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The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective Émergence et complexification des pratiques symboliques dans la lignée Homo : une approche archéologique et cognitive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colagè, Larissa M. Straffon, Andrea Bender   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restorative dentistry in Early Modern Scotland: archaeological evidence of the use of a gold ligature. [PDF]

Br Dent J
Dittmar JM, Crozier R, Cameron A, Mann B, Oxenham MF.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

Population genomics, demography, and circum-Baltic connectivity of Early Medieval southwestern Finland. [PDF]

Genome Biol
O'Sullivan RJ, Nordfors U, Saari NJ, Majander K, Taavitsainen JP, Salo K, Rohrlach AB, Salmela E, Lamnidis TC, Traverso L, Krause J, Peltola S, Onkamo P.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
wiley   +1 more source

Tectonic collapse and the geological masking of Paleolithic human occupations at Gruta da Companheira (southern Portugal)

Alzate-Casallas G, Cobo-Sánchez L, Cascalheira J, Barbieri A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Geoglyphs and formative-period activity in the middle Chillón Valley, Peru: Ceramic association and null-model tests of route proximity. [PDF]

PLoS One
Mesía-Montenegro C, Sánchez-Borjas Á.
europepmc   +1 more source

When sharing becomes shameful: atmospheres of class formation in Namibia Quand le partage devient honteux : ambiances de formation de classes en Namibie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source

A novel approach to 3D documentation and description of archaeological features

, 2010
D'ANDREA A., Lorenzini M, Milanese M
openaire   +2 more sources

Middle Holocene survival of marsupial megafauna on the north coast of New Guinea. [PDF]

NPJ Biodivers
Koungoulos LG, Kerr IAR, O'Connor S.
europepmc   +1 more source