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A multiplicity of identities: The intersections of cranial vault modification, paleodiet, and sex in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol, 2022
Abstract Objectives Intentional cranial modification and diet serve as markers of identity. Here, we explore the intersection between the body and social persona in the San Pedro oases through the complex relationship(s) between these markers and other aspects of society and the individual. Methods Skeletal remains of 1190 individuals were analyzed for
Torres C, Knudson K, Pestle W.
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A Chip Off the Old Block: Do Reading‐Motivated Parents Raise Reading‐Motivated Children?

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 58, Issue 4, Page 668-684, October/November/December 2023., 2023
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between parents' reading motivation and leisure reading frequency and their children's reading motivation. Secondary data analysis was used to examine a sample of almost 330,000 Chilean adolescents.
Montserrat Cubillos
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Negotiated Agreements, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industry in the Salar de Atacama, Chile: When Is an Agreement More than a Contract?

Development and Change, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 641-670, May 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT While acknowledging advances in legal recognition of Indigenous rights, much of the research literature positions negotiated agreements between Indigenous peoples and corporations simply as ‘neoliberal technology’ that gives the appearance of Indigenous consent while allowing exploitation to continue.
Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, Sally Babidge
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Relic Groundwater and Prolonged Drought Confound Interpretations of Water Sustainability and Lithium Extraction in Arid Lands

Earth's Future, Volume 10, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022
Abstract Demand for lithium for batteries is growing rapidly with the global push to decarbonize energy systems. The Salar de Atacama, Chile holds ∼42% of the planet's reserves in the form of brine hosted in massive evaporite aquifers. The mining of these brines and associated freshwater use has raised concerns over the environmental responsibility of ...
Brendan J. Moran, David F. Boutt, Sarah V. McKnight, Jordan Jenckes, Lee Ann Munk, Daniel Corkran, Alexander Kirshen   +6 more
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Experienced climate change impacts help explain subjective well‐being—Evidence from 14 nature‐dependent communities

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 461-475, February 2026.
Abstract Climate change profoundly affects well‐being in complex and interconnected ways. However, the relationship between climate change and well‐being has been explored in only a handful of settings, most of which are industrialized. Here, we investigate the association between perceived climate change impacts, their severity and subjective well ...
Victoria Reyes‐García, Emmanuel M. N. A. N. Attoh, Christopher Barrington‐Leigh, Petra Benyei, Laura Calvet‐Mir, Rumbidzayi Chakauya, Abdullah Al Faisal, Eric D. Galbraith, Marcos Glauser, Andrea E. Izquierdo, André B. Junqueira, Xiaoyue Li, Yolanda López‐Maldonado, Sara Miñarro, Vincent Porcher, Anna Porcuna‐Ferrer, Anna Schlingmann, Priyatma Singh, Miquel Torrents‐Ticó, LICCI Consortium   +19 more
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Tracing Human Diversity in South America's Southern Cone: Linguistic, Morphometric, and Genetic Perspectives Explorando la Diversidad Humana en el Cono Sur de América del Sur: Perspectivas Lingüísticas, Morfométricas y Genéticas

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 187, Issue 3, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Objectives Studying the relationship between biological and cultural diversity can lead to rich insights into human history. South America has been relatively neglected in this kind of work, even though it intriguingly exhibits unexpectedly high biological and cultural diversity.
Lumila Paula Menéndez, Matthias Urban
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Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage

WIREs Water, Volume 11, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
Impacts, benefits, and burdens on water and society throughout the life cycle of lithium. Abstract As a key ingredient of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), lithium plays a significant role in climate change mitigation, but lithium has considerable impacts on water and society across its life cycle.
James J. A. Blair, Noel Vineyard, Dustin Mulvaney, Alida Cantor, Ali Sharbat, Kate Berry, Elizabeth Bartholomew, Ariana Firebaugh Ornelas   +7 more
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Editorial

Estudios Atacameños, 1975
Nuestra toma de posición expresada en Estudios Atacameños nº 2 agradó a nuestros lectores. Buscaremos  mantenerla a pesar de que se podría  pensar que entre el primer y segundo número las perspectivas del programa cambiaron.
Gustavo Le Paige de Walque
doaj   +1 more source

Redesigning mineral regimes to strengthen the environmental rule of law: A case study on lithium in brines

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 633-646, November 2024.
Abstract This article aims to contribute to aligning the legal regimes for energy transition minerals with sustainability and justice. The focus of the article is on effectively embedding the human right to a healthy environment into the design of these regimes.
Ana Elizabeth Bastida
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Socaireños en movimiento: Atácamenos y Calama

Estudios Atacameños
Se analiza la relación de la etnia atacameña con la ciudad de Calama en el norte de Chile. La presencia masiva de atácamenos en dicha ciudad exige observar las prácticas étnicas de construcción del territorio.
Walter A Imilan
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