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  • 2 - Rome in 900

  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book:
    Rome in the Tenth Century
    Published online:
    01 April 2025
    Print publication:
    24 April 2025, pp 12-32

  • Summary

    An overview of the physical state of Rome in the year 900, followed by an introduction to each of the major categories of material culture to be discussed: architecture, painting, icons, sculpture, inscriptions, manuscripts, ceramics, and coins. A rationale is provided for the format of the book: not a diachronic chronological survey as such, but instead organized around four overarching themes.

  • A multidisciplinary approach to resolve the taxonomy of the historically extinct sea mink (Neogale macrodon) (Maine, USA)

  • Paula Work, Robert Lewis, Bruce Bourque
  • Journal:
    Quaternary Research / Volume 126 / July 2025
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    24 April 2025, pp. 55-70
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  • This paper addresses the taxonomic status of the extinct large-bodied sea mink Neogale macrodon. Since the early twentieth century, bones of this mink have been found commingled with those of the extant mink, Neogale vison, in Maine’s prehistoric archaeological sites. These two size classes of mink have been described as separate species and as sexually dimorphic size variants of N. vison. A century later, researchers revisited this dispute using data from North American modern and archaeological mink skulls, along with limited postcranial bones, and decided in favor of two species. However, this conclusion was challenged.

    We return to the discussion by focusing on postcranial bones, which have advantages over skulls for metric analyses. We considered historical evidence for mink morphology and behavior and determined that, although the two forms shared the same habitat, our large number of identified specimens (NISP) of mink (NISP > 1200) contained no detectable evidence for interbreeding. We conclude that the sea mink was an emerging marine fissiped, transitioning from an undetermined N. vison ancestor in a manner analogous to the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Lastly, we suggest N. macrodon became extinct during the nineteenth century under heavy pressure from market hunting.

  • 6 - Death and Burial

  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book:
    Rome in the Tenth Century
    Published online:
    01 April 2025
    Print publication:
    24 April 2025, pp 119-126

  • Summary

    This chapter addresses the theme of ‘Death and Burial’, focussing on what little is known about prestigious burials in Roman churches, including various popes and the emperor Otto II.

  • 3 - Historical Synopsis

  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book:
    Rome in the Tenth Century
    Published online:
    01 April 2025
    Print publication:
    24 April 2025, pp 33-52

  • Summary

    A historical overview of Rome’s political, economic, and social history between 900 and 1000. The first six decades are dominated by four generations of the ‘House of Theophylact’, lay magnates who control the papacy, restore the Roman economy, and provide the principal source of patronage; and the final four decades by the Saxon emperors, Otto I, Otto II, and Otto III, who vie with the Roman aristocracy for control of both the city and the papacy.

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