Acta Archaeologica Pultuskiensia Vol. IV
Studies on Disasters, Catastrophes and the Ends of the World in Sources
Joanna Popielska-Grzybowska, Jadwiga Iwaszczuk (eds)
Paperback, 210x297 mm, 306 pages, 43 plates
Pułtusk Academy of Humanities, Pułtusk 2013, ISBN 978-83-7549-210-1
Contents
Preface
page: 7
Viminacium, Archaeological Park – Modern Code for Re-reading the Past of the Roman City and Legionary Camp
authors: Jelena Anđelković Grašar, Dragana Rogić, Emilija Nikolić | pages: 9-13
Images of “Disasters” in the Space of the City – Urban Planning and Architecture
author: Ewa Augustyn-Lendzion | pages: 15-19
Catastrophic Environmental Change – Floods as the Cause of Disasters at the End of Early Middle Ages in Poland, the Case of Kalisz
author: Tadeusz Baranowski | pages: 21-24
Eschatology without “End”. Eschatological Concepts of Ancient Israel
author: Piotr Briks | pages: 25-30
The Politics and Poetics of Fear: Living in Risk Society
author: Wojciech Józef Burszta | pages: 31-36
The 1755 “Lisbon Earthquake”
author: João Manuel Lopes Cardoso Cabral | pages: 37-43
Offences Worthy of Death
author: Piotr Czerkwiński | pages: 45-53
The Fear of Being Forgotten
author: Dorota Czerwik | pages: 55-64
The Geological Phenomena in the Pyramid Texts
author: Barbara Dąbrowska | pages: 65-73
The Changing of Bioethical Conscience – Precondition for Permanent
Global Peace and Sustainable Development
author: Dejan Donev | pages: 75-79
The Epidemic of AIDS as a Catastrophe in the Context of the Individual. Terminal Disease as a Liminal Situation
author: Aleksandra Drzał-Sierocka | pages: 81-85
Disasters Seen through the Eyes of an Archaeologist
author: Władysław Duczko | pages: 87-89
A Study on the End of the World as Viewed by the Ancient Egyptians
author: Sherine ElSebaie | pages: 91-102
Noto Antica – “Sicilian Pompeii”
author: Marta Fitula | pages: 103-110
Destruction of the Mankind. Relations between the Egyptian and the Mesopotamian Myths: Influence or Literary Drift?
author: Massimiliano Franci | pages: 111-116
When “the Old” meets “the New” – the Legal Perspective
author: Anna Garczewska | pages: 117-123
The End of the Second World War from the German Perspective – Catastrophe and Liberation
author: Krzysztof Garczewski | pages: 125-131
The End of the World in Anno Domini 1000
author: Jerzy Gąssowski | pages: 133-134
Sea Peoples – Revisiting a Late Bronze Age Catastrophe
authors: Eva Katarina Glazer, Danijel Štruklec | pages: 135-140
Atlantis, Aliens and Pseudoarchaeology in Polish Popular Science Periodicals
author: Katarzyna Jarosz | pages: 141-148
When Óðinn Meets the Wolf: The Eschatological Role of Wolves in Old Norse Mythology
author: Kolfinna Jónatansdóttir | pages: 149-155
Is This the End of Knowledge Handed Down from Generation to Generation within Traditional Culture? What Can Survive in Our Times?
author: Bożena Józefów-Czerwińska | pages: 157-161
Volcanic Activity on the Bronze Age Cyclades and Its Reflection in Aegean Frescoes
author: Pantelis Komninos | pages: 163-171
The End of a World Caused by Water. The Case of Old Kingdom Egypt
authors: Agnieszka Kowalska, Kamil Kuraszkiewicz | pages: 173-176
Eruptions, Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Ancient Mediterranean Sea: the Sources and Archaeological Records
author: Rosa Lanteri | pages: 177-183
The Last Days of Pompeii in a Forgotten Novel by Władysław Zambrzycki
author: Adam Łukaszewicz | pages: 185-189
The Extinction of the Piasts – Masovian Dukes. A Catastrophe or an Opportunity for New Directions in Development?
author: Krzysztof Łukawski | pages: 191-194
10th Century Italy through the Voices of Atto of Vercelli and Liutprand of Cremona: True Political Catastrophe or Just a Perception?
author: Edoardo Manarini | pages: 195-200
No Names, No Memorial. The Migrants’ Invisible Deaths
author: Federica Manfredi | pages: 201-203
Catastrophes as an Inevitable Result of Civilisations Flow: Relocation and Dislocation of Historical Physical Structures at the Archaeological Site of Viminacium, Serbia
authors: Emilija Nikolić, Dragana Rogić, Jelena Anđelković Grašar | pages: 205-215
Catastrophes and the Ends of the World in Pharaonic Egypt
author: Andrzej Niwiński | pages: 215-220
The Siege of Prague 1420 – the Hussite End of the World
author: Paweł F. Nowakowski | pages: 221-228
The Material Catastrophe. The Fate of Families in the Memories of the Polish Intelligentsia, Landed Gentry and Aristocracy
author: Małgorzata Okupnik | pages: 229-237
8 September, 1943, Italy. Death, Catastrophe or Disaster
author: Piero Pasini | pages: 239-243
Rise of the God and Fall of the Pagan World. Destruction of Mystery Cults and Ancient Thought during Increasing Power of the Christianity in the 4th-6th Centuries CE. Devastation of Temples and Ideologies Based on Ancient Texts and Archaeological Finds
author: Łukasz Pawełoszek | pages: 245-253
tm tmm – the End and Nothingness as Completion and Completeness. Ancient Egyptian Plays on Words
author: Joanna Popielska-Grzybowska | pages: 255-259
Fire in a Medieval and Early-Modern Town – a Local Disaster Only? The Example of Lublin
author: Andrzej Rozwałka | pages: 261-265
The Man-made Economic Disaster of Mid 12th Century BC and the Reconstruction (through Means of Experimental Archaeology) of the Military Technology that It Brought About
authors: Stefanos Skarmintzos, Nikolaos Kleisiaris, Spyridon Bakas | pages: 267-270
Multiculturalism in Klaipëda: Self-identity Attitudes in the Polish Community
author: Rimantas Sliužinskas | pages: 271-280
In the Grip of the Flu. Spanish Influenza Pandemic in Poland (1918-1920): What Was It and How Was It Perceived
author: Szymon Słomczyński | pages: 281-286
Ragnarök. Wizja końca świata w mitologii i mitografii nordyckiej
author: Leszek P. Słupecki | pages: 287-297
Was Christianity an Ideological Disaster? – in the Context of Funeral Rites of the Eastern Slavs
author: Joanna Wawrzeniuk | pages: 299-304
