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Jewelry of Sapalli Culture

Археология евразийских степей
During the Bronze Age (2250–1300 BCE), the territory of the Surxondaryo region was inhabited by bearers of a material culture known as the Sapalli culture.
Odiljon A. Khamidov, Gulmira Ch. Kattayeva, Dilnoza U. Yangiboeva   +2 more
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Mixed‐methods research in medical education: Lessons from a meta‐study of methodological practice

Medical Education, Volume 60, Issue 9, Page 964-975, September 2026.
Abstract Introduction Mixed‐methods research (MMR) intentionally combines (variously) theories, study designs, data collection, analyses and/or syntheses associated with more than one approach to research. Despite a rich literature on the theory and practice of MMR, the authors were concerned that much MMR in medical education fell short of the state ...
Jennifer Cleland, Anna MacLeod, Susan van Schalkwyk, Rachel H. Ellaway   +3 more
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The Philosophy and Practice of Amulets in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra: Wearing, Analyzing, and Recognizing Your Way to Liberation

Journal of Contemplative Studies
Buddhist amulets have been a topic of academic research for decades. But scholarly presuppositions that amulets have circulated primarily in popular Buddhist milieus, related only tangentially to the pursuits of elite practitioners, has limited our ...
James Gentry
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Magic and Ritual in Iron Age Veneto, Italy

Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2010
In this article I discuss the possibility that the Iron Age Veneti of Northern Italy believed in magic. By drawing on ethno-historical comparisons and contextual analysis, I suggest that items such as pierced shells, coral, amber, glass beads and ...
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Bringing artifacts (back) to life

American Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 268-282, August 2026.
Abstract Museums’ ethnographic collections can be conceptualized as affective forces—relational intensities that emerge between human and more‐than‐human actors, unfold over time, and are embedded in and co‐shape sociomaterial environments. Drawing on debates in the anthropology of objects and political ontology, I develop this perspective through long‐
Hansjörg Dilger
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Koduhanedega seotud baškiiri rituaalid: traditsioonid ja uuendused [PDF]

Mäetagused
In the modern life of the Bashkir population of the Republic of Bashkortostan, a large number of various beliefs, customs and rituals related to domestic birds, including geese, have been preserved.
Zifa Hasanova
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Provenance Analysis Based on Cluster In‐Betweenness and Support Vector Machines: Identifying Migrant Candidates Using Multi‐Isotope Fingerprints

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 607-619, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Provenance reconstruction using strontium and lead stable isotopes can produce complex multidimensional fingerprints, challenging traditional methods. Identifying nonlocals, who migrated between sites, is a major task. Migrants are identifiable by divergent multi‐isotope fingerprints due to isotopic mixing between origin and destination sites.
Andrea Göhring, Daniyal Kazempour, Jan Robert Bensien, Sweety Mohanty, Claudius Zelenka, Matthias Renz, Peer Kröger, Gisela Grupe, Amei Lang   +8 more
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An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 804-810, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi, Federica Spagnoli, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Stefania Garzoli   +3 more
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Untreated Psychosis and Healthcare‐Seeking Behaviour in Pakistan: A Qualitative Study With Young People, Carers, Traditional Healers, and Healthcare Professionals

Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Volume 20, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Prolonged delay between the onset of the first episode of psychosis (FEP) and initiation of treatment is common in lower‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), including Pakistan. This qualitative study explored perspectives of young persons with FEP, carers, healthcare professionals, and traditional and spiritual healers (TSHs) on ...
Noor Sanauddin, Lisa Dikomitis, Abdul Jalil Khan, Mian Mukhtar ul Haq Azeemi, Muhammad Firaz Khan, Saima Sheikh, Nishani Fonseka, Abbie Milner, Syed Muhammad Uzair Shah, Ishfaq Tariq Azeemi, Shumaila Hamid, Syeda Fatima Jamal, Aimee Sargeant, Saeed Farooq   +13 more
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Tackling the Regressivity at the Top of the Italian Tax System: An Optimal Taxation Framework With Heterogeneous Returns to Capital

Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT In this work, we exploit the new data available from the European Central Bank's Distributional Wealth Accounts to reconstruct the distribution of capital income in Italy by accounting for heterogeneous returns to capital. We find stark disparities in returns to wealth: average rates rise from 2.5% for the bottom 90% to 5% for the top 10% of ...
Matteo Dalle Luche, Demetrio Guzzardi, Elisa Palagi, Andrea Roventini, Alessandro Santoro   +4 more
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