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Editorial

Internet Archaeology, 2014
Alongside a website review of the Gabii project (Nebbia 2014) and two further data papers (Framework Archaeology 2014, Williams et al. 2014), Issue 36 has turned into something of a bumper issue.
Judith Winters
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Parts and Wholes: The Role of Animals in the Performance of Dolenjska Hallstatt Funerary Rites

Arts, 2020
There is a rich iconographic tradition demonstrating the importance of animals in ritual in the Dolenjska Hallstatt archaeological culture of Early Iron Age Slovenia (800–300 bce). However, the role of animals in mortuary practice is not well represented
Adrienne C. Frie
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Vlog to Death: Project Eliseg's Video-Blogging

Internet Archaeology, 2015
Project Eliseg involved three field seasons (2010–12) of survey and excavation at the multi-period mortuary and commemorative monument known as the Pillar of Eliseg, near Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales.
Joseph Tong, Suzanne Evans, Howard Williams, Nancy Edwards, Gary Robinson   +4 more
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Necropolis under a tumulus at Veprčani: Representative case of using sacred places during several periods in the past [PDF]

Starinar, 2016
Six Late Roman graves and one prehistoric burial have been discovered under a tumulus in the course of investigations. The tumulus is around 11meters in diameter and around 1 meter high and is situated at Veprčani, in the mountainous area of ...
Mitkoski Aleksandar, Bulatović Aleksandar, Mikić Ilija   +2 more
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Introduction: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society

, 2016
The 1980s and 1990s saw dramatic sea changes in the archaeological engagement with the dead in Australasia and North America, typified by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990. However, it has only been far more recently that different, distinctive, but still fundamental challenges to the archaeological study ...
Giles, Melanie, Williams, Howard
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MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL IDENTIFICATION OF ORPIMENT IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MORTUARY CONTEXTS [PDF]

Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 2014
This paper reports on an unknown yellowish mineral compound found in an archaeological context from Chorrillos cemetery (Calama, Chile) dating to the Early Formative period (800 - 200 B.C.). We used optic microscopy, SEM, EDX, ¹H-RMN, 13C-RMN, and infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopy to tease out the chemical and molecular composition of the sample ...
Ugalde, J.P., Salas Sánchez, Cristián Osvaldo, Lara, N., Leyton, P., Paipa, C., Campos-Vallette, M., Arriaza, B.   +6 more
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Warfare, Labor, and Urban Stress: Divergent Health Trajectories in Mongol‐Period Karakorum

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines major palaeopathological trends in Mongol‐period Karakorum and incorporates them into the existing body of research in order to deepen our understanding of health and survival, the impacts of conflict and violence on past populations, and the lived experiences of the city's diverse inhabitants within the broader socio ...
Júlia Olive‐Busom, Susanne Reichert, Dunburee Batsukh, Jan Bemmann, Alice Toso   +4 more
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Behaviour and belief in mortuary ritual: attitudes to the disposal of the dead in southern Britain 3500bc-AD43

Internet Archaeology, 2001
Over 1700 prehistoric burial sites have been summarised and analysed for Southern Britain from the start of the Early Neolithic, through the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages up to the Roman Invasion in AD43.
Peter H.W. Bristow
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Applying humanitarian principles within forensic medico‐legal investigations to better support families impacted by the MMIWG2+ crisis

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing public awareness and political attention, the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two‐Spirit People (MMIWG2+) in Canada and the United States remains unresolved. Indigenous families continue to report that the disappearances and deaths of their loved ones are investigated inadequately and without ...
Steff King, Sabine U. Stratton, Gail S. Anderson   +2 more
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Containing Histories Past and Present: Making Samples in the “Huntington Collection” (1893–1921)

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Huntington Anatomical Collection (1893–1921) includes the skeletal remains of immigrants, migrants, and lifelong New York City residents. The collection's formation was coeval with the formalization of physical anthropology, and the collection was made to serve research aims centered on race and origin.
Alanna L. Warner‐Smith
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