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Anthropology and addiction: an historical review [PDF]
Addiction, 2012 ABSTRACTAims This paper reviews the world anthropology of drugs and alcohol use literature, identifying key issues addressed by anthropologists, methods and theoretical models in use, trends in focus over time and future directions.Methods Papers and books that comprise the literature were identified through computer search using the keywords ...
Merrill Singer
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BioTechniques, 2021 DNA extraction is of utmost importance in archaeobiology, as it determines the success of further DNA analyses. This study concentrates on the success of ancient DNA extraction using silica spin columns and PCR-based analysis from archaeological skeletal
Alina Euskirchen +4 more
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BioTechniques, 2022 Agarose gel electrophoresis is a relatively easy to use method, commonly applied to evaluate PCR reaction success. Intercalating agents or dyes are used to visualize the amplified fragments. However, it is uncertain to what extent the brightness of bands
Patrick Wittmeier, Susanne Hummel
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Medieval mass burial in Pereslavl-Zalessky [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2021 The paper presents the results of the anthropological study of a mass grave located in the grounds of the kremlin of Pereslavl-Zalessky (European Russia). It has been preliminary dated to the 13th — first half of the 14th century.
Rasskazova A.V. +2 more
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Ancient DNA analysis from epoxy resin Biodur®-embedded bones
BioTechniques, 2022 For microscopic investigation, archaeological bone samples are often embedded in Biodur® epoxy resin. This study wants to test whether it is possible to extract DNA suitable for PCR amplification from this sample type.
Anna Lena Flux +2 more
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Historical Anthropology in Eurasia [PDF]
Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Istoriya, 2019 Dittmar Schorkowitz
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‘Loca Deserta’, ‘Silvae Condensae’ and ‘Abrupta Montium’: How Crusaders Viewed Nature in the Balkans
Religions, 2023 The Crusaders who followed Via militaris or Via Egnatia to the Holy Land traversed the vast and more or less unknown region of the Balkans, where they found themselves in an unfamiliar natural environment.
Svetlana Luchitskaya
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Historicity and Anthropology [PDF]
Annual Review of Anthropology, 2016 Historicity has emerged within anthropology to refer to cultural perceptions of the past. It calls attention to the techniques such as rituals that people use to learn about the past, the principles that guide them, and the performances and genres in which information about the past can be presented. The concept is in essential tension with the meaning
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White Supremacy and the Making of Anthropology
Annual Review of Anthropology, 2023 This review presents a historical and contemporary view of white supremacy as an entrenched global system based on presumed biological and cultural difference, related practices of racism, the valorization of whiteness, and the denigration of ...
Aisha M. Beliso-DeJesús +2 more
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How Does Race Moderate the Effect of Religion Dimensions on Attitudes toward the Death Penalty?
Societies, 2022 We examined the moderating role of race on the relationship between religion and death penalty attitudes in the United States. We operationalized religion by distinguishing four dimensions: religiosity, spirituality, afterlife beliefs, and denomination ...
Soheil Sabriseilabi +2 more
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