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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 808-829, September 2025.In this article, I delve into the field diary of Ma Changshou – a major Chinese ethnohistorian and social anthropologist active between the 1930s and 1960s – to show how his journeys through Liangshan, a mountainous land in Southwest China inhabited by the Nuosu‐Yi, led to a new kind of anthropological knowledge.
Jan Karlach
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ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 422-452, September 2025.ABSTRACT This review article examines the various methodologies practiced by Rome's Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) to discuss the contemporary curatorial approaches of traditional ethnographic museums. It adopts a historical and comparative perspective to situate the diverse collections within ongoing debates about art restitution.
Arielle Xena Alterwaite
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Growing Old at Tombos: A View of Older Adults in an Ancient Egyptian‐Nubian Community
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 187, Issue 4, August 2025.ABSTRACT Objectives The experiences of older adults in ancient communities are often overlooked in studies due to many factors, such as preservation, methodological issues, and less frequent mention in available texts. Materials and Methods This study combines community‐ and individual‐level data to explore life for older adults at the ancient Egyptian/
Michele R. Buzon +4 more
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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 507-524, July/September 2025.ABSTRACT The burial mounds of the early Iron Age, which we will refer to below as kurgans, from the nomadic equestrian warriors of Eurasia, form a very complex group of archaeological monuments. Archaeological excavations in Aržan 2 (Siberia) and Aleksandropol (Ukraine) show that the large burial mounds are complex architectural constructions.
Jörg W. E. Fassbinder, Anton Gass
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A fifth Nubian funerary stela from the Bankes Collection. An addendum to CIEN 3, 26–29 [PDF]
, 2017 The article offers a first edition of a Christian funerary stela from northern Nubia, inscribed in Greek. The monument belongs to a small series of similar stelae from the collection of W. J. Bankes (1786–1855) and may date from about the seventh century.
Worp, Klaas A., van der Vliet, Jacques
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A Study and Publication of the Funerary Stela №. CG 20577 at the Egyptian Museum, Tahrir
Journal of General Union of Arab ArchaeologistsThis artical aims to publish and analyze a previously unstudied rectangular funerary stela preserved in the Egyptian Museum under registration number CG 20577, SR/9718, through examining its hieroglyphic texts, titles, artistic features, and funerary ...
Mervat Farrag Abd El-Raheem Mahmoud Mahmoud +1 more
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CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF A VASSAL: THE CASE OF LACHISH AND JERUSALEM
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 139-158, May 2025.Summary This study analyzes the complex interplay of material culture, elite consumption and imperial power dynamics as they relate to the roles of Lachish and Jerusalem in the Iron IIA and to the formation of the Kingdom of Judah. Based on an analysis of luxury goods and social practices, it explores established interpretations of the geopolitical ...
Reli Avisar
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Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 159-181, May 2025.Summary This paper investigates a complex archaeological landscape on the Iberian peninsula’s Atlantic coast. The present‐day landscape is characterized by dense forest and abrupt topography, posing challenges for a systematic research program of landscape archaeology.
Jagoba Hidalgo‐Masa +1 more
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A Stela of the Persian Period from Saqqara
, 1995 During test excavations on the north wall of the Gisr el-Mudir at Saqqara, the National Museums of Scotland expedition found an intact funerary stela with unusual scenes of exceptional interest to students of the Persian domination in Egypt.
Sue Davies +3 more
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Stone products of the Roman municipium of Neviodunum, Pannonia (modern Drnovo, Slovenia)
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 284-312, April 2025.Abstract The paper presents the lithologies used in the stone products of Neviodunum (modern Drnovo in Slovenia), a Roman municipium in south‐western Pannonia. For this purpose, 95 stone monuments were assessed. Petrographic and biostratigraphic analyses were carried out on 56 archaeological and 57 geological samples.
Katharina Zanier +3 more
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