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Cultural heritage and memory: untangling the ties that bind
Culture & History Digital Journal, 2015 Today in heritage studies memory looms larger than ever, there are memory parks, memory politics, and memory wars, there is discussion of ‘dissonant’, ‘dark’, and ‘difficult’ heritage linked to memories of traumatic past events.
Dacia Viejo-Rose
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Mul Meyaj Tía U Betá Jump’el Kaj: Working Together to Build a Community in Puuc Archaeology
Heritage, 2020 This paper explores specific challenges that archaeologists face when attempting to involve a broader community of local stakeholders in cultural heritage research. We combine our perspectives as a US-based archaeologist and a local community member in a
Kenneth E. Seligson, Manuel Chi Nah
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Principles and Practice of Investigating Buried Adobe Features with Ground-Penetrating Radar
Remote Sensing, 2021 Because so many ancestral populations, at various times, have lived within the constraints of earthen architectural technology, it has significant representation in building traditions across large temporal and geographic expanses.
Scott Byram, Jun Ueno Sunseri
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Comparative Performance of the MGISEQ-2000 and Illumina X-Ten Sequencing Platforms for Paleogenomics
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 The MGISEQ-2000 sequencer is widely used in various omics studies, but the performance of this platform for paleogenomics has not been evaluated. We here compare the performance of MGISEQ-2000 with the Illumina X-Ten on ancient human DNA using four ...
Kongyang Zhu +11 more
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Ratio of mitochondrial to nuclear DNA affects contamination estimates in ancient DNA analysis
Scientific Reports, 2018 In the last decade, ancient DNA research has grown rapidly and started to overcome several of its earlier limitations through Next-Generation-Sequencing (NGS).
Anja Furtwängler +9 more
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Middle Pleistocene protein sequences from the rhinoceros genus Stephanorhinus and the phylogeny of extant and extinct Middle/Late Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Ancient protein sequences are increasingly used to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships between extinct and extant mammalian taxa. Here, we apply these recent developments to Middle Pleistocene bone specimens of the rhinoceros genus ...
Frido Welker +7 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract With the development of dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA), there has been an increasing application of DMTA for dietary estimation in extant and fossil reptiles, including dinosaurs. While numerous feeding experiments exist for herbivorous mammals, knowledge remains limited for carnivorous reptiles. This study aimed to qualitatively and
K. Usami, M. O. Kubo
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The cranium from the Octagon in Ephesos
Scientific ReportsDuring excavations in 1929, a well-preserved skeleton was discovered in a sarcophagus in the Octagon at Ephesos (Turkey). For the following century, archaeologists have speculated about the identity of this obviously notable person.
Gerhard W. Weber +14 more
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Cascade Effects of Community Archaeology
Advances in Archaeological PracticeMany archaeologists recognize a need for a more proactive archaeology, one that is responsive to the goals of communities and so one that carries the potential to advance restorative justice and reclamation.
Meghan C.L. Howey +2 more
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Female bone physiology resilience in a past Polynesian Outlier community
Scientific Reports, 2022 Remodelling is a fundamental biological process involved in the maintenance of bone physiology and function. We know that a range of health and lifestyle factors can impact this process in living and past societies, but there is a notable gap in bone ...
Justyna J. Miszkiewicz +11 more
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