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Division of labor, specialization and diversity in the ancient Roman cities: A quantitative approach to Latin epigraphy. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Kaše V, Heřmánková P, Sobotková A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Human dissection and comparative anatomy: Archaeological evidence for nineteenth‐century anatomical practice at University College London

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Excavation at University College London revealed more than 8700 human skeletal fragments representing at least 38 individuals, alongside over 800 animal remains. Features consistent with dissection, specimen preparation and curation provide evidence for the use of human and animal material in nineteenth‐century anatomical education, offering rare ...
Wendy Birch, Tania Kausmally
wiley   +1 more source

Against All Odds: How Rituals Sustain Engagement with Intractable Social Problems

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Being confronted with seemingly intractable problems such as refugee crises, climate change, or poverty is daunting and can risk a sense of meaninglessness for organizational actors working on these issues. We focus on the pervasive use of representations, including assessments and evaluations, to deal with intractable problems, even though ...
Corinna Frey‐Heger, Marian Konstantin Gatzweiler, Michael Barrett   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Working and Dying in the Harbour Cities of Roman Asia Minor: An Appraisal of the Funerary Inscriptions.

, 2020
Aim of this paper is the analysis of the funerary inscriptions coming from harbour-cities in Asia Minor. The target is to collect and to examine the cases where offices and professions connected to the harbours (or generally to the sea) are recorded ...
Marcello Spanu
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The polymorphism and tradition of funerary practices of medieval Turks in light of new findings from Tuva Republic. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Chan A, Sadykov T, Blochin J, Hajdas I, Caspari G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Erased by law: Kinship, care, and bureaucratic exclusion at the end of life in South Korea

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how institutional frameworks in South Korea erase nonlegal caregiving relationships within hospice care environments. Drawing on seven months of ethnographic fieldwork, the study delineates how patients are categorized as “unclaimed” despite the presence of long‐term companions or cohabitants who provide intimate end‐of ...
Seok Joo Youn
wiley   +1 more source

Isotopic evidence for human mobility in late antique Bulla Regia (Tunisia). [PDF]

J Archaeol Sci Rep, 2023
Nikita E, Alexander M, Cox S, Radini A, Le Roux P, Chaouali M, Fenwick C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Jerusalem (Israel): Arabic funerary inscriptions of Baraka Khan, Badr al-Din Muhammad and Husam al-Din, Baraka Khan Mausoleum

Box 36, Folder 3 Ink on paper. Loose sheet (2 p.) with transcriptions of three Arabic funerary inscriptions from the Baraka Khan Mausoleum (Turbat Baraka Khan, Barka Khan Tomb) in Jerusalem (Israel).
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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Trauma and affect in a Holocaust survivor's story: Rosita Fanto's novel Rozalia Alone

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract My article endeavors to redress the neglect of Rosita Fanto's Rozalia Alone (2010), which deals with a page of history that is less known worldwide, the Holocaust in Romania. Using a trauma studies perspective that mixes with affect theory, the article demonstrates that Rozalia Alone covers in a nutshell the whole magnitude of the late 1930s ...
Arleen Ionescu
wiley   +1 more source

Occasion and audience as poetic constructs in early modern occasional poetry

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Occasional poetry, composed for specific events such as weddings or funerals, was a dominant form of poetry in early modern Europe. Despite its historical prominence, the role of the occasion as a literary and rhetorical construct in occasional poetry has been very little studied.
Eeva‐Liisa Bastman
wiley   +1 more source