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The Professionalisation of Science – Claim and Refusal: Discipline Building and Ideals of Scientific Autonomy in the Growth of Prehistoric Archaeology. The Case of Georges Laplace's Group of Typologie Analytique, 1950s–1990s [PDF]

, 2017
The majority of analyses investigating the professionalisation of scientific domains tend to assume the linear and general features of this transformation.
Plutniak, Sébastien
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Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis Explores Diverse Domestic Goose Management Practices in Medieval and Postmedieval Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka, Clément Massé, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Laura Kvist   +7 more
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Exhibiting Archaeology

Journal of BRICS Studies
The museum has played a vital role in educating the public about their past through the use of its exhibits. Museums through their programs provide archaeological public education. Museums’ role in protecting cultural heritage cannot be underrated.
Tabitha Ndogoto, Simiyu Wandibba, Ephraim Wahome   +2 more
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Open science in archaeology [PDF]

, 2017
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Barton, C. Michael, Bates, Lynsey A., Baxter, Michael, Bevan, Andrew, Bocinsky, R. Kyle, Bollwerk, Elizabeth A., Brughmans, Tom, Carter, Alison K., Conrad, Cyler, Contreras, Daniel A., Costa, Stefano, Crema, Enrico R., Daggett, Adrianne, Davies, Benjamin, Drake, B. Lee, Dye, Thomas S., d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade, France, Phoebe, Fullagar, Richard, Giusti, Domenico, Graham, Shawn, Harris, Matthew D., Hawks, John, Health, Sebastian, Huffer, Damien, Kansa, Eric C., Kansa, Sarah Whitcher, Madsen, Mark E., Marwick, Ben, Melcher, Jennifer, Negre, Joan, Neiman, Fraser D., Opitz, Rachel, Orton, David C., Przstupa, Paulina, Raviele, Maria, Riel-Savatore, Julien, Riris, Philip, Romanowska, Iza, Smith, Jolene, Strupler, Néhémie, Ullah, Isaac I., Van Vlack, Hannah G., VanValkenburgh, Nathaniel, Watrall, Ethan C., Webster, Chris, Wells, Joshua, Winters, Judith, Wren, Colin D.   +48 more
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A Smile From the Past: Exploring a Fixed Bone Dental Bridge From Eighteenth/Nineteenth Century Porto (Portugal)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the first documented case of a fixed bone dental bridge in Portugal. This item was recovered alongside the remains of a young adult individual of indeterminate sex from the 19th century burial site of the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo in Porto, Portugal.
Steffi Vassallo, Alexandra Patrícia Lopes Esteves, Sandra Assis, Zélia Rodrigues, Nicholas Márquez‐Grant, Anne Malcherek, Manuel F. C. Pereira, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Francisca Alves Cardoso   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repatriation, doxa, and contested heritages: the return of the Altai princess in an international perspective [PDF]

, 2014
Using Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and doxa, the authors analyze the contested heritage debates surrounding the sensational Scythian burial discovery of the Altai Princess, also called the Ice Maiden, on the Ukok plateau.
Plets, Gertjan, Konstantinov, Nikita, Soenov, Vasilii, Robinson, Erick   +3 more
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Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop‐Taylor, David Benson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of Enslavement and Economic Oppression of Central Virginia [PDF]

, 2017
I address how anthropologists can identify the patterns and development of slavery and economic oppression through archaeology and the visualization of Virginia enslavement. I focus on the enslaved people of James Madison\u27s Montpelier.
Bedwell, Hannah
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Postcolonial Theory [PDF]

, 2015
Rather than agreeing to any one meaning or referent, most critics these days speak of ‘post-colonialisms’ to refer principally to ‘historical, social and economic material conditions’ and at other times to ‘historically-situated imaginative products’ and
Hawley, John C.
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Some love them, others hate them: Understanding farmers' tree planting decisions in Scotland

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Agroforestry is increasingly recognized as a sustainable agricultural land use system with potential to sequester carbon, create and repair habitats, enhance biodiversity and offer environmental and socio‐economic benefits, including improved agricultural productivity.
Albert Mvula, Katrin Prager, Josie Geris
wiley   +1 more source