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Social History, Psychohistory, and the Prehistory of Swiss Anabaptism [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
The article discusses a variety of issues concerning social history, psychohistory and the prehistory of Swiss Anabaptism. It explores the contextualist approach to the history and practice of Anabaptism.
Kaufman, Peter Iver
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A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Computer Modelling and Virtual Reality to Explore the Ideological Dimensions of Thule Whalebone Architecture in Arctic Canada

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2005
Arctic archaeologists have long suspected that the whalebones used to construct semi-subterranean winter houses by Thule culture peoples were symbolically resonant.
Peter C. Dawson, Richard Levy
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The Early Upper Palaeolithic in British caves: problems and potential Le Paléolithique supérieur ancien dans les grottes de Grande‐Bretagne : problèmes et potentiels

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent years have seen landmark progress in our understanding of early Homo sapiens occupation of Europe, owing to new excavations and the application of new analytical methods. Research on British sites, however, continues to lag. This is because of limitations inherent in existing cave collections, and limited options for new fieldwork at known sites.
Robert Dinnis
wiley   +1 more source

Macrolithic tools for mining and primary processing of metal ores from the site of Grotta della Monaca (Calabria, Italy)

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2016
Grotta della Monaca is a karst cave located in Calabria, the southernmost region of the Italian peninsula. About half a kilometre deep, the cavern has drawn the attention of people since the Palaeolithic period due to the abundance of metal ores within ...
Francesco Breglia   +2 more
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125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

NEW LIGHT ON TAIWAN HIGHLAND PREHISTORY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Compared to the Western Plains and the East Coast, archaeological research in the central Taiwan Highlands has been very limited. In recent decades, not only most CRM archaeology but also the most active archaeological excavations in Taiwan have been ...
Hung, Ling-Yu, Ho, Chuan-Kun
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The morphological affinities of the fossil cranium from Kabua, Kenya Affinités morphologiques du crâne fossile de Kabua (Kenya)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our current understanding of the origins of Homo sapiens is limited, in part, by the fragmented fossil record from Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Africa. Here, we re‐examine the Kabua 1 cranium, an enigmatic and little‐studied Kenyan fossil discovered in the 1950s. We compare virtual reconstructions created previously by our team with a wide range
Abel Marinus Bosman   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The trip to prehistory

open access: yes, 2006
katedra: KPV;The thesis is focused on creative possibilities of art work specialised on an important part of history, prehistory. The theoretical part covers all relevant parts of prehistory from Paleolithic through to Bronze Age. Therefore, it contains
Jezdinská, Soňa
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A Study of Service Quality and Satisfaction for Museums - Taking the National Museum of Prehistory as an Example

open access: yes, 2020
The National Museum of Prehistory (hereinafter referred to as the Museum of Prehistory) is the first museum in ...
Hui-Ying Shi
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