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Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Infection Risk From Humans and Animals in the Anatomy Laboratory: A Scoping Review

open access: yesClinical Anatomy, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 346-367, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Whole‐body dissection is a cornerstone of anatomy education. During and following the COVID‐19 pandemic, exposure to infectious agents and other risks of dissection were highlighted. To identify potential risks, one must have the data outlining these risks in specific situations.
Margaret A. McNulty, Elizabeth R. Agosto
wiley   +1 more source

Provisioning the Ritual Neolithic Site of Kfar HaHoresh, Israel at the Dawn of Animal Management.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
It is widely agreed that a pivotal shift from wild animal hunting to herd animal management, at least of goats, began in the southern Levant by the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period (10,000-9,500 cal. BP) when evidence of ritual activities flourished
Jacqueline S Meier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amber imitation? Two unusual cases of Pinus resin-coated beads in Iberian Late Prehistory (3rd and 2nd millennia BC) [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Cultural Beliefs and Practices of Internationally Educated Nurses in the Context of Cancer and End‐Of‐Life Care: A Hermeneutic Inquiry

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 4, Page 3509-3521, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to (1) gain an understanding of the experiences of IENs in providing cancer and end‐of‐life care; (2) explore their cultural beliefs and practices and analyse how their experiences, beliefs, and practices shape approaches to nursing care within this care context. Design Hermeneutic inquiry.
Jay Balante   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Death, Mourning, and Accommodation in the Missions of Alta California.In Franciscans and American Indians in Pan-Borderlands Perspective: Adaptation, Negotiation,and Resistance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Spanish missions are seen by many indigenous people and scholars alike as sites of profound loss. Across the Borderlands of North America, the native individuals and families who entered mission establishments faced terrible and often lethal challenges ...
Panich, Lee M.
core   +1 more source

Megaliths, monuments and materiality [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Cultivating a ‘Habitus of Multiplicity’ in Cross‐Cultural Medicine: From Case Study Conflict to Many‐Sided Conditions of Care Through Process and Jain Metaphysics

open access: yesNursing Philosophy, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Prompted by a nursing case study that occurred in 2022, this paper joins the perspectives of a nurse practitioner and cross‐cultural medical ethics professor to consider who can ask a question in the healthcare system, what questions can be heard, and how to develop pluralistic care models—beyond relativism and imperialism—that solicit more ...
Brianne Donaldson
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from the Dead: How Burial Practices in Roman Britain Reflect Changes in Belief and Society

open access: yes, 2019
This paper begins by examining the burial traditions of the Iron age Britons and Classical Romans to see how these practices reflect their societal values and belief systems. The funerary methods of both the Britons and Romans are then analyzed following
Engel, Samuel F.
core  

AABA Task Force on the Ethical Study of Human Remains Recommendations: Proposal for the Management and Oversight of Community Partnership and Ethical Stewardship of Human Remains

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 189, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Ethically responsible and culturally acceptable management, study, and stewardship of legacy skeletal and other human remains currently held and managed in scientific institutions is a longstanding concern that, over the length of these collections' existence, has been exiguously addressed.
Benjamin M. Auerbach   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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