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Guide to the National Anthropological Archives: Smithsonian Institution, by James R. Glenn, National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1993

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 1993
The historian of archaeological science will find this volume an indispensable source for culling research materials from the National Anthropological Archives. The Guide is "an overview of the documentation in the Department of
Douglas R. Givens
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Social Memory and Ritualized Practice in Prehispanic Honduras

, 2012
This paper discusses ritualized practices in domestic spaces as signs of an ongoing and dynamic engagement between the people living there and non-human material and incorporeal social actors, using archaeological evidence from the ancient town of Cerro ...
Hendon, Julia A.
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Laying Claim to Authenticity: Five Anthropological Dilemmas [PDF]

, 2013
The introduction to this special collection examines five dilemmas about the use of the concept of authenticity in anthropological analysis. These relate to 1) the expectation of a singular authenticity “deep” in oneself or beyond the surface of ...
Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios
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Expanding the Faunal Interpretation of the Cova Eirós (NW Iberia) Middle Paleolithic–Early Upper Paleolithic Record With ZooMS

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cova Eirós archaeopaleontological site preserves the most comprehensive archaeostratigraphic sequence in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, with an exceptionally rich record spanning from the Mousterian to the Upper Paleolithic. The extensive fragmentation of the faunal record and the rich taxonomic diversity at this site have limited the
Hugo Bal‐García, Samantha Brown, Iván Rey‐Rodríguez, Mikel Díaz‐Rodríguez, Carlos Fernández‐Rodríguez, Álvaro Ibáñez‐Encinas, Arturo de Lombera‐Hermida, Tania Mosquera‐Castro, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez‐Álvarez, Ramón Fábregas‐Valcarce   +9 more
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Reconstructing Early Human Subsistence in Near Oceania: New Insights From Matenkupkum and Matenbek

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The colonization of New Ireland ~44–40,000 years ago represents the earliest evidence of human occupation in Near Oceania. Yet, the precise impacts of climatic changes on subsistence strategies during the Late Pleistocene, Last Glacial Maximum, and Holocene remain poorly understood.
Joëlle den Toom, Glenn Summerhayes, Anne Ford, Karen Greig   +3 more
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Hallux Valgus and Associated Foot Pathology in Ancient Egyptian Mummies: A Qualitative and Quantitative Computed Tomography Study

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to gain information on the prevalence and manifestation of hallux valgus and associated foot pathology in ancient Egyptian mummies. Additionally, we investigated possible indicators of postmortem deformation of the feet during mummification. For this study, 34 mummies that had undergone whole body computed tomography (
Stephanie Panzer, Peter Augat, Klaus Hergan, Alice Paladin, Stephanie Zesch, Wilfried Rosendahl, Randall C. Thompson, Albert R. Zink   +7 more
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Society of Archaeological Masters Students Annual Conference V

Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2017
The Society of Archaeological Masters Students Conference is an opportunity for UCL Institute of Archaeology masters students to present their research.
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Hacia la institucionalización de la conservación del patrimonio arquitectónico en el área Maya. La Contrata de Copán

Restauro Archeologico, 2017
In 1891, the Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Honduras Government signed an agreement that would mean an unprecedented milestone for the conservation of the Maya architectural heritage. By means of this convention,
Nuria Matarredona Desantes
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The Association of Pregnancy and Scurvy in Indigenous Women and Their Children From the Late Holocene in California (USA)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited evidence of nutritional deficiencies has been identified in bioarchaeological studies of Native California populations, although isotopic and ethnohistoric research provides evidence of regional, seasonal, and cultural variability in food shortages.
Alyson Caine, Christopher Canzonieri, Eric J. Bartelink, Andrew Galvan   +3 more
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A Smile From the Past: Exploring a Fixed Bone Dental Bridge From Eighteenth/Nineteenth Century Porto (Portugal)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the first documented case of a fixed bone dental bridge in Portugal. This item was recovered alongside the remains of a young adult individual of indeterminate sex from the 19th century burial site of the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo in Porto, Portugal.
Steffi Vassallo, Alexandra Patrícia Lopes Esteves, Sandra Assis, Zélia Rodrigues, Nicholas Márquez‐Grant, Anne Malcherek, Manuel F. C. Pereira, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Francisca Alves Cardoso   +8 more
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