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Oscar Montelius and Chinese Archaeology
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2014 This paper demonstrates that Oscar Montelius (1843–1921), the world-famous Swedish archaeologist, had a key role in the development of modern scientific Chinese archaeology and the discovery of China’s prehistory. We know that one of his major works, Die
Xingcan Chen, Magnus Fiskesjo
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Gough's Cave is a key archaeological site that has been at heart of British archaeology for the past century. Professor Chris Stringer, whom this special issue honours, has been a key figure in excavations and research projects at the site for many decades.
William A. Marsh
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PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Berkala Arkeologi, 1986 The northern part of North Australia is not far from Java and Timor. There are great numbers of influences in the North Western part of Australia from Indonesian region.
Harry Allen
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The ‘Out of Africa’ model that has dominated palaeoanthropology for nearly three decades was originally based on five elements: a recent ancestry to human populations; an African origin for the ancestral population; limited or no gene flow among archaic hominins and no admixture between modern humans and Neanderthals; a marked difference between the ...
Robert A. Foley, Marta Mirazón Lahr
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An interpretation of building structures and their implications for social stratification at the site of Ban Non Wat, Thailand : a GIS analysis of prehistoric post-holes [PDF]
, 2010 In order to understand prehistoric behaviors through the field of archaeology, it may first be necessary to determine the social structure, as well as the political and economic growth of that society over time.
Webb, Curtis Matthew
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Scientific ReportsSediment biomarkers are important archives of regional, and global climate signatures, particularly in regions which lack continuous terrestrial archives such as the semi-arid deserts of Africa.
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L’archéologie brésilienne au cours des vingt dernières années
Perspective, 2013 This paper discusses Brazilian archaeology and its trajectory, paying particular attention to recent developments. It starts by stating the position adopted here, from an externalist, social history of the discipline, presenting a brief overview of the ...
Pedro Paulo A. Funari
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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4504 Tithe Barn Green (Monkerton) Devon: Archaeological Evaluation Report
, 2015 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology during August and September 2013 at Tithe Barn Green (Monkerton), Devon. Forty-three trenches were excavated.
Cotswold Archaeology
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Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
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