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Emic–Etic Perspectives on Southeast Asian Cultural Attitudes Surrounding Human Remains

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 150-157, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Community ethics and cultural attitudes vary across contexts in which professionals work with human remains. Southeast Asia is home to millions; thus, there are challenges when attempting to understand and articulate the diversity in cultures, ideologies, and ethics surrounding the dead.
Tatfeef Haque, Edwin Miguel Anadon, Ker Woon Choy, Elaine Yih‐Ning Chu, Chong Chin Heo, Toetik Koesbardiati, Winsome Hin‐Shin Lee, Chin‐Hsin Liu, Delta Bayu Murti, Sophorn Nhoem, Patara Rattanachet, Erwin Mansyur U. Saraka, Kathleen Felise Constance Tantuico, Minh Tran, Sarah Agatha Villaluz, Wan Xian Yeo, Naruphol Wangthongchaicharoen, Nandar Yukyi, Pratiwi Yuwono, Michael Rivera   +19 more
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Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]

, 2008
The Narmer Palette occupies a key position in our understanding of the transition from Predynastic to Dynastic culture in Egypt. Previous interpretations have focused largely upon correspondences between its decorative content and later conventions of ...
Wengrow, D
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THE POTENTIAL OF ARCHIVES IN INFORMAL PLACEMAKING OF FORMER MENTAL ASYLUMS: Insights from Pionta Commoning Archival Practices Toward a Living Urban Archive

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 133-151, January 2026.
Abstract This article explores various forms of archives—such as institutions, collections, records and cities—as urban commons. It highlights the importance of community and institutional collaboration in curating archives to promote learning, discovery and well‐being through grassroots initiatives, transforming archives and their urban settings into ...
Gozde Yildiz, Francesca Bianchi
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Assessing vicarious trauma and attitudes toward mental health services for forensic sciences professionals

Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 71, Issue 1, Page 13-31, January 2026.
Abstract Research indicates that forensic science professionals operate under significant pressure, the magnitude of which varies depending on their field, workload, case type, tenure, and the evidentiary significance of their testimony in court. This study conducted a needs analysis of forensic science professionals by examining their psychological ...
Kathryn C. Seigfried‐Spellar, Sonali Tyagi   +1 more
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Megaliths, monuments and materiality [PDF]

, 2010
Stones, and especially the arrangement of large stones in relation to one another, have long been the focus of attention in megalith studies, a concern reflected in the name itself. It is, however, a blinkered view.
Darvill, Timothy
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Recognizing and mitigating the effects of occupational exposure to traumatic death in forensic anthropology

Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 71, Issue 1, Page 105-119, January 2026.
Abstract Forensic anthropologists regularly come into direct contact with decedents affected by skeletal trauma, and consequently can experience high levels of indirect trauma exposure. However, beyond their nominal inclusion in self‐reported surveys of the general forensic science population, there have been few empirical research studies chronicling ...
Donna C. Boyd, Dawnie W. Steadman, Gabrielle R. Marzani, Virginia Andersen   +3 more
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Amber imitation? Two unusual cases of Pinus resin-coated beads in Iberian Late Prehistory (3rd and 2nd millennia BC) [PDF]

, 2019
A group of beads from the artificial cave of La Molina (Lora de Estepa, Sevilla) and Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona) were made from a biogenic raw material and intentionally covered by a layer of resin.
Avilés Escaño, Miguel Ángel, Daura, Joan, Garrido Cordero, José Ángel, Martínez Blanes, José María, Odriozola Lloret, Carlos Patricio, Sanz, Montserrat   +5 more
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Humeral Septal Aperture in Ancient Tombos Nubians

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Objective The majority of the published literature regarding the septal aperture (SA) dates to the last 200 years. The archeological literature is sparse. The collection from Tombos along the Nile River (1400–656 BCE) provides an opportunity for further study of SA in ancient populations.
Jenessa Love, Ashlyn J. Morris, Heidi Joelle Althaus, Faith Kylee Darden, Michele R. Buzon, John E. Kuhn, Randall T. Loder, Mugimane Manjanatha   +7 more
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Documentation of Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Vessels from the Harold Williams Site (41CP10), Camp County, Texas [PDF]

, 2017
The Harold Williams site (41CP10) is a large ancestral Caddo community cemetery on Dry Creek in the Big Cypress Creek basin in Camp County, Texas. Caddo burials and associated ceramic vessel funerary offerings have been discovered and dug at the Harold ...
Perttula, Timothy K.
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Evolving a Field: Can Evolutionary Theory Provide What the Study of Human Evolution Requires?

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 188, Issue S80, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The extended evolutionary synthesis (EES) is a school of thought that maintains that genetic determination and natural selection are over‐emphasized in the study of evolution at the expense of non‐genetic inheritance and processes of evolution beyond selection.
Charles C. Roseman, Benjamin M. Auerbach
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