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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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Les occupations néolithiques de Monéteau, « Sur Macherin » (Yonne) : données préliminaires
The Monéteau « Sur Macherin » site excavated in 1999, includes remains dating from the Neolithic to the Roman period. The Neolithic period is particularly well represented by seven settlements dating from the Villeneuve-Saint-Germain period, by enigmatic
Anne Augereau +2 more
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Towards a fuller, more nuanced narrative of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain 2500-1500 BC [PDF]
This contribution considers some of the many recent advances in our understanding of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Britain and uses these to highlight the weak points in our current state of knowledge.
Sheridan, J A
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Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Premières données sur le matériel céramique de la nécropole mégalithique de Wanar (Sénégal)
Excavations conducted since 2005 on the megalithic necropolis of Wanar, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, have already contributed to point out the complexity of funeral practices and of architectural remains.
Adrien Delvoye +8 more
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A Rediscovery of Caddo Heritage: The W. T. Scott Collection at the American Museum of Natural History [PDF]
Back in August 1997, the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma had submitted a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) claim for a cranium that had been obtained by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City in 1877.
Cast, Robert +3 more
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Jaina afterlife beliefs and funerary practices [PDF]
Jaina metaphysics is dualistic. Living beings are regarded as products of the amalgamation of the immortal substances, soul and matter. From the point of view of Jaina doctrine, the approaching disintegration of a gross body is not a calamity, but an opportunity.
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Lactation, Childrearing, and Gender Justice
ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss the significance of early infant feeding choices for the goal of gender justice. Focusing on human lactation practices, I identify Exclusive Gestational Nursing (EGN) as the norm in advanced industrial societies, which creates the expectation and permission for gestators, and only gestators, to nurse children, and ...
Jenny Brown
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Many studies have addressed the issue of deviance from a funerary "norm", focusing on specific chronological periods. But the absence of any funerary treatment is underestimated in archaeological contexts and still unexplored, even though it may ...
Aurore Schmitt +7 more
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Historians have long studied the place of Jewish communities in medieval society but it is only since the 1980s that archaeologists have tried to study the material remains of Judaism still present on French soil.
Philippe Blanchard +2 more
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