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Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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Assessing the effectiveness of the one paleopathology workshop. [PDF]

Evol Med Public Health
Stamer JR, Apata Mamani M, Arriaza B, Bendrey R, Blevins K, Campbell T, Gottdenker N, Gowland R, Klaus H, Lagia A, Littleton J, Maasch KA, Marques C, Mauricio Llonto AC, Moore J, Nelson EA, O'Donnell L, Roberts C, Sandweiss DH, Santos AL, Schuenemann VJ, Shin DH, Snyder T, Stone AC, Thomas R, Tomasto-Cagigao E, Van Schaik KD, Vega M, Walser JW, Webster E, Wilson JA, Wissler A, Zuckerman M, Robbins Schug G, Uhl E, Buikstra JE.   +35 more
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‘Vitamins’, shortcuts, and athletic citizenship in Ethiopia and Cameroon: considering sporting ethics beyond biomedicine « Vitamines », courts‐circuits et citoyenneté sportive en Éthiopie et au Cameroun : l’éthique du sport, au‐delà de la biomédecine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
wiley   +1 more source

New evidence reveals dispersal of pearl millet from West Africa to South Asia by 2500 BCE. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Jiménez-Arteaga C, Parque Ó, Lancelotti C, Moderato M, Veesar GM, Abro T, Chandio A, Madella M.   +7 more
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On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
wiley   +1 more source

Earliest millet cultivation reflects steppe connections, dietary flexibility, and resilience in Bronze Age northern Greece. [PDF]

PLoS One
Karanikola K, Valamoti SM, Motuzaite Matuzeviciute G.   +2 more
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Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

Survey on the Application of Robotics in Archaeology. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Kyriakoulia P, Kazolias A, Konidaris D, Kokkinos P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

And then there was us Et puis nous sommes apparus

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ conference, this meeting brought together the most prominent academics working in the field of human origins, including archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists,
Emma E. Bird, Julia Galway‐Witham, Chris Stringer   +2 more
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Ancient Genomics Reveals the Origin, Dispersal, and Human Management of East Asian Domestic Pigs. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol
Han Y, Zhao Z, Stanton DWG, Lei XL, Wu Z, Liu Y, Yu C, Chen X, Li W, Wang J, You Y, Li Y, Lei S, Yi H, Fan W, Cai Q, Min R, Hu C, Chen C, Cui Y, Guo J, Zhang H, Song H, Guo X, Ruan Q, Tan Y, Li Z, Zhang X, Shi X, Zhou X, Zhuang Y, Manin A, Frantz LAF, Alves JM, Pan Y, Wu X, Luo SJ, Larson G, Yu H.   +38 more
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