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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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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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Global importance of Amazonian freshwaters
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 23, Issue 10, December 2025.Amazonian freshwaters have large influences on regional and global climate, harbor remarkable and unique species, and are vital to human society. Nevertheless, as compared to their terrestrial counterparts in the Amazon, these freshwaters have received less attention from the international conservation community.
Clinton N Jenkins +12 more
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Disrupting the Norm: Looking for Magical Spaces in Science
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Volume 2025, Issue 184, Page 45-47, Winter 2025.ABSTRACT Focused on the discipline of biology, this chapter reports on the author's personal and professional revelations around their approach to their discipline as uncovered through participation in a Disrupting interview.
Sarah Hewitt
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The Holocene, 2019 We investigated rock varnish formed on sandstone and petroglyphs in the Hima area, southwestern Saudi Arabia. To characterize the rock varnish, we made in-situ measurements by portable x-ray fluorescence (pXRF) and analyzed samples by femtosecond laser ...
Dorothea S. Macholdt +3 more
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The Chanka: Archaeological Research in Andahuaylas (Apurimac), Peru [PDF]
, 2010 In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion.
Aráoz Silva, Miriam +2 more
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Mistletoes as Indicators of the Intensity of Browsing by Large Mammals in Kalahari Savanna
African Journal of Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 6, August 2025.ABSTRACT The frequency, size and position of the mistletoe Tapinanthus oleifolius in its dominant host's canopy were strongly correlated with the degree of exposure to herbivory by the kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and especially the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
Jeremy J. Midgley +2 more
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Petroglyphs at the Half Moon Site, Hancock County, West Virginia [PDF]
, 1978 A little known petroglyph site, originally studied by James McBride, is located at the upper end of the Half Moon site, Hancock County, West Virginia, McBride’s drawing and notes, along with the only previously published drawing (Squier and Davis, 1847 ...
Murphy, James L., 1941-
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Stone Observatory at Bric Pinarella (Finale Ligure, Italy) [PDF]
, 2017 This paper reports the latest findings on the stone observatory of Bric Pinarella (Finale Ligure, Savona, northern Italy), first described in 2006 at the conference of the Italian Society of Archaeoastronomy (SIA).
Codebo', Mario +2 more
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Biomechanical Analysis of Mongolian Bronze and Iron Age Four‐Legged Walking Petroglyphs
Natural Sciences, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2025.Top: Photograph (by Krisztián Bécs) of an Iron Age Mongolian rock‐goatpetroglyph. Bottom: ABSTRACT Since the works of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s, the characteristics of motion of four‐legged animals are well known for experts of animal locomotion, and the different gaits of many four‐legged species have been investigated in detail.
Krisztián Bécs +2 more
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