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Vibrational spectroscopy to study ancient Roman funerary practices at the "Hypogeum of the Garlands" (Italy). [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Festa G, Rubini M, Zaio P, Gozzi A, Libianchi N, Parker SF, Romanelli G, de Carvalho LAEB, Marques MPM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

When Hotspots Disagree: Reconciling Cluster Detection and Relative Risk Surface Estimation in Applied Spatial Analysis

Geographical Analysis, Volume 59, Issue 1, January 2027.
ABSTRACT Hotspot analysis is central to many point‐referenced geospatial applications, but the term “hotspot” is often used to describe different kinds of evidence: a statistically significant cluster, a region of high estimated intensity, or an elevated relative risk surface. As a result, outputs produced by different methods are often compared within
Tilman M. Davies
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Invasive geophysical imaging reveals ptolemaic tombs at ai-dyabat for global archaeological applications. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abudeif AM, Mohammed MA, Gaber HA.
europepmc   +1 more source

God Knows Best

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 4, Page 875-881, December 2026.
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

Information Revolutions and Information Transitions: Counting, Sealing, Writing in Iran 10,000-300 BC. [PDF]

J Anc Near East Hist
Matthews R, Richardson A, Fazeli Nashli H, de Groene D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 4, Page 719-729, December 2026.
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

From chisel to inscription: affordable protocols for the digital documentation of stone carving techniques. An experimental archaeology and traceological approach applied to epigraphy. [PDF]

PLoS One
Previti G, Kusumastuti S, Luci B, Malatesta L, Lemorini C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Etruscans: Setting New Agendas. [PDF]

J Archaeol Res, 2022
Potts CR, Smith CJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

I stumbled when I saw: Fieldwork, fallibility, and the politics of being wrong

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract What does it mean for an anthropologist to be wrong? This essay takes the question seriously in two registers at once: the everyday mistakes of fieldwork, from mistranslating a greeting to misreading a shaved head as a sign of mourning, and the deeper entitlement through which our discipline claimed authority over other people's languages and ...
Mark Turin
wiley   +1 more source

“I'm not in love, so don't forget it; it's just a silly phase I'm going through”: On (not) falling in love during fieldwork in Southwest China

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract During fieldwork, anthropologists engage in emotional, social and economic exchanges with interlocutors, through which to better understand one's own positionality and that of others. When such exchanges occur with an interlocutor who becomes a romantic lover, these exchanges are filtered through desire, amplifying their psychological ...
Suvi Rautio
wiley   +1 more source