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Four novel taxa of cyanobacteria from a unique thermal cave habitat in Vromoner Canyon, Albania

Journal of Phycology, Volume 61, Issue 5, Page 1394-1422, October 2025.
Abstract Thermal and cave habitats on nearly all continents have been a substantial source of new cyanobacterial genotypes and morphotypes that expanded with the dawn of the era of molecular phylogenetics. In this study, we investigated the cyanobacterial flora of an extreme habitat of recently discovered caves with sulfur‐rich thermal springs, using ...
Jan Pokorný, Alžběta Vondrášková, Michaela Wipplingerová, Jan Kaštovský   +3 more
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History of Paleoanthropological Study of the Middle Bronze Age Population of the Volga-Don Steppe: theoretical and methodological analysis

Археология евразийских степей
The paper deals with the result of the theoretical and methodological research of scientific publications, dedicated to the paleoanthropological study of the Middle Bronze Age population of the Volga-Don steppes.
Konstantin M. Khegai
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Ethical challenges in the bioanthropological and biomedical investigation of Sicilian mummies—Past experience and future pathways

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 186, Issue 1, January 2025.
Abstract This article presents a multidisciplinary approach adopted in the Sicily mummy project, highlighting unique challenges and major ethical concerns inherent to the scientific study, conservation, and presentation of these mummies. Recognizing mummies as a distinct category of human remains, this paper argues for the development and application ...
Dario Piombino‐Mascali, Kirsty Squires, Albert Zink   +2 more
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Of Fire and Water Microarchaeological Evidence of Mining, Rituals and Floods in North Tyrol's Kropfsberg Mine (Austria)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 1, January/February 2025.
ABSTRACT Kropfsberg, located near Reith im Alpbachtal, in North Tyrol (Austria), has been exploited for its copper ores for centuries, since at least the Early Iron Age. Excavations conducted in 2020 by the University of Innsbruck exposed the detailed stratigraphic sequence of the mine, leading to a surprising discovery: what was initially believed to ...
Susanna Cereda, Gert Goldenberg, Markus Staudt, Peter Tropper   +3 more
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The ceramic vessels of the late antique and early medieval domus in the religious complex of San Pietro (Canusium, Italy): Clayey geosources, local production and imports in northern Apulia

Geoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 508-529, September/October 2024.
Abstract This study broadens our knowledge of the relationship between the clayey georesources available in northern Apulia and the artisanal production of ceramics. The focus is placed on a collection of 6th and 7th century A.D. pottery found in the domus excavated within the archaeological complex of Canosa San Pietro (ancient Canusium) in Italy. The
Elisabetta Gliozzo, Corina Ionescu, Roberta Giuliani, Maria Turchiano   +3 more
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On a New Group of Post-Sarmatian Burials in the Middle Don Region

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2018
The paper raises the question of a separate group of barrow burials following the classical Late Sarmatian culture in the Middle Don region. The recently excavated sites include a T-shaped catacomb discovered on the right bank of the Don River (Losevo ...
Aleksandr P. Medvedev, Valeriy D. Berezutskiy   +1 more
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Slum Bodies: Leo Tolstoy’s What Should We Do Then?, the Moscow Poor, and Late Nineteenth‐Century Russian Slum Literature

The Russian Review, Volume 83, Issue 3, Page 348-361, July 2024.
Abstract This article analyzes Tolstoy’s narrative on the Moscow poor in What Should We Do Then? in the context of the tradition of slum literature in late nineteenth‐century Russia. It focuses on the interplay between the human body and the environment in a literary tradition that is heavily influenced by the biomedical discourse of degeneration.
Riccardo Nicolosi
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Catacomb Tribes of the Sarpa Lowland (Caspian Depression): Morphology of Long Bones and Characteristics of Physique

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The paper examines osteometric data from Middle Bronze Age Catacomb burials across the Sarpa Lowland to characterize some skeletal features and identify if there is any homogeneity degree between male and female samples.
Tatiana V. Lidzhikova
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X-ray screening of the artificially deformed skulls from the Middle Bronze Age of the Low Volga region (paleopathology aspect)

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2013
The impact of the deforming structure on the human skull is one of the most challenging and debated questions in modern archeology and anthropology related to artificial deformation of the skull.
Pererva Evgenii Vladimirovich
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Bone spindle whorls in the funeral rite of the Lola Cultural Circle [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
This paper presents the analysis of a small number of burials from the Lola Cultural Circle, whose grave goods include bone spindle whorls. It provides a brief overview of trace evidence on the use of such objects that served as flywheels of the rotary ...
Mimokhod R.A., Usachuk A.N.
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