Exploring the Early Neolithic in the Arabian Gulf: A newly discovered 8,400-year-old stone-built architecture on Ghagha Island, United Arab Emirates. [PDF]
Lidour K+4 more
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Abstract Peer influence in adolescence and early adulthood is critical to the formation of beliefs about appropriate behaviour for each gender. Complicating matters, recent studies suggest that men overestimate peer support for inequitable gender norms. Combined with social conformity, this susceptibility to ‘norm misperception’ may represent a barrier
Alexander M. Ishungisa+5 more
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Redefining the documentation of outdoor surface scatter scenes using geographic information systems. [PDF]
Pottage K, Masters P, Márquez-Grant N.
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‘Evangelical Gitanos are a good catch’: masculinity, churches, and roneos★
This article explores Christian principles, imagery, and ideas shaping the (re)making of masculine ideals, behaviour, and identities among Pentecostal Gitanos in Spain. Scholarship on Pentecostal masculinities emphasizes that in cultural settings dominated by ‘macho’ and other chauvinistic principles, men find it challenging to comply with Pentecostal ...
Antonio Montañés Jiménez
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Changes in agglomeration and productivity are poor predictors of inequality across the archaeological record. [PDF]
Ortman SG+8 more
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Abstract Embedded within Japan's demographic and economic stagnation, traditional craftsmanship unexpectedly aligns with the discourse of creativity. This study delves into the intricacies of this convergence through ethnographic details, shedding light on how endeavours to preserve local crafts intertwine with the burgeoning discourse of creativity ...
Shilla Lee
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Behind the wall: Macrolithic artifacts as testing tools for activities and social structure on a Middle Chalcolithic site in Central Anatolia. [PDF]
Řídký J+5 more
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Cambridgeshire Archaeology JIGSAW 'Piecing together Cambridgeshire's past'. [PDF]
Calver, S.J., Johnston, Nicky
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Aloneness and the terms of detachment in West African migration
In this article, I examine practices of social detachment among West African migrants in urban Ghana. Faced with pressures arising from expectations of reciprocity, especially from kin back home, some migrants exert considerable efforts to break, if temporarily, with relations of mutual recognition and support, entering what I term migratory aloneness.
Michael Stasik
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Innovation through recycling in Iron Age plaster technology at Tell el-Burak, Lebanon. [PDF]
Amicone S+9 more
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