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Tracing Taonga Trajectories: A Methodological Framework for Indigenous Heritage Mapping. [PDF]

open access: yesJ R Soc N Z
Rangitāhua is a tupuna to Ngāti Kuri and represents the iwi's geographic and ancestral connection to the Pacific. Despite this millennium‐long ancestral tie, Ngāti Kuri's access to Rangitāhua has been severed for two centuries. Meanwhile, many European expeditions visited the islands, extracting and distributing natural history taonga across ...
Ferrari de Aquino Klemm M   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mozambique's Colonial-Era Non-Human Primate Collection at the National Museum of Natural History and Science of Lisbon: Taxonomy, Provenance, and Historical Context. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives This study reviews Mozambique's non‐human primate collection housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC) in Lisbon. The collection originates from the Zoological Missions of Mozambique (1948 and 1955) carried out under Portuguese colonial administration. The objectives of this work were to: i.
Osório M, Veracini C.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Neolithic Settlements in Central Europe: Data from the Project ‘Lifestyle as an Unintentional Identity in the Neolithic’

open access: yesJournal of Open Archaeology Data, 2021
This dataset comprises the core spatial and temporal structure of the ‘Lifestyle as an Unintentional Identity in the Neolithic’ project. The data consist of spatial and chronological information on 2,154 Neolithic settlement sites from c.
Petr Pajdla, František Trampota
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Corrosion Inhibition and Rust Conversion of Catechin on Archaeological Iron of Nanhai I

open access: yesMetals, 2022
This work took the iron objects from the Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck in the Southern Song Dynasty of China as the sample to test and analyze the application potential of catechin, an environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitor and rust converter. The article
Minghao Jia   +6 more
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Muséologie critique : un manifeste

open access: yesCulture & Musées, 2022
Synthesizing work carried out by the author over the past 25 years, this article proposes a tentative disciplinary definition of critical museology, distinguishing its related methodological interdictions and describing its distinctiveness from what is ...
Anthony Shelton
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of glass beads from Nanhai I shipwreck and new evidence of lead tin yellow type II in China

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2021
Glass beads excavated from Nanhai I shipwreck were investigated with scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM–EDS), Raman spectroscopy, multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) and X-ray ...
Chenxin Tian   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early polished stone tools in South China evidence of the transition from Palaeolithic to Neolithic

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2004
The appearance of polished stone tools has been taken as one of the important indicators of the beginnings of the Neolithic. Early polished stone tools excavated in South China are discussed in this paper.
Chaohong Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing the sealing materials of the merchant ship Nanhai I of the Southern Song Dynasty

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2021
Nanhai I is a highly valuable shipwreck of the Southern Song Dynasty for studying various topics, including the shipbuilding techniques. The sealing materials are of significant importance to ensure the ship’s reliability during the voyage across the ...
Yihang Zhou   +4 more
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Rust Conversion of Proanthocyanidins to Archaeological Steel: A Case Study of Lingzhao Xuan in the Forbidden City

open access: yesMolecules, 2022
This work was focused on the rust conversion of proanthocyanidins (PC) for goethite (α-FeOOH), akaganeite (β-FeOOH) and lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH), trying to show the potential of PC as an eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor and rust converter for ...
Minghao Jia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the addition of tin and lead in Chinese bronzes: A statistical perspective

open access: yesAdvances in Archaeomaterials, 2022
During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, China was distinctive for its use of leaded tin bronze, which diverged from bronzes in the Eurasian steppe. A reanalysis of published chemical data of late Shang and Western Zhou bronze vessels aimed to shed light on ...
Zhang Zhiyan, Cui Jianfeng
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