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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico +3 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
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Into the caves, into the waters
Ars & Humanitas, 2023 People’s ambiguous, ambivalent, non-rational and nonsensical relation towards death is a constant feature throughout the human past. The obvious way of dealing with such a stressful moment in personal and community life is guided by tradition – the well-
Peter Turk
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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
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We ought to discuss the social construction of cadavers: Here's why and how
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Fatima Ehsan, Susan Lamb
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Thermal persistence and physicochemical modification of inorganic gunshot residue (IGSR)
Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract In the medicolegal context, GSR analysis plays a key role in clarifying the dynamics of firearm‐related deaths, including lesion identification and firing distance determination. However, postmortem alterations of the body, such as thermal exposure, may influence the analysis of lesions and complicate interpretation.
Gianmarco Argentiero +8 more
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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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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT New analytical data of the so‐called Hemmoor buckets, a group of brass vessels from the Roman period of the 2nd to 3rd century ad that are widespread throughout central and eastern Europe, show considerable similarities with the polymetallic Cévennes ore deposits in south‐eastern France in terms of their geochemical characteristics and lead ...
Tobias B. Skowronek +5 more
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Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We situate this article from/with/in the Necrocene, a geological period marked by the systematic production of human and more‐than‐human death to an extent that ecological destruction, extinction, loss and harm have become a structural feature of modern life.
Charlotte Hankin, Hannah Hogarth
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International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.Photo grading of dynamic lines in the dynamic line repeatability validation study. Abstract Objective This study aimed to develop and validate a novel, integrated dynamic wrinkle assessment system based on standardized, real‐time and multi‐angle facial images and video recordings, and to explore its potential application in evaluating the anti‐wrinkle ...
Xingzuo Liu +6 more
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