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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural immersion into maritime heritage: Our experiences in using maritime heritage to enhance wellbeing

open access: yesInternet Archaeology
This paper examines how engagement with maritime heritage can enhance individual and community wellbeing. Drawing on multiple projects undertaken by MSDS Marine, the authors demonstrate that participation in heritage activities—whether through ...
Alison James, Beccy Austin
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at The First and Last, Church Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, August 2020

open access: yes
This collection comprises images and GIS data from archaeological works at the former First and Last public house, Church Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. This work was understaken by Cotswold Archaeology in August 2020. Four pits were identified, two of
Cotswold Archaeology
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
wiley   +1 more source

The Past as a Digital Playground: Archaeology, Virtual Reality and Video Games

open access: yes, 2022
The Past as Digital Playground: Archaeology, Virtual Reality, and Video Games collects the contributions to a two-day conference which illustrate a digital project developed at the Archaeological and Technological Park of Poggibonsi (Siena, Tuscany ...
Bertoldi, Stefano   +2 more
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Critical Research Spaces as Scholarship: an Ethnography Lab as an Apparatus for the Experimental, the Imaginary, and the Relational

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The creation of critical research spaces, such as ethnography labs, studios, and other collaborative research environments, requires attention and attunement in anthropology to focus on the kinds of imaginative and generative spaces where creative ethnographic research can unfold as scholarship.
Fiona P. McDonald
wiley   +1 more source

1.6. Digital Archaeology in the Rural Andes: Problems and Prospects

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter explores the social context of digital archaeology conducted in a developing nation, with an emphasis on the archaeological project at Chavín de Huántar, in Peru.
Sayre, Matthew
core   +1 more source

Archaeology on the Roanoke

open access: yes, 2005
Book No. 4, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Publications in this series by the RLA contain research syntheses, public outreach projects, and other comprehensive studies.
South, Stanley
core   +1 more source

Biometric Analysis of Giant and Large Murid Remains From Matja Kuru 2, Timor‐Leste

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Published research on Matja Kuru 2 (MK2) demonstrates its significance for understanding human lifestyle during the terminal Pleistocene and Holocene. Murids represent the most commonly identified taxa in the site, with specimens preliminarily classified as small, large and giant based on size comparisons.
Sarah Hannan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Digital Archive of Huhugam Archaeology and the Reuse of Archaeological Information

open access: yesAdvances in Archaeological Practice
The reuse of information derived from past archaeological investigations is integral to contemporary research practices. Yet, archiving practices of many (but not all) scholars, cultural resource managers, and public agencies often fall short of meeting ...
Christopher Nicholson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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