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Histories in bone: Navigating the ethical landscape of human skeletal collections in South Africa

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Provenance is at the center of addressing the complicated ethical stewardship of legacy human skeletal collections. Many South African (SA) health science institutions have skeletal collections. While the history of the collections and the demographics of the skeletons have been reported, the provenance of the individuals within the ...
Quenth Chinenere, Beverley Kramer, Brendon K. Billings   +2 more
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Gendering Labour in Palestinian Archaeology, 1890s–1930s

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Women workers were a common sight on archaeological excavations in Palestine in the Late Ottoman and Mandate periods, their presence appearing in the historical record through anecdotal and ethnographic descriptions, wage lists or photographic archives ...
Sarah Irving
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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million, Jeremy York, Sara Lafia, Libby Hemphill   +3 more
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Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
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The Mehlman archives and the archaeology of Nasera rockshelter, Tanzania

Afriques
Archives are increasingly recognized as a critical element in archaeological research in eastern Africa and elsewhere that, unlike excavation, are a non-destructive source of information.
Christian A. Tryon, Hope Romain, Kathryn Ranhorn   +2 more
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Sex Prediction From the Clavicle Using Computerized Tomography Images via Traditional and Hybrid Deep Learning Models

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to perform high accuracy sex prediction from clavicle images using proposed hybrid deep learning models and traditional deep learning models. The clavicle of 807 female and 805 male individuals obtained from Computed Tomography were segmented in 3D format and saved in jpeg format as superior–inferior and right–left ...
Yusuf Secgin, Muhammet Cakmak, Deniz Senol, Seren Kaya, Oğuzhan Oztürk, Oğuzhan Harmandaoğlu, Hatice Yenigül, Eslem Yaren Bıyık, Omer Onbaş   +8 more
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Les fouilles suisses à Tabo (1965-1974). Plongée dans la mémoire archivistique d’une mission archéologique au Soudan

Afriques
The site of Tabo, the occupation of which spans from the 2nd millennium BCE to the Medieval (Christian) period, is in northern Sudan. It was excavated between 1965 and 1974 by a mission from the University of Geneva.
Xavier Droux, Séverine Marchi, Noémie Monbaron, Aurélie Quirion   +3 more
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Weaving strength and care: Situated reflections on women's work and the epistemology of care in biological anthropology

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay examines how gendered expectations, structural precarity, and institutional hierarchies shape research practices, knowledge production, and career trajectories in biological anthropology. Taking the figure of the “strong woman” as an entry point, it questions celebratory narratives of resilience that frame endurance as an individual
Lumila Paula Menéndez
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The Continued Lifecycle of Archaeological Archives in Ireland

Internet Archaeology
This article will discuss how the archaeological collections of Ireland are currently managed in line with archiving principles, how the provision of access to such a wealth of information is the ultimate goal, and how this is being achieved in spite of ...
Rachel Barrett
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V.D. Smirnov – researcher of the Crimean archives [PDF]

Крымское историческое обозрение
. During a business trip to the Crimea in 1886, V.D. Smirnov studied the composition of the Simferopol archives. The trip of the orientalist was initiated by the St. Petersburg Archaeological Institute.
Andrey Nepomnyashchy
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