Marquita Volken
Biographic Data
| ID | 5405935 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marquita Volken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marquita |
| FAMILY NAME | Volken |
| SIGNATURE | VOLKEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lausanne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Shaw, Elizabeth. 2024. Roman Feet and Shoes
This is a review of Roman Feet and Shoes: the cultural significance of feet, footwear, and their representations in the north-western provinces by Elizabeth Shaw, published in 2024 by BAR Publishing
The “Mercenary”
Between 1984 and the early 1990s the remains of a man were recovered from the edge of the Upper Theodul Glacier. The man died around AD 1600 while crossing the Theodul Pass (3301 m.a.s.l.) near Zermatt, one of the most important trade routes in the Pennine Alps at the time. He was called the “mercenary from the Theodul Pass” because of the weapons found alongside him. In 2006 his remains and the associated artifacts were incorporated into the col…
A Reassessment of Leatherwork From the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
The seventh-century ship burial at Sutton Hoo Mound 1, excavated in 1939, contained an impressive display of gold, silver and bronze objects, weapons and other offerings. Organic materials such as wood, textiles and leather were also present. The leather items were studied, and the results published in 1983, when two pairs of shoes were identified from the extremely fragmented remains that survived. Recently, a reassessment of the leather fragmen…
The Woman from Leuk (Switzerland)—Discovery, Conservation, and Interdisciplinary Investigations of a Seventeenth-Century Mummy
Microstructural, chemical and isotopic evidence for the origin of late neolithic leather recovered from an ice field in the Swiss Alps
Ancient DNA, a Neolithic legging from the Swiss Alps and the early history of goat
The water bag of Roman soldiers
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The water bag of Roman soldiers
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Microstructural, chemical and isotopic evidence for the origin of late neolithic leather recovered from an ice field in the Swiss Alps
Ancient DNA, a Neolithic legging from the Swiss Alps and the early history of goat
The Woman from Leuk (Switzerland)—Discovery, Conservation, and Interdisciplinary Investigations of a Seventeenth-Century Mummy
The “Mercenary”
Between 1984 and the early 1990s the remains of a man were recovered from the edge of the Upper Theodul Glacier. The man died around AD 1600 while crossing the Theodul Pass (3301 m.a.s.l.) near Zermatt, one of the most important trade routes in the Pennine Alps at the time. He was called the “mercenary from the Theodul Pass” because of the weapons found alongside him. In 2006 his remains and the associated artifacts were incorporated into the col…
A Reassessment of Leatherwork From the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
The seventh-century ship burial at Sutton Hoo Mound 1, excavated in 1939, contained an impressive display of gold, silver and bronze objects, weapons and other offerings. Organic materials such as wood, textiles and leather were also present. The leather items were studied, and the results published in 1983, when two pairs of shoes were identified from the extremely fragmented remains that survived. Recently, a reassessment of the leather fragmen…
Shaw, Elizabeth. 2024. Roman Feet and Shoes
This is a review of Roman Feet and Shoes: the cultural significance of feet, footwear, and their representations in the north-western provinces by Elizabeth Shaw, published in 2024 by BAR Publishing
History (6 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)