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ABSTRACT The Carnac alignments in Morbihan (France) are among the most famous Neolithic sites of the world. Paradoxically, they have benefited little from a thorough renewal of archaeological data over the past century. There are many reasons for this, but it is mainly because the site has been regarded more as a monument to visit and protect than as ...
Guillaume Bruniaux +6 more
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The Amazonomachy on Attic and Tarantine Funerary Naiskoi [PDF]
Funerary naiskoi of monumental size were unusual in fourth-century BC Attic funerary art, but the evidence shows that a similar type of building was more commonly produced in the West: architectural andrelief fragments alongside depictions of naiskoi on ...
Valeria Riedemann L.
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Caddo Ceramic Vessels from the A. C. Gibson Site (41WD1) in the Sabine River Valley, Wood County, Texas [PDF]
The A. C. Gibson site (41WD1) is an ancestral Caddo site located on a natural knoll at the base of an upland landform, adjacent to the floodplain of the Sabine River and Cedar Lake, an old channel of the river, in southwestern Wood County, in the Post ...
Perttula, Timothy K., Skiles, Bob D.
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ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini +5 more
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ABSTRACT Burial mounds are key elements of Mediterranean funerary landscapes, but in intensively cultivated coastal plains their low‐relief expression is easily obscured by ploughing, levelling and rapidly changing surface conditions, making single‐date observations unreliable.
Salvatore Polverino +2 more
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ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of an integrated archaeological and geophysical investigation conducted between 2018 and 2024 at the newly discovered Picenian and Roman necropolis of Contrada Nevola (Corinaldo, Marche, Central Italy), identified in the framework of development‐led archaeology. The research strategy combined aerial photography,
Federica Boschi
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‘Re-rolling’ a Mummy: an Experimental Spectacle at Manchester Museum
Ancient Egyptian animal mummies and votive statuettes were often wrapped in linen, concealing the contents and conferring sanctity to the remains. Mummy autopsies were commonplace in 19th century Europe, when ancient mummified bodies were unwrapped to ...
Lidija McKnight
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
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Abstract Anecdotally, educational institutions without access to human remains may choose to import these from other countries; however, there is currently no published information illuminating the existence of this trade. This study therefore aimed to document the nature of international transfer of human remains for education, and explore anatomists'
Jackie Hazelhurst +7 more
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) from Motya and its deepest oriental roots [PDF]
Pomegranate remains and representations found in the Phoenician site of Motya in Western Sicily give the cue for a summary study of this plant and its fortune in the Near East and the Mediterranean.
Nigro, Lorenzo, Spagnoli, Federica
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