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Archeologický výzkum vodních mlýnů: výsledky, perspektivy

AntropoWebzin, 2011
Contribution presents outcomes of some of the most important archaeological researches of the Middle Age and Modern Age mills in the Czech Lands and also presents chosen researches in Germany and Poland.
Lucie Galusová
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Early Modern Creole and Iberian Ceramics in Cape Verde: Non-Destructive pXRF Analysis of 16th–18th Century Pottery from Santiago Island

Ceramics
Archaeological research on Santiago Island (Cape Verde) offers a strategic framework for investigating ceramic material culture shaped by Iberian and African interactions during the early modern period.
Saúl Alberto Guerrero Rivero, Leticia da Silva Gondim, Joana B. Torres, André Teixeira, Nireide Pereira Tavares, Jaylson Monteiro, Javier Iñañez   +6 more
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Technological requirements for solutions in the conservation and protection of historic monuments and archaeological remains [PDF]

, 2001
Executive summary: This Study has discovered many achievements associated with European support for scientific and technological research for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage. The achievements to date are: 1.
Brimblecombe, P., Cassar, M., Nixon, T., Price, C., Sabbioni, C., Saiz Jimenez, C., Van Balen, K.   +6 more
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Bone and antler combs: towards a methodology for the understanding of trade and identity in Viking Age England and Scotland [PDF]

, 2005
This paper outlines the methodology of a doctoral research project at the University of York. The medium of study is the bone and antler hair comb, and the approach is one of integration.
Ashby, S.P.
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Dwelling in a post‐fallout landscape: re‐shaping and sustaining life in a former evacuation zone in Fukushima Habiter après la catastrophe : redonner forme au monde et entretenir la vie dans une ancienne zone évacuée à Fukushima

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article explores the activities of daily life in a village neighbouring the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It argues that one of the potentials of taking a dwelling perspective – a phenomenological approach to living within the ecological and social environments – emerges most compellingly within a polluted landscape.
Tomoko Sakai
wiley   +1 more source

Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
wiley   +1 more source

A Study of the Technological Features of Bronze Anthropomorphic Sculpture Production from the Jin Dynasty (1115–1234 AD) from the Collection of the IHAE FEB RAS

Heritage
This paper presents the results of a comprehensive technological study of three bronze sculptures from the Jin Empire period (1115–1234 AD) from the collection of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Institute of History, Archaeology and ...
Igor Yu Buravlev, Aleksandra V. Balagurova, Denis A. Shashurin, Nikita P. Ivanov, Yuri G. Nikitin   +4 more
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Gestión del patrimonio arqueológico subacuático y costero en los mares de Israel (I) [PDF]

, 2014
The Maritime cultural heritage of Israel reflects important chapters in the history of humanity, including the Neolithic revolution and the beginning of agriculture, the emergence of the first empires and the foundation of the three monotheistic ...
Arenson, Sarah, Galili, Ehud
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On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping Minoan Clay Tablets and Hanging Nodules: Contributions from Experimental Research and X-radiography

EXARC Journal
This paper investigates the potential for experimental archaeology and X-radiography to improve our understanding of the manufacture and use of two categories of prehistoric Cretan administrative clay objects: clay tablets and hanging nodules.
Ina Berg
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