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Ugric peoples in the Cis-Ural region: continued

Поволжская археология, 2015
The article is a response to the criticism of the concept of Ugric presence in the Kama and the Urals region in the early Middle Ages, which was advanced at the XIX Urals archaeological congress in Syktyvkar in 2013. The severest criticisms were aimed by
Vladimir A. Ivanov
doaj  

Five culturally protected water body practices in Fiji: Current status and contemporary displacement challenges. [PDF]

Ambio, 2022
Vave R.
europepmc   +1 more source

No egalitarianism in the Wa hills: relative commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war Nul égalitarisme dans les hautes terres Wa : commensuration relative dans la parenté, le sacrifice et la guerre

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 85-103, March 2026.
The autonomy of the United Wa State Army of Myanmar today is said to be based on the egalitarianism of Wa communities in the past. The analysis of commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war challenges these portrayals of autonomy and egalitarianism.
Hans Steinmüller
wiley   +1 more source

Yersinia pestis genomes reveal plague in Britain 4000 years ago. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
Swali P, Schulting R, Gilardet A, Kelly M, Anastasiadou K, Glocke I, McCabe J, Williams M, Audsley T, Loe L, Fernández-Crespo T, Ordoño J, Walker D, Clare T, Cook G, Hodkinson I, Simpson M, Read S, Davy T, Silva M, Hajdinjak M, Bergström A, Booth T, Skoglund P.   +23 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Society beyond morality: mimesis, sovereignty, and being not‐human in the Nyau associations of Malawi La société par‐delà la moralité : mimèse, souveraineté et existence non humaine dans les sociétés Nyau du Malawi

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 67-84, March 2026.
Nyau masked dancers embodying a variety of people, animals, and objects appear at many public events in Chewa areas of Malawi. Understood to be the physical manifestation of ancestral spirits, these entities are classified as ‘not human’ and transgress ordinary morality, mocking and threatening audiences.
Sam Farrell
wiley   +1 more source

Serving the living and the dead: An integrated approach to Copper Age ceramic production and cultural dynamics in Campania, Southern Italy. [PDF]

PLoS One
De Falco M, Badreshany K, Aurino P, Talamo P, Skeates R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Collective funerary rites and in private rituals,religious or secular

, 2014
En mi investigación de Tesis Doctoral realizada con sujetos religiosos de distintos credos y con sujetos no religiosos se constató que la participación en rituales funerarios colectivos como en ritos privados religiosos o laicos ayuda a los deudos a despedirse del ser amado y colabora en la aceptación de la muerte (Páez et al., 2007).
openaire   +2 more sources

Was Einhard a widower?

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 21-37, March 2026.
Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
wiley   +1 more source

The seasonality experiment: Investigating how seasons affect the burning conditions of cremations. [PDF]

PLoS One
Stamataki E, De Mulder G, Hermans R, Vercauteren M, Snoeck C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Scandalisation, gender and space in ancient Rome: The case of Cicero and Clodia

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 5-20, March 2026.
Abstract This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal theory, this article analyses how Cicero uses scandal dynamics to turn Clodia, the witness in the case, into the culprit.
Muriel Moser
wiley   +1 more source