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Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
wiley   +1 more source

Silkworm cultivation predating the Silk Road in southern Central Asia (2000 BCE). [PDF]

Sci Adv
Zhou X, Shen H, Li Z, Spengler RN, Chen G, Rao H, Khasannov M, Zhao K, Wu Y, Ma J, Wang J, Askarov AA, Maksudov F, Xia Q, Liu X, Li X.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

Human dissection and comparative anatomy: Archaeological evidence for nineteenth-century anatomical practice at University College London. [PDF]

J Anat
Birch W, Kausmally T.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Creating a brand. Genesis, transformation and diffusion of Qurayyah Painted Ware. [PDF]

PLoS One
Luciani M, Fragnoli P, Gilstrap WD, Sterba JH, Klainscek D, Greene JA, Bourke S, Donnelly P.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ancient genomes uncover dynamic cultural and genetic interplay in the eastern Tianshan. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol
Yang X, Zou X, Li H, Yang X, Wang B, Ma H, Wang Y, Xu Y, Xu Y, Li C, Wang CC.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Kinship Trouble: What, When, Where, Why, and How-and So What? [PDF]

Camb Archaeol J
Cveček S, Raghavan M, Bickle P.
europepmc   +1 more source

The evolutionary origin of the collective unconscious and the appeal of research on Neanderthals and other ancient humans. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Briones MRS.
europepmc   +1 more source