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Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]

, 2008
The Narmer Palette occupies a key position in our understanding of the transition from Predynastic to Dynastic culture in Egypt. Previous interpretations have focused largely upon correspondences between its decorative content and later conventions of ...
Wengrow, D
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Muddying the Waters

Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2022
This paper explores the current narratives of migration for the start and spread of the Neolithic with a particular focus on the role that the new ancient DNA data have provided.
Vicki Cummings, Daniela Hofmann, Mathias Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist, Rune Iversen   +3 more
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Say it in Iron. Symbols of Transformation and Reproduction in the European Iron Age

Current Swedish Archaeology, 2008
The European research on iron has traditionally focused on the technical and economic aspects of iron production, However, a view of metal working in a wider regional context shows that it is generally entrenched in symbolic meaning and ritual activity.
Randi Haaland
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Diversity aboard a Tudor warship: investigating the origins of the Mary Rose crew using multi-isotope analysis

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
The great Tudor warship, the Mary Rose, which sank tragically in the Solent in 1545 AD, presents a rare archaeological opportunity to research individuals for whom the precise timing and nature of death are known.
Jessica Scorrer, Katie E. Faillace, Alexzandra Hildred, Alexandra J. Nederbragt, Morten B. Andersen, Marc-Alban Millet, Angela L. Lamb, Richard Madgwick   +7 more
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Cooperation, collective action, and the archeology of large-scale societies [PDF]

, 2016
Archeologists investigating the emergence of large-scale societies in the past have renewed interest in examining the dynamics of cooperation as a means of understanding societal change and organizational variability within human groups over time. Unlike
Birch J, Blanton RE, Blanton RE, Blanton RE, Bortot S, Boyd R, Carballo DM, Chabot‐Hanowell B, Cobean RH, Ember CR, Feinman GM, Feinman GM, Hirth KG, Hirth KG, Hunt R, Kowalewski SA, Levi M, McCloskey DN, Mezze García M, Nichols DL, Smith ME, Smith ME   +21 more
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Peace Agreements Through Rituals in Areas of Confrontation in the Viking Age

Temenos, 2017
The aim of this paper is to discuss peace agreements and rituals from the perspective of the history of religions. Hostages, fosterages, intermarriages, and other ritual activities were associated with peacemaking during the Viking Age.
Stefan Olsson
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Afterword

Religions, 2020
It is not possible to read the excellent articles that are contained in this Special Issue of Religions without reflecting on the development of the study of British Muslim religious life over the past 30 years [...]
Ron Geaves
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From respect to reburial: negotiating pagan interest in prehistoric human remains in Britain, through the Avebury consultation [PDF]

, 2011
The recent Avebury Consultation on reburial has drawn considerable public and professional attention to the issue of pagan calls for respect towards the care of human remains.
Blain J., Blain J., Fowler F.J, Fox R.G., Hole B, Jenny Blain, Leahy K, Mays S, McKinley J, Payne S, Robert J Wallis, Wallis R.J.   +11 more
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Commentary: Archaeology, Archaeogenetics and Theory - Challenges and Convergences

Current Swedish Archaeology, 2019
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Daniela Hofmann
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New Evidence of the Relationship Between Oxidative Hydrolysis of CuCl “Bronze Disease” and Relative Humidity (RH) for Management of Archaeological Copper Alloys

Heritage
A key goal when managing copper alloy heritage is preventing “bronze disease,” which damages surface detail and may disintegrate objects by oxidation and hydrolysis of nantokite (CuCl), forming voluminous copper trihydroxychlorides (Cu2(OH)3Cl).
Johanna Thunberg, Nicola Emmerson, David Watkinson   +2 more
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