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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

A georeferenced dataset of archaeobotanical findings of <i>Olea europaea</i> and <i>Vitis vinifera</i> compiled from published records from Central Italy. [PDF]

Data Brief
Moricca C, Di Fonso E, Nicolini R, Sadori L.   +3 more
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

Satellite thermal data applied to landscape archaeology: Mounds in Michigan (1200-1600 CE). [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Howey MCL, Palace MW.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mortal relationality: waria family care and the ethics of dying in Bali Relationnalité mortelle : soins familiaux des waria et éthique des mourants à Bali

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
wiley   +1 more source

The Old Lady spider cave skeletons in Ladakh have diverse maternal genetic origin. [PDF]

iScience
Kumar L, Rajpal R, Dwivedi A, Kumar P, Pasupuleti N, Kumar S, Spalzin S, Rabyang S, Rai N.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vital events, vital relations: the structure of relations in an identity database Événements vitaux, liens vitaux : la structure des liens dans une base de données d'identité civile

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) manages Pakistan's biometric‐based national identity database, one of the largest identification systems of its kind in the world. This article examines bureaucratic practices used during identity registration to record ‘vital events’ in the lives of citizens: birth, marriage, divorce, and death.
Zehra Hashmi
wiley   +1 more source

Lithic Techno-economics and OSL Chronology of the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane, Save River Valley, Mozambique. [PDF]

Afr Archaeol Rev
Samawi O, Rose JI, Li L, Gomes A, Martins D, Skosey-LaLonde E, Buckley GM, Benedetti I, Daniels JM, Buylaert JP, Haws JA, Turquia JN, Murungi M, Benedetti MM, Carvalho M, Chirindza M, Raja M, Mondlane PJ, Foley SM, Dubayi TA, Sipaneque TJ, Bicho N.   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
europepmc   +1 more source

Novel archaeological and palaeontological findings in cave and palaeoriver landscapes of inland northeast Arabia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Groucutt HS, Stewart M, Al-Jibreen F, Al-Qahtani M, Al-Shanti M, Andrieux E, Blinkhorn J, Boivin N, Breeze PS, Drake N, Memesh A, Mufarreh Y, Price G, Scerri EML, Vanwezer N, Vonhof H, Zalmout I, Alsharekh AM, Petraglia MD.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source