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The ancient mitochondrial genome of Asiatic ibex (Capra sibirica) from Tangchaodun Ruins in Xinjiang, China, and its phylogenetic relationship [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
The ancient mitochondrial genome of an Asiatic ibex (Capra sibirica) from Tangchaodun Ruins was obtained by high throughput sequencing. The observed damage pattern confirms the authenticity and reliability of the sequence. This mitogenome has a length of
Guangjie Song, Xinyan Zhang, Xiaohong Yu, Dawei Cai   +3 more
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On Making Descendant Communities: Three Case Studies From Historical Bioarchaeology. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Bioarchaeologists, museums and universities, journal editorial boards, and academic professional organizations are working toward ethical engagements with human remains, with a focus on descendant community engagement. This article reexamines past and present bioarchaeological descendant community engagement to consider how “descendant ...
Warner-Smith AL, Hosek LR, Ellis MAB.
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The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data [PDF]

Communications Earth & Environment
Bioarchaeology not only provides insights into human, animal, and environmental ecology, but also generates huge amounts of stable and radiogenic isotope data that are not well recognised by other disciplines.
Margaux L. C. Depaermentier, Michael Kempf, Marc Vander Linden, Kate Britton, Richard Madgwick, Ulf Büntgen, Dorothée G. Drucker, Jennifer R. Jones, Christophe Snoeck, Rhiannon E. Stevens   +9 more
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The ancient mitochondrial genome of a Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) from Jartai Pass Site in Xinjiang, China, and its phylogenetic relationships [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
The ancient mitochondrial genome of a Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) coded as NJ26S from Jartai Pass Site was obtained by high throughput sequencing. The damage pattern demonstrated the authenticity and reliability of the ancient DNA data.
Guangjie Song, Yongqiang Wang, Qiurong Ruan, Daw ei Cai   +3 more
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A Review of Research Aims for Historical Anatomical Skeletal Collections in the United States. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives Many osteological methods used by biological anthropologists today were initially developed using historical anatomical skeletal collections such as the Hamann‐Todd and Terry Collections. However, these collections were amassed through state legislation that permitted the dissection and curation of unclaimed individuals.
Simon AM, Passalacqua NV, Hubbe M.
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Morphometric analysis of Bronze Age funerary vessels from the necropolis of Mokrin

Studia Praehistorica, 2023
Archaeologists commonly use subjective classifications to group ceramic vessels into different classes, but the usefulness of such tools for creating narratives about the past is seldom questioned.
Mihailo Radinović, Marija Krečković Gavrilović   +1 more
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Pig Management Strategies in the East Liao River Basin From the Bronze Age (c. 2000–256 BC) to the Liaojin Dynasties (907–1234 AD): Stable Isotope Analysis of Animals at the Changshan Site, Jilin Province, China

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
Pig domestication and management strategy has been increasingly discussed in recent years, focusing on the temporal-spatial differences of pig management strategies.
Xiaohong Lv, Lin Ban, Yiwen Liu, Ying Guan, Hailin Liu, Chunxue Wang, Liangliang Hou, Liangliang Hou, Liangliang Hou   +8 more
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Care of Infants in the Past: Bridging evolutionary anthropological and bioarchaeological approaches

Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2020
The importance of care of infants and children in palaeoanthropological and human behavioural ecological research on the evolution of our species is evident in the diversity of research on human development, alloparental care, and learning and social ...
Siân Halcrow, Ruth Warren, Geoff Kushnick, April Nowell   +3 more
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Concepts of the body and personhood in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges: interpreting animal remains from human burials

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
In recent years, humanities have brought forward the idea of non-human agency; either in the form of meanings bestowed upon objects, animals and natural phenomena, or through deconstruction of ontological differences between ‘people’ and ‘things’.
Ivana Živaljević
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Bones, Bodies, and Blogs: Outreach and Engagement in Bioarchaeology

Internet Archaeology, 2015
Surprisingly few bioarchaeology blogs currently exist, but their numbers belie their reach. In this article, we survey the ecology of the bioarchaeology blogosphere and address the impact of blogging in bioarchaeology, specifically addressing its utility
Katy Meyers Emery, Kristina Killgrove
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