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Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined [PDF]

, 2010
A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the early twenty-first century for the full armoury of modern scientific investigation to give its occupants and contents new identity, new origins and a new ...
Batt, Cathy, Carter, Elizabeth, Edwards, Howell G M, Evans, Adrian, Hargreaves, Michael, Heron, Carl, Horsley, Tim, Janaway, Rob, Knüsel, Christopher J, Lynnerup, Niels, Melton, Nigel, Montgomery, Janet, Needham, Stuart, Northover, Peter, O'Connor, Sonia, Ogden, Alan, Parker Pearson, Mike, Schmidt, Armin, Sheridan, J A, Taylor, Timothy, Wastling, Vaughan, Wilson, Andrew   +21 more
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Using MALDI‐FTICR Mass Spectrometry to Enhance ZooMS Identifications of Pleistocene Bone Fragments Showing Variable Collagen Preservation

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rationale Recent advances in high‐throughput molecular analyses of collagen peptides, especially ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry), have permitted breakthroughs in the analysis of archaeological material that is highly fragmented, a factor that hinders morphological identification.
Pauline Raymond, Karen Ruebens, Fabrice Bray, Jean‐Christophe Castel, Eugène Morin, Foni Le Brun‐Ricalens, Jean‐Guillaume Bordes, Christian Rolando, Jean‐Jacques Hublin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums

EXARC Journal, 2021
How is it possible that if you go into an arts museum, the ceramics you see may be made yesterday and may be a valued and legitimate part of the museum collection, while in open-air museums, a similar object may be produced by a master craftsperson ...
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The Value of an Archaeological Open-Air Museum is in its Use: Understanding Archaeological Open-Air Museums and their Visitors

, 2012
There are about 300 archaeological open-air museums in Europe. Their history goes from Romanticism up to modern-day tourism. With the majority dating to the past 30 years, they do more than simply present (re)constructed outdoor sceneries based on archaeology.
openaire   +2 more sources

From mammoth to miniature: ‘Model of a summer encampment of the Yakuts’ as a narrative object Du mammouth à la miniature : La maquette de camp d’été des Yakoutes comme objet de narration

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Classic anthropological accounts of miniature objects have focused on their spatial and aesthetic dimensions, with more recent work addressing their communicative potential, connections with play, and role in protecting threatened cultural knowledge. This article analyses responses to a miniature landscape model of yhyakh, a festival celebrated in the ...
Alison K. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Looking Back

EXARC Journal, 2015
Over 25 years I have actively worked with knowledge dissemination and bringing history alive. From this experience I have concluded that it has been among the most fantastic developments since museums first started.
Björn M. Buttler Jakobsen
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A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Stacy Carolin, Louise Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Early Upper Palaeolithic in British caves: problems and potential Le Paléolithique supérieur ancien dans les grottes de Grande‐Bretagne : problèmes et potentiels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent years have seen landmark progress in our understanding of early Homo sapiens occupation of Europe, owing to new excavations and the application of new analytical methods. Research on British sites, however, continues to lag. This is because of limitations inherent in existing cave collections, and limited options for new fieldwork at known sites.
Robert Dinnis
wiley   +1 more source

The Jubilee Year of 2020 at Lofotr Viking Museum

EXARC Journal, 2021
After several years of archaeological excavations at Borg in Lofoten in the 1980s, Lofotr Viking Museum was established in 1995. The excavations uncovered an 83-meter longhouse dated to the Viking age.
Marion Fjelde Larsen
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Encouraging persons to visit cultural sites through mini-games [PDF]

, 2018
Gamification has been recently proposed as a technique to improve user engagement in different activities, including visits to cultural sites and cultural tourism in general.
Catarci, Tiziana, Di Seri, Chiara, Leotta, Francesco, Marrella, Andrea, Mecella, Massimo, Palucci, Federico   +5 more
core   +2 more sources