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Perfecting Exit: The Politics of Quitting Among Migrant Care Workers in the United States
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Quitting tends to be overlooked in studies of resistance and labor because of its individual and private character, its ineffectiveness in changing conditions of labor, and the difficulty of studying it, in favor of more organized and public protests and strikes.
Cati Coe
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Aboriginal funeral rite, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, 1911 [picture] /
, 1911 Title devised by cataloguer from inscription.; In collection: Hurley collection of family, industrial, pastoral and scenic images, 1910-1950.; Inscriptions: "Aboriginal tree funeral rite Coast of Gulf of Carpentaria, Birtles trip to central & nth Aust ...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962.
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of rural aesthetics and cultural practises in promoting active ageing amongst older adults in Baan Pong Nuea Village, Northern Thailand. Addressing a critical gap in the literature, it examines how the residential environment influences elderly well‐being in a rural context.
Alisa Nutley
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cremation became the dominant funerary practice in the Middle Danube Region during the Roman Period (RP) (1st–4th century) and reappeared in the Early Medieval Ages (EMA) (6th/7th–8th century). This study aims to reconstruct differences in cremation conditions from the Gbely‐Kojatín site (Slovakia, RP and EMA) and the Přítluky site (Czech ...
Katarína Hladíková +4 more
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Tangi and State Funeral: Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu and Prime Minister Norman Kirk
, 2010 The tangi of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (Te Arikinui) in 2006 paralleled the State funerals for New Zealand Prime Ministers like Norman Kirk who died in 1974. State funerals require the huge mobilization of people and resources and always attract
McRae, Karyn Okeroa
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The History of Religion: Ancient Rome Edition 1960–2026
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Celia E. Schultz
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi +3 more
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Funerary Monuments of Shlyakhovsky Burial Mound of the Early Iron Age
Нижневолжский археологический вестник, 2016 The article is devoted to the publication of the early iron age funerary monuments of the Shlyahovsky burial mound, located in the Volga-Don interfluve.
Valery M. Klepikov
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The Funeral Rite of the Spartan Kings
STUDIA ANTIQUA ET ARCHAEOLOGICA, 2022 This article is a historical commentary on Herodotus’ account of the funerals of the Spartan kings. It is an attempt on the author’s part to explain why for centuries the royal funerary ritual continued unchanged despite its being too lavish for ascetic Sparta. The study focuses on the socio-economic composition of the funeral attendees.
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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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