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Trephining in the Neolithic Period [PDF]
The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1888 n ...
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David Wengrow suggest that almost all modern features of social structures— cities, religious rituals, kingships, accounting practices, rational arguments, private property, and so on—date to epochs prior to the neolithic revolution.
Elias L. Khalil
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Metaphors and the Invention of Writing
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract The foundation of ancient, invented writing systems lies in the predominant iconicity of their sign shapes. However, these shapes are often used not for their referential meaning but in a metaphorical way, whereby one entity stands for another.
Ludovica Ottaviano +3 more
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Mining an Anthropocene in Japan: On the making and work of geological imaginaries
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article addresses how the lithic and the drift might be reworked as an Anthropocene material outside of a chronostratigraphy. Revisiting the finding of a floating fern fossil at the Hashima mine, we delve into a complex array of Geological imaginaries, and undertake our own speculative work.
Deborah P. Dixon +2 more
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Associated bone groups; beyond the Iron Age [PDF]
, 2010 As zooarchaeologists move away from the purely economic towards ‘social zooarchaeological’ interpretations, the consideration of articulated/associated faunal remains has become more common-place. This paper presents results from a research project which
Morris, James
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The history of Down syndrome–associated Alzheimer's disease; past, present, and future
Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2025.Abstract The landscape of Down syndrome–associated Alzheimer's disease (DSAD) research reflects decades of scientific endeavor and collaborative effort, charting a remarkable journey from initial observations to the elucidation of complex genetic and molecular mechanisms.
Lucia Maure‐Blesa +12 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 6, June 2025.In this study we examined the habitats, nesting sites, and survival rates of free‐living colonies through personal monitoring of nest sites in Munich (N = 107) and the coordination of Citizen Science monitoring across Germany (N = 423). On average, only 12% of the personally monitored colonies in Munich survived annually, a figure that aligns well with
Benjamin Rutschmann +2 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 3, Page 536-551, June 2025.Abstract As the number of studies in organic residue analysis (ORA) of ancient pottery—a sensitive but as of today also a destructive method—increases, archaeologists are interested in knowing which samples promise the biggest abundance of analytes in order to avoid unnecessary loss of artefacts.
George Janzen +5 more
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The stratigraphic biography of an archaeological site. Timing depositional events
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue S1, Page 49-73, June 2025.Abstract The stratigraphic sequence of an archaeological site constitutes its biography, which details what was deposited, when it was deposited, and how the deposition occurred. However, many current methods of recording archaeological stratigraphy do not allow for a full reconstruction of a site's biography.
Vasiliki Andreaki, Juan Antonio Barceló
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