, le séminaire s'attachera à montrer... more
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      Cultural StudiesGame studiesRoman BritainGames
a cura di Dario Personeni Giochi, spettacoli, passatempi, tre accezioni per un unico termine latino LUSUS. Prende avvio l'11 settembre LUSUS IN URBE, il progetto dell'Ateneo di Scienze Lettere e Arti, con al centro il tema del rapporto... more
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      Death and Burial (Archaeology)Burial Practices (Archaeology)GamesBurial Customs
Games in the Ancient World: Places, Spaces, Accessories, 2024 Existing scholarship on gaming often assumes that board games were primarily played in towns under the Roman empire and textual sources leave us in no doubt that game-playing... more
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      Classical ArchaeologyRoman ItalyAncient board gamesRoman Small Finds
Spectacles in the Roman Empire (athletic competitions, scenic games, gladiatorial fights, and circus races) brought together generally heterogeneous crowds including, among others, magistrates, senators, knights, plebeians, slaves, women,... more
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      Latin LiteratureRoman HistorySports HistorySpectatorship
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      Computer ScienceMusic and identityNewspaper
This report summarises the discussions and conclusions of a recent Dagstuhl research meeting, in which the foundations of the new research field of Digital Archaeoludology were established. Starting with the ERC-funded Digital Ludeme... more
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      SociologyCognitive ScienceComputer Science
Graffiti game boards attest to the presence of historical populations at an archaeological site and, in some cases, assist in dating an archaeological context. While games suggest the presence of a social activity, their contextual... more
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      HistoryArchaeologyOttoman HistoryEgyptian Archaeology
Characterised by the presence of multiple depressions or pockets in a variety of arrangements, and, in some cases, the presence of a single, double, or triple ‘start line’ carved into horizontal stone surfaces, marble lanes in their... more
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      Late Antique ArchaeologyAugustineKnowledge TransferMediterranean archaeology
11h00-14h00 Atelier jeux grecs et romains (devant la salle E120) 14h30-15h30 Projection du film documentaire "Arnaque à la romaine", en présence du réalisateur Christophe Goumand (Genève) et d'Éric Magic (Bruxelles) avec démonstrations... more
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      AntiquityGamesRoman board gamesRoman Archaeology
Booklet of the abstract of the XXII Board Game Studies Colloquium in Bologna, May 7-10 2019
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      Early modern board gamesBoard GamesBoard Game DesignAncient board games
At Covasna 481 clay and stone tokens have been discovered so far. Of these 182 tokens are most likely part of a set. The tokens were dated during the 1st century BC – 1st century AD. Some of the tokens might have been used in games which... more
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      ArchaeologyIron AgeDacian civilizationRoman games
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      Roman gamesPlay and GamesCheatingLimoges
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Les scènes de banquet dans les peintures et sculptures chrétiennes des IIP et IV e siècles Le mémoire publié cidessous est le résultat d'un travail commencé il y a quatre années dans le cadre de l'Institut Pontifical d'Archéologie... more
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Board games has to a large degree, been studied based on historical sources. Ironically, this is true even for prehistoric games, where the Icelandic sagas have been used as a starting point for a deductive hunt for the mysterious game... more
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      HistoryArchaeologyArtMedieval Archaeology
Board games has to a large degree, been studied based on historical sources. Ironically, this is true even for prehistoric games, where the Icelandic sagas have been used as a starting point for a deductive hunt for the mysterious game... more
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      HistoryArchaeologyArtMedieval Archaeology
You might have been there: losing a cherished piece from your favourite boardgame and searching for a way to still play without it. Perhaps you used a substitute: a coin, a piece of cardboard, or a piece from another gaming set, or you... more
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      Material Culture StudiesBoard GamesAncient board gamesBiography of Objects
Autour de lA tAble Cette publication accompagne l'exposition temporaire Autour de la table. Usages et savoirvivre à l' époque romaine, présentée au Musée romain de Vallon du 29 mars 2014 au 22 février 2015. Merci à Stefanie... more
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A la vie, a la mort : jeux nobles (orateurs, militaires et matrones) et jeux ignobles (acteurs, gladiateurs et prostituees)
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Moral decadence in our society rises more and more and complaints about this issue are oftentimes about children and their future. Children are likely to disobey due to their inability to understand the effects of their decisions. Games... more
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      GeographyBoard Game Studies
The game board for ‘nine men’s morris’ (merels) is found incised on horizontal rock surfaces at many places of the world. It was also used in inclined or vertical positions as a motif for petroglyphs on rocks and historic buildings. The... more
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Research data contain fuzzy and uncertain interpretive statements about objects, which must be recorded and provided FAIRly. Based on the solutions developed in TRAIL 2.2 – which extends existing modelling approaches and transformation... more
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Playing of sedentary games with dice and playing board games have had a major role in the Indian culture since at least 3000 BCE. This is shown by archaeological sites and early literary references in the Rig-Veda, Mahabharata and other... more
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      SociologyBoard Game Studies
در این مقاله تخته بازی سنگی با نقش مارهای پیچان در جیرفت مورد تحلیل و بررسی قرار گرفته و با قیاس آن با یکی از بازی های باستانی در اروپا، به این نتیجه می رسیم که جیرفت خاستگاه این بازی در اروپا بوده است.
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      ArchaeologyIranian StudiesIndo-European StudiesProto Indo-European
Many critics and questions frequently asks in comics (or any popular cultures') events about where does Indonesian legends, myths and other local geniuses go in this modern era's generations. There also a strong tendency from some... more
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Das Spielbrett von Nassenfels (Lkr. Eichstätt) lässt sich mit dem ludus XII scriptorum in Verbindung bringen. Hinsichtlich der Ausführung mit Dreiecken auf dem Spielfeld ist dem Autor nur eine Parallele – eine Spieltafel in Autun... more
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Before chess came to Northern Europe there was Tafl, a family of asymmetric strategy board games associated strongly with the Vikings. The purpose of this paper is to study the combinatorial state-space complexity of an Irish variation of... more
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All games have morals, and so is Snakes and Ladders. Every ladder accounts for a waiting snake in the game Snakes and Ladders and vice versa. Snakes and Ladders lacks ambiguity.
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Ancient remains of game boards have been relatively little researched in archaeology. A common view holds that such finds represent somewhat periphery, less informative artefacts. Another establish ...
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Spectacles in the Roman Empire (athletic competitions, scenic games, gladiatorial fights, and circus races) brought together generally heterogeneous crowds including, among others, magistrates, senators, knights, plebeians, slaves, women,... more
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      Roman HistorySports HistorySpectatorshipSports Fans
Two ‘duodecim scripta’ boards have been found in the on-going excavations of the ancient city of Kibyra, located in the city of Burdur’s Gölhisar district. The first one is of limestone. Like the other examples, this board was curved as... more
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      ArchaeologyRoman board gamesRoman ArchaeologyAncient Toys and Games
A large chess variant with 52 pieces originally described in a 1800s Ottoman Turkish book as šaṭranǧ-i kabīr, or great chess, appears under various names in a number of subsequent Western sources, including authoritative works on chess... more
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      OttomanBoard GamesChess
50 Jahre Römerhaus!
Gärten à la Pompeji?
Neues Römergepäck im Angebot
Warum plant die Römerstadt Augusta Raurica?
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    • Roman Archaeology
Das neue Archäologiegesetz
SALVE ATTIA!
Ein römisches Rad bauen: gewusst wie!
Restaurieren – damals und heute
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    • Roman Archaeology
«Römerbrief» 2006
Vom Lehmring zum Kuppelbau
Bücher von A–Z
Netzwerkpflege
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    • Roman Archaeology
Dienstag z.B. - Leben in der Römerstadt
So ein ... Unrat, Schlamm und keine stillen Örtchen
Kochen wie die Römer
Pass-Partout -  Entdecken Sie die Museen am Oberrhein
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    • Roman Archaeology
Grosse Haustiere dank den Römern
VITA ROMANA: Eine lateinische Führung durchs Römerhaus
Bärenjagd in Augusta Raurica?
Vermitteln – Eine Aufgabe mit vielen Facetten
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      Roman board gamesRoman Archaeology
Kinder? Kinder! Auf Spurensuche in Augusta Raurica - Die neue Ausstellung im Museum
Salben, Öle und göttliche Düfte
Vom Aktenschrank ins World Wide Web
Eine Stadt am Ende?
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We discuss in particular the "game boards" inscribed into the roof of the Seti temple at el-Qurna, the problem of the "dux" piece in the Roman Latrunculi game, the presumed Roman origin of hopscotch, and the identification of those... more
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      History of GamesRoman gamesHistory of Board GamesRoman board games
Report on a group of Roman coins found near Raveglass and a tile gaming board
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      Archaeology of CumbriaRoman numismatics and archaeologyRoman board gamesRoman Archaeology
In the year 2000, a carved chess piece was discovered by chance on a beach on Hitra, an island some 80 km west of Trondheim. Although badly eroded, the piece is identifiable as a chess king carved from a portion of a sperm whale tooth.... more
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    • Medieval Archaeology
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      Roman PotteryRoman Pottery KilnsArchaeology of Roman PannoniaRoman Dacia (Archaeology)
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      Latin LiteratureAncient NovelHistory Of Food ConsumptionPetronius