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A cemetery of the Gáta–Wieselburg culture at Nagycenk (Western Hungary)

open access: yesActa Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 2018
The 29 individuals found in 27 graves at Nagycenk were buried there in the time period between 2000–1700 BC, according to radiocarbon dates – i.e. at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age in Hungary. The cemetery is of unique importance, both because of
J. Gömöri, Eszter Melis, V. Kiss
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Emic–Etic Perspectives on Southeast Asian Cultural Attitudes Surrounding Human Remains

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community ethics and cultural attitudes vary across contexts in which professionals work with human remains. Southeast Asia is home to millions; thus, there are challenges when attempting to understand and articulate the diversity in cultures, ideologies, and ethics surrounding the dead.
Tatfeef Haque   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pottery from Tell el-Murra Graves

open access: yesStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2014
Excavations conducted at the Tell el-Murra cemetery in seasons 2011 and 2012 revealed five graves with pottery assemblages. Grave no. 3 contained pottery vessels which could be dated to the end of the Naqada IIIB period.
Magdalena Kazimierczak
doaj   +1 more source

The McMinn Ranch Site (41CP72) in the Dry Creek Valley, Camp County, Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The McMinn Ranch site (41CP72) is a small (less than an acre) prehistoric site on an alluvial terrace along the north side of the lower reaches of Dry Creek, an important eastward-flowing tributary to Big Cypress Creek.
Perttula, Timothy K.
core   +1 more source

Hidden Insights: Comprehensive Radiological Analysis of Four Skeletal Populations From 13th–19th Century Southern Finland Reveals Neoplastic and Other Lesions Invisible on Bone Surfaces

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to identify lesions confined to the internal structures of bones. A radiographic analysis was performed on 219 archaeological, historical period skeletons from southern Finland. Although the study examines nearly all preserved skeletal elements using plain radiographs, it does not incorporate computed tomography.
Kati Salo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fluorite bead from Bronze Age Tianshanbeilu cemetery, Xinjiang, Northwest China

open access: yesHeritage Science
The 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
doaj   +1 more source

Archaeology and the Public Perception of a Soviet Prisoner of War Cemetery

open access: yesInternet Archaeology
Between July 2021 and November 2022, the federal archaeological office of Bremen (Landesarchäologie) excavated the site of a former cemetery for Soviet Prisoners of War (POW) and forced labourers. The remains had officially been reinterred at an honorary
Uta Halle, Cathrin Hähn
doaj   +1 more source

Why do we burn? Examining arguments underpinning the use of prescribed burning to manage wildfire risk

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
wiley   +1 more source

CIVILIZED AND WILD HETEROTOPIA - THE CASE OF THE POLISH CEMETERIES

open access: yesAnthropological Researches and Studies, 2018
Objectives. The main goal of this paper is to present the characteristic features of Polish cemeteries as a unique expression of Polish traditions. The Poles have strong and ritually supported bonds with their ancestors. Material and methods.
Anna E. Kubiak
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling effective urban green space stewardship through planning: A qualitative comparative analysis in Southwest England

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Amid increasing urbanisation and biodiversity decline, ‘effective stewardship’ of urban green space (UGS) is a complex but critical nature‐based solution for long‐term environmental, social and economic gain. Combining stewardship and sense‐of‐place frameworks with European nature‐based solutions guidance, we investigate which social and ...
Fay Kahane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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