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On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
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Radiocarbon dating of Jerusalem's Siloam Dam links climate data and major waterworks. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Regev J, Szanton N, Vukosavović F, Berko I, Shalev Y, Uziel J, Mintz E, Regev L, Boaretto E.   +8 more
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Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
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Changes in agglomeration and productivity are poor predictors of inequality across the archaeological record. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ortman SG, Bogaard A, Munson J, Lawrence D, Green AS, Feinman GM, Chirikure S, Uhl JH, Leyk S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

And then there was us Et puis nous sommes apparus

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ conference, this meeting brought together the most prominent academics working in the field of human origins, including archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists,
Emma E. Bird, Julia Galway‐Witham, Chris Stringer   +2 more
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Earliest millet cultivation reflects steppe connections, dietary flexibility, and resilience in Bronze Age northern Greece. [PDF]

PLoS One
Karanikola K, Valamoti SM, Motuzaite Matuzeviciute G.   +2 more
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Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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War both reduced and increased inequality over the past ten thousand years. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
McCoy MD, Birch J, Chirikure S, Cruz P, Green AS, Gronenborn D, Lawrence D, Roscoe P.   +7 more
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
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Dietary variability in Middle Holocene South American shellmounds: Insights from isotopic analysis and an adapted Bayesian MixSIAR model. [PDF]

PLoS One
Di Giusto M, Fumis A, Bastos M, Fossaluza V, Stern R, Mendes Cardoso J, Herrscher E, Jaouen K, Wesolowski V.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source