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Ethnographic meta-analysis shows that thermoregulation activities predict needle and awl use in North America. [PDF]

PLoS One
Litynski ML, Field S, Haas R.
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Understanding Guatemala’s Cultural Heritage: Extending Protection to Colonial Art in the Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States and Guatemala [PDF]

, 2011
Beteta, Xavier, Kreder, Jennifer Anglim
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Comment by Sarah Green

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract Comment on ‘On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention’ by Paolo Heywood and Thomas ...
Sarah Green
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Fifteenth century CE Bolivian maize reveals genetic affinities with ancient Peruvian maize. [PDF]

Elife
Chen H, Baetsen-Young A, Thompson A, Day B, Madzima T, Wasef S, Rivera Casanovas C, Lovis W, Wrobel G.   +8 more
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Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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Serving the living and the dead: An integrated approach to Copper Age ceramic production and cultural dynamics in Campania, Southern Italy. [PDF]

PLoS One
De Falco M, Badreshany K, Aurino P, Talamo P, Skeates R.   +4 more
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Cultural Mapping: Intangible Values and Engaging with Communities with Some Reference to Asia [PDF]

, 2015
Taylor, Ken
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
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Far-reaching hunter-gatherer networks during the Last Glacial Maximum in Western Europe. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Sánchez de la Torre M, Mangado X, Castillo-Jiménez S, Cuartero F, Hewitt RJ, Luque L, Gratuze B, Almeida M, de Andrés-Herrero M, Constans G, Marguet L, Aubry T, Alcolea-González JJ, Alcaraz-Castaño M.   +13 more
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The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
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