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Developmental plasticity under human management shaped cereal evolution prior to domestication in the Early Holocene southern Levant. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Whitlam J, Flohr P, Bogaard A, Charles M, Finlayson B, Makarewicz CA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley   +1 more source

Year-round hourly temperature and humidity sensor readings from arid caves, Judean Desert, Israel. [PDF]

Sci Data
Ullman M, Kletzerman M, Oron A, Porat R, Langford B, Frumkin A, Jaffe Y, Davidovich U, Marom N.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

God Knows Best

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Arabic phrase Allāhu a‘lam—“God knows best”—is used frequently in everyday Muslim speech and to conclude seemingly assertive statements or fatwas. At its heart lies the recognition that God is the All‐Knowing, whereas humans know next to nothing. Reflecting on this recognition, this essay discusses Sufi refusals of the ethnographic project
Amira Mittermaier
wiley   +1 more source

Wetland Heritage in the Balance: Developing an Exploratory Model for Understanding Local Perceptions of Wetland Heritage. [PDF]

Wetlands (Wilmington)
Flint A, Jennings B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond the Dichotomy of Success and Failure: Making Activism Meaningful in South Korea and France

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT First deployed in the 1970s, prefiguration has recently gained traction among ethnographers of political action as a descriptor for activist practices that foreground participatory democracy, horizontality, and direct action, as seen in social movements like Occupy Wall Street. Notably, ethnographers have come to understand these prefigurative‐
Guilherme Fians, Sera Yeong Seo Park
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring mobility in Bronze Age Greece: A Sr isotope perspective. [PDF]

PLoS One
Frank AB, Moutafi I, Sabatini S, Frei R, Voutsaki S, Orgeolet R, Lambrinoudakis V, Kolonas L, Rambach J, Boyd M, Margaritis E, Kristiansen K, Frei KM.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
wiley   +1 more source

Against the grain: Leveraging machine learning to analyze mudbrick structures. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kouki S, Lorenzon M, Cutillas-Victoria B, Lichtenberger A, Schreiber T, Zardaryan M, Hein A, Polymeris G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
wiley   +1 more source