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As the English word “scientism” is currently used, it is a trivial verbal truth that scientism—an inappropriately deferential attitude to science—should be avoided.
Haack, Susan
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A Rediscovery of Caddo Heritage: The W. T. Scott Collection at the American Museum of Natural History [PDF]
Back in August 1997, the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma had submitted a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) claim for a cranium that had been obtained by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City in 1877.
Cast, Robert +3 more
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Social Memory and Ritualized Practice in Prehispanic Honduras
This paper discusses ritualized practices in domestic spaces as signs of an ongoing and dynamic engagement between the people living there and non-human material and incorporeal social actors, using archaeological evidence from the ancient town of Cerro ...
Hendon, Julia A.
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Osteoarthritis, entheses, and long bone cross-sectional geometry in the Andes: Usage, history, and future directions. [PDF]
Akin to approaches encouraged by Verano (1997) in the Andes, and Ortner (2011, 2012) for general paleopathological studies, this article focuses on accurate descriptions and definitions of osteoarthritis, entheses, and long bone cross-sectional geometry.
Becker, Sara K
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Poor Philanthropist III: A Practice-relevant Guide for Community Philanthropy [PDF]
This is a guide for a research study carried out between 2003 and 2005, the purpose of which was to explore the local ethos of caring and sharing in poor African communities.This guide is intended to assist grantmakers and funders working with ...
Susan Wilkinson-Maposa
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Death-scapes in Taipei and Manila: a postmodernnecrography [PDF]
This paper analyses changing geographies of disposal in the urban centres of Taipei in Taiwan and Manila in the Philippines, specifically shifts from burial to cremation and the extent to which such shifts reflect changing patterns of residence ...
Tremlett, Paul-Francois
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The Caddo Archaeological Record in the Saline Creek and County Line Creek Valleys in Cherokee and Smith Counties, Texas [PDF]
Both the Saline and County Line creeks in the upper Neches River basin were habitats where significant numbers of Caddo peoples lived in ancestral times.
Nelson, Bo +2 more
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Mortuary practices at Cotocotuyoc, Peru
Drawing upon original excavation data as well as collaborative research and published anthropological sources, this thesis examines mortuary practices at the site of Cotocotuyoc over a period of time starting with the Middle Horizon (A.O. 550 -1000) and continuing into the Late Intermediate Period/Late Horizon (A.O. I 000 -1452). The site data are used
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