A Strong Supporter: Evidence for the Role of the Fifth Finger in Habitual Gripping Activity. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives The fifth finger plays a key role in manual dexterity, yet its habitual use and functional integration within the hand remain poorly understood. This study investigates the contribution of the fifth ray to habitual gripping activities and its synergistic relationship with the thumb.
Leder C, Schrader SA.
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Assessing the Impact of Wear on the Recordability of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia: A Quantitative Approach. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives This study proposes a standardized, empirically grounded framework for assessing the recordability of linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) in archeological dental samples. Despite the frequent use of LEH as a skeletal stress indicator, there is no consensus on whether and how to account for dental wear in recording protocols.
Kacki S +6 more
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Fixed and Fluid: The Two Faces of Gender Roles-A Combined Study of Activity Patterns and Burial Practices in the European Neolithic. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives This study investigates gender roles in the European Neolithic by analyzing activity‐related skeletal changes (ARSCs) and burial practices at two Polgár microregion sites in Hungary: Polgár‐Ferenci‐hát (5300–5070 cal. bce) and Polgár‐Csőszhalom (4800–4650 cal. bce). Materials and Methods A total of 125 well‐preserved adult skeletons
Villotte S +3 more
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A Standardized, Three-Dimensional Cropping Protocol for Analyzing the Medial Epicondyle of the Humerus. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives The medial epicondyle of the humerus has been considered particularly relevant for investigating past activity‐related skeletal changes. Yet, the characterization of these skeletal changes on the humerus has been challenging. This study introduces a semi‐automated cropping protocol to standardize the analysis of this anatomical ...
Liagre EBK +3 more
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Les supports pédagogiques pour la médiation en archéologie
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2010 Les outils de médiation en archéologie répondent aux mêmes logiques que pour toute autre discipline. Les structures de médiation interviennent pour faciliter la compréhension des connaissances, la pédagogie étant abordée à travers différents supports, le
Xavier Savary
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Byzantská archeologie – její vývoj, současný stav bádání a perspektivy
Archaeologia Historica, 2016 Hlavním cílem článku je osvětlit současný stav byzantské archeologie, její vývoj a vztah k archeologii evropského středověku a klasické archeologii. Byzantská archeologie je mladým oborem, který se potýká s celou řadou problémů a limitů.
Věra Klontza-Jaklová +4 more
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ekdosis: Using LuaL A T E X for Producing TEI xml Compliant Critical Editions and Highlighting Parallel Writings [PDF]
Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, 2020 ekdosis is a LuaL A T E X package written by R. Alessi designed for multilingual critical editions. It can be used to typeset texts and different layers of critical notes in any direction accepted by LuaT E X.
Robert Alessi
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The Professionalisation of Science – Claim and Refusal: Discipline Building and Ideals of Scientific Autonomy in the Growth of Prehistoric Archaeology. The Case of Georges Laplace's Group of Typologie Analytique, 1950s–1990s [PDF]
, 2017 The majority of analyses investigating the professionalisation of scientific domains tend to assume the linear and general features of this transformation.
Plutniak, Sébastien
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Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2019 Le siège d’Alésia, épisode majeur de la guerre des Gaules, voit en 52 av. n. è. la coalition gauloise rassemblée autour de Vercingétorix échouer à repousser l’armée romaine menée par César. Il y a une forte dichotomie entre la place importante que prend
Jonhattan Vidal, Christophe Petit
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African-European contacts in the Kongo Kingdom (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries): new archaeological insights from Ngongo Mbata (Lower Congo, DRC) [PDF]
, 2015 Ngongo Mbata, the main and most affluent center of the Kongo kingdom’s Mbata province in the 17th century, is well known from the historical sources, but virtually unexplored in archaeological publications.
Bostoen, Koen +7 more
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