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Diverse feasting networks at the end of the Bronze Age in Britain (c. 900-500 BCE) evidenced by multi-isotope analysis. [PDF]

iScience
Esposito C, Lamb AL, Andersen MB, Millet MA, Inglis E, Lugli F, Nederbragt AJ, Madgwick R.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Kinship and reproduction: A perspective of the Akha in Laos

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fieldwork among the Akha people in Phongsaly District, Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, this paper examines Akha patrilineal kinship and its links to reproduction. The Akha people's reproductive decisions and behaviours are shaped by patrilineality, ancestral connections and cultural–spiritual perceptions of reproduction, which ...
Vanly Lorkuangming
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeogenomic Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Burials at Saint Mary's Basilica: An Intersectional Analysis of Religion, Race, and Migration. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Fleskes RE, Palacios HM, Budner H, Kollmann D, Newby-Alexander C, Harder R, Bolnick DA, Pollard M, Pollard P, Schurr TG, Brown DA.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Living in the Mycelial World

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for symbolic use of ochre by Micoquian Neanderthals in Crimea. [PDF]

Sci Adv
d'Errico F, Mauran G, Pitarch Martí A, Majkić A, Stepanchuk V.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Archaeological evidence of resource utilisation of the great whales over the past two millennia: A systematic review protocol. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Buss DL, van den Hurk Y, Falahati-Anbaran M, Elliott D, Evans S, Frasier BA, Mulville JA, Rankin LK, Stebergløkken H, Whitridge P, Barrett JH.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
wiley   +1 more source

Skeletal Findings Consistent with Signs of Rigorous Jewish Religious Practice in Four Skeletons from Qumran (Near-East), First-Century CE. [PDF]

J Relig Health
Charlier P, Conlon E, Huynh I, Humbert JB.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Biopower, Necropolitics, and the Afterlives of Infants: Uncovering the Ethics of Historical Anatomical Collections

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many fetuses and infants were collected for anatomical study. Yet little research has explored their origins or the ethical implications of holding and using these individuals in teaching and research.
Siân E. Halcrow, Rebecca L. Gowland, Stephie R. Lončar, Jamie Metzger, Claire Cameron   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing tattoo traditions in ancient Nubia through multispectral imaging. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Austin A, Baker BJ, Jovanović TM.
europepmc   +1 more source