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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), a keystone species and ecosystem engineer, has declined by ~80% over the past century due to primarily habitat loss. In a 28‐year resurvey of federally protected Mobile County and state‐protected Baldwin County, we found tortoise populations persisted at ~59% and ~31% of sites, respectively, with significant ...
Robin B. Lloyd Jr. +4 more
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Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2015 Archeological sites of the Northern Angara (the area of the present Boguchanskaya Power Station water storage reservoir) of the Paleometal Epoch rather often contain the objects that appear to have had a cult meaning for the local inhabitants in ancient ...
V. Р. Leontiev, N. I. Drozdov
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Terendak Military Cemetery: Bodies, Burials, and ‘Operation Bring Them Home'
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Terendak Military Cemetery occupies an unusual position in the history of Australian war cemeteries. Initially established to service the needs of the community at Terendak Garrison—the operational base for Commonwealth forces in Malaya during the early years of the Cold War—it became the official overseas burial site of Australian dead during the ...
Hannah Swaine, Kate Ariotti
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Containing Histories Past and Present: Making Samples in the “Huntington Collection” (1893–1921)
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Huntington Anatomical Collection (1893–1921) includes the skeletal remains of immigrants, migrants, and lifelong New York City residents. The collection's formation was coeval with the formalization of physical anthropology, and the collection was made to serve research aims centered on race and origin.
Alanna L. Warner‐Smith
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Paalksniai barrow cemetery and cemetery.
, 2012 Paalksniai archaeological complex is located in Kelmė district. It consists of barrow cemetery of the Roman period, late Iron age grave field and cemetery from a Christian period. 1993-1999, the archaeological sites of Paalksniai were investigated by the expedition of the Department of Archaeology (Vilnius University). The article discusses the results
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines Wari obsidian production in a cache of 39 bifaces found at the Late Moche site of San José de Moro (Jequetepeque Valley, North Coast of Peru, 700–850 ad). Portable X‐ray fluorescence, geometric morphometric, and technological analyses were used to investigate raw material provenance and bifacial production.
Antonio Pérez‐Balarezo +2 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human skeletal remains constitute critical archaeological evidence for reconstructing past societies, yet their investigation requires careful ethical, cultural, and legislative consideration. This paper reports on the discovery, recovery and analysis of a set of skeletal remains encountered during a cultural heritage management (CHM ...
Antonella Skepasianos +11 more
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A fluorite bead from Bronze Age Tianshanbeilu cemetery, Xinjiang, Northwest China
Heritage ScienceThe Tianshanbeilu cemetery is the largest Bronze Age cemetery in eastern Xinjiang, China, and plays important roles in connecting the Eurasian interior to the Hexi Corridor, and further to the Central Plains region.
Kuerban Reheman +5 more
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Bilateral Supracondylar Process in a Subadult in the Late Antique Age: A Case Report
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the excavation procedures for the railway trait Napoli‐Cancello, in the city of Afragola (Naples), several burials dating back to the Late Antique Age were found. One of them was an amphora burial (enchytrismòs) and contained the skeletal remains of a subadult individual affected by bilateral supracondylar process. Supracondylar process
Barbara Albanese +3 more
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Multi-level burials as an option for the development of cemetery architecture
АрхитектонThe article deals with a new type of spatial solution for modern cemeteries – multi-story cemetery buildings, their historical prototype, and modern examples of multi-level burial design in international practice.
Bezshleeva Polina A.
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