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Human skeletal remains: Preservation or reburial? [PDF]
Recent years have witnessed a surge of scientific interest in the biocultural analysis of mortuary sites and human remains. Concurrently, members of the American Indian community and others have questioned the merit of scientific study and argued for reburial of Indian human remains and associated artifacts.
Douglas H. Ubelaker +1 more
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ABSTRACT This study aims to identify lesions confined to the internal structures of bones. A radiographic analysis was performed on 219 archaeological, historical period skeletons from southern Finland. Although the study examines nearly all preserved skeletal elements using plain radiographs, it does not incorporate computed tomography.
Kati Salo +2 more
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The extensive analytical literature on human remains in museums has thus far been dominated by questions of repatriation and reburial. But how should those remains that are retained be treated?
Samuel J.M.M. Alberti +3 more
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Summary Report: Project Terra Research Meeting [PDF]
Developing the conservation of earthen architectural Heritage -- as a science, a field of study, a professional practice, and a social endeavor -- is the overall objective of Project ...
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The Martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko: Soviet Hero Cults and the Spiritual Turn in Late Socialism
Abstract This article argues that the spiritual turn in Soviet atheism under Brezhnev provided a meaningful solution to the problems of producing heroes when self‐sacrificing martyrs were losing their appeal. To support this claim, I examine the story of Nadezhda Kurchenko, a nineteen‐year‐old flight attendant killed by two hijackers on an Aeroflot ...
Steven E. Harris
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Plant–Soil Relationships Diminish Under Major Versus Moderate Climate Change in Subalpine Grasslands
We quantified differences in plant–soil realtionships following downslope transplants of intact plant soil cores. We found that plant–soil realtionships were maintained following moderate climate change and diminished following major climate change. ABSTRACT Plant communities and soil microbial communities influence each other directly and indirectly ...
Tyson J. Terry +16 more
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Comparing the Development and Viability of Horseshoe Crab Eggs Laid in Beach and Salt Marsh Habitats
Recent research has found that horseshoe crabs spawn regularly in salt marshes. However, it remained unclear if eggs laid in salt marsh sediments are viable. In this study, we show that eggs laid in salt marsh habitats develop similarly to those laid in beach habitats, suggesting that salt marshes are viable spawning habitats for horseshoe crabs ...
Daniel A. Sasson +6 more
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“Like We're Meeting the Ancestors”: Toward an Lˈnucentric Archaeology in Miˈkmaˈki
ABSTRACT We explore the possibilities for an archaeology that is relevant to, and empowering of, Indigenous futures by reflecting on four seasons of archaeological fieldwork, our encounters with Lˈnu (or Miˈkmaw) material culture, our experiences returning to ancestral Lˈnu places, and our engagements with sociocultural and archaeological ...
Michelle Lelièvre +4 more
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A seven year record of multi‐variable field observations (meteorological, glaciological mass balance) is presented for Kennicott Glacier, a large debris‐covered glacier in the Wrangell Mountains Alaska. This dataset will be useful for calibrating remote sensed data, constraining energy and mass balance models, and pursuing targeted glaciological and ...
Eric Ivan Petersen +8 more
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The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms of public administration in the processes of searching for, exhuming and reinterring the remains of persons who perished as a result of armed conflicts, deportations and political ...
Roman Tytykalo +2 more
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