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Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Periphery to Center: An Overview of Pre-Qin Urbanization from an Urban Architectural Perspective in Jiangxi Province, China

Open Archaeology
Jiangxi was situated on the periphery of the Chinese cultural sphere during the pre-Qin period (from the Paleolithic to the establishment of the first feudal dynasty around 221 BC). Archaeological excavations and studies of pre-Qin settlements in Jiangxi
Chen Qiuxing
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Sex Prediction From the Clavicle Using Computerized Tomography Images via Traditional and Hybrid Deep Learning Models

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to perform high accuracy sex prediction from clavicle images using proposed hybrid deep learning models and traditional deep learning models. The clavicle of 807 female and 805 male individuals obtained from Computed Tomography were segmented in 3D format and saved in jpeg format as superior–inferior and right–left ...
Yusuf Secgin, Muhammet Cakmak, Deniz Senol, Seren Kaya, Oğuzhan Oztürk, Oğuzhan Harmandaoğlu, Hatice Yenigül, Eslem Yaren Bıyık, Omer Onbaş   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alberta Archaeological Review (March, 1977)

, 2016
Newsletter - Alberta Archaeological Review, no.
Alberta Archaeological Society
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Weaving strength and care: Situated reflections on women's work and the epistemology of care in biological anthropology

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay examines how gendered expectations, structural precarity, and institutional hierarchies shape research practices, knowledge production, and career trajectories in biological anthropology. Taking the figure of the “strong woman” as an entry point, it questions celebratory narratives of resilience that frame endurance as an individual
Lumila Paula Menéndez
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Variables as Proxies for Modelling Cognition and Decision-Making in Archaeological Settings: A Theoretical Perspective

Internet Archaeology, 2004
In recent years there has been a flourish of archaeological studies focusing on prehistoric cognition or motivation on the basis of GIS-generated interpretations. These have taken two very different forms on either side of the Atlantic.
Thomas G. Whitley
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Assemblages of care: Moral economies, classed labor, and affective exhaustion among Karachi's working middle‐class women

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how working middle‐class women in Karachi navigate the intersecting burdens of care and self‐care within the affective, infrastructural, and ideological conditions of urban precarity. Drawing on twelve semi‐structured interviews conducted across homes, workplaces, and cafés in the city, seven of which anchor the primary ...
Muhammad Huzaifa
wiley   +1 more source

Extended Reality on Chachapoya Cliffside Necropolises: From Digital Documentation to Public Engagement

Open Archaeology
Chacha XR is an interactive project developed between 2021 and 2023 that explores contemporary forms of documentation and digital dissemination of cultural heritage in the context of Chachapoya archaeology.
Ribera-Torró Esteve, Toyne J. Marla, Del Águila Raúl, Ribera Josep A., Galexner Julio, Anzellini Armando, Pans Miquel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Variability in Mozambique During the Nineteenth Century

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This paper presents the first annually and seasonally resolved reconstructions of nineteenth‐century rainfall variability for Mozambique derived from the analysis of extensive documentary evidence. It reveals spatially heterogeneous rainfall patterns with recurrent multi‐year droughts, episodic extreme wet events, and a strong coherence between ...
David J. Nash, Matthew J. Hannaford, Bárbara Direito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronology of early China: A radiocarbon databank for Chinese archaeology

Scientific Data
The role of radiocarbon dating in Chinese archaeology has grown increasingly significant in recent decades. Thousands of archaeological radiocarbon dates have been published along with the development of multiple laboratories.
Menghan Qiu, Linyao Du, Richard Staff, Ziyun Yan, Tingting Yan, Huihui Cao, Chris Gosden, Ruiliang Liu, Guanghui Dong   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source