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Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron, Florian Mühlfried, Hans Steinmüller   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeological and Anthropological Aspects of the Study of the Pre-Scythian Burials from the Volga-Don Interfluve

Нижневолжский археологический вестник
Introduction. The paper is devoted to a study of archaeological and anthropological features of the four Pre-Scythian burials from the burial grounds of the Volga-Don interfluves. Material and Methods.
Mariya A. Balabanova, Alexander N. Dyachenko   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The protohistoric 'Quicklime burials' from the Balearic Islands: cremation or inhumation [PDF]

, 2015
Borms, Herlinde, Boudin, Mathieu, De Mulder, Guy, Decq, Louise, Ramis, Damia, Van Den Brande, Tess, Van Strydonck, Mark   +6 more
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Mushrooms and the wine of Maron [PDF]

, 2017
Although the excavators of the sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace recognize that drinking to the point of intoxication was practiced at the Mystery, naively this has not been seen as an element in the initiation scenario.
Ruck, Carl A.
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Characterisation and textural analysis of Middle Bronze Age Transdanubian inlaid wares of the Encrusted Pottery Culture, Hungary: a preliminary study

, 2008
Inlaid ceramics belonging to the Encrusted Pottery Culture and dated to the Middle Bronze Age (2000–1500 BC) are highly distinctive vessels with complex decorative motifs found in large numbers in the Transdanubia region of Hungary.
Kiss, V., Roberts, S., Sofaer, J.
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Egalitarians despite themselves: envy and leadership in Ecuadorian Amazonia Égalitaires malgré eux : envie et leadership en Amazonie équatorienne

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia once pursued eminence through warfare and vision quests. While vision quests have been retained, today – settled in villages – they seek eminence through economic success and political leadership. This article examines an apparent paradox: whilst envy suspicions pervade public life, they legitimize rather than level ...
Natalia Buitron, Grégory Deshoullière
wiley   +1 more source

Society beyond morality: mimesis, sovereignty, and being not‐human in the Nyau associations of Malawi La société par‐delà la moralité : mimèse, souveraineté et existence non humaine dans les sociétés Nyau du Malawi

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Nyau masked dancers embodying a variety of people, animals, and objects appear at many public events in Chewa areas of Malawi. Understood to be the physical manifestation of ancestral spirits, these entities are classified as ‘not human’ and transgress ordinary morality, mocking and threatening audiences.
Sam Farrell
wiley   +1 more source

Was Einhard a widower?

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
wiley   +1 more source

Latins versus Uniates in sixteenth century Malta [PDF]

, 2002
On their expulsion from Rhodes in January 1523 the Knights of St John were followed by a Greek refugee community which originally numbered around 5,000 in 1530. Most of these had eventually settled in Birgu and came to form three Greek parishes there. It
Cassar, Carmel
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Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
wiley   +1 more source