Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This discovery reshapes our understanding of early animal domestication and its cultural significance in Predynastic Egypt. Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2024). Cultural Context and Significance In Predynastic Egypt, animals played a critical role in religious and social symbolism. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106104

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz. government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. The work is guided by cultural success coaches — school employees who help families address the kind of challenges that keep students from coming to school.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Credit: Flaviane Malaquias Costa Elizabeth Ann Veasey, a professor at USP and co-author of the study, explained: “We traveled from the remote past to the present, tracing a lineage from archaeological remains to extant maize varieties still being cultivated by traditional peoples.” Bonavia, D., & Grobman, A. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1120270109

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

2, 2024, in Watonga, Okla. 2, 2024, where about 14 percent of students at the school on the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation are Native American in Watonga, Okla. She said Cheyenne students have been teased over aspects of their traditional ceremonies and powwow music. 2, 2024, in Watonga, Okla. government boarding schools.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 25, 2025

These tools, characterized by a prepared-core technique that allowed for precise flake removal, have long been studied using traditional measurements. This new study offers a different lens: analyzing the entire three-dimensional structure of the core to assess how shape is controlled across different regions and tradition.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Their findings underscore the importance of Central Asia not only as a geographical way point but as a cultural and technological nexus where different human populations may have encountered each other over millennia. Artifacts suggest that the Zeravshan Valley was not only a migration route but potentially a place of cultural exchange.

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Teaching Anthropology

MARCH 7, 2024

By Shelene Gomes, University of the West Indies, & Lara Watkins, Bridgewater State University Students can read about culture, but hearing peers narrate personal experiences in another country provides invaluable firsthand insights. Analysing these narratives allows for a deeper understanding of cultural differences.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Europe's First Mega-Settlements: A Case Study To address this, the researchers turned to the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, a prehistoric society flourishing between 5050 and 2950 BCE in what is now Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. PDF available Introduces a process-oriented approach to interpreting material culture. McGuire, R.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 16, 2024

2024 Erich S. Gruen Prize kskordal Mon, 12/16/2024 - 08:56 Image In 2024, the fifth year of the SCS Erich S. The committee unanimously awards the 2024 Erich S. More broadly, it suggests that Herodotus encourages his audience to consider their own culturally conditioned customs.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Unlike traditional fieldwork, lidar can reveal structures concealed by dense vegetation or earth, transforming how researchers study ancient civilizations. Ancient buildings clustered on a hilltop are revealed by a narrow transect of lidar survey data. .” 1 Auld-Thomas, L., Canuto, M. Morlet, A. Estrada-Belli, F., Chatelain, D.,

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APRIL 23, 2025

The book dismantles the idea that genetic similarity can explain what makes us humanor that genes can do the cultural and historical work of explaining behavior, intelligence, or social life. Facts dont float above culture; theyre produced within it. Jon wasnt rejecting science. 2021) takes on science denial more broadly.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

A groundbreaking study 1 led by researchers at the Nagoya University Museum in Japan offers fresh insights into the cultural evolution of Homo sapiens during their dispersal across Eurasia roughly 50,000 to 40,000 years ago. However, the recent study challenges this notion by examining stone tool technology over a 50,000-year span.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

However, this does not mean that they have lost interest in the language and traditions of their parents and grandparents. Among French Jews of Tunisian descent, there has been a recent resurgence of interest in their ancestors lifestyle before migration and with their cultural and linguistic heritage.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

But was its use during the Upper Paleolithic purely practical, or did it hold deeper cultural significance? The research, published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1 , presents compelling micro-archaeological evidence that fire was not just a survival tool but a defining cultural trait of the Gravettian tradition.

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Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

Join APSA for our third webinar in a series exploring the 2024 U.S. How are political science educators bringing the 2024 U.S. What assignments or activities should political science educators use to help undergraduates understand the 2024 U.S. Event: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Engaging the 2024 U.S.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In early 2024, a controversy swirled around filming for the Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse in the Grand Canyon and Chaco Canyon in the U.S. The producers also reportedly sought permits to film further in Chaco Culture National Historic Park and Grand Canyon National Park. Southwest, many Native leaders objected. Koyiyumptewa.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 29, 2025

Lithic artifacts recovered during recent surveys—specifically tanged points, backed bladelets, and other microliths—match the technological signature of the Ahrensburgian tradition, which spread across northern Europe in the terminal Pleistocene. Stone tools found on Skye. Hardy et al.,

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 2, 2024

CFP: Rome and Iberia V: Diversity of Relations from Antiquity to Modernity kskordal Mon, 12/02/2024 - 13:18 Image The Department of Spanish Studies and the Department of Classical Philology of the University in Lodz would like to invite you to the fifth interdisciplinary academic conference Rome and Iberia V. Inspirations in art.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

They were the remains of animals deeply intertwined with the histories and cultures of Indigenous communities. ” For many Indigenous cultures, animals are not merely resources or tools; they are kin. Horses, bison, and other creatures hold deep cultural and spiritual significance. “You care for horses. Arterberry, J.,

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 15, 2024

The series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is focused on six themes that are at the heart of SNCC’s history of grassroots organizing: the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 27, 2024

The study of pottery in Central Europe offers a unique window into the culinary practices and cultural evolution of early societies. This region, a hub of cultural diversity, served as an ideal setting for investigating how food preparation and consumption practices evolved alongside changes in pottery styles and decorations.

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MAY 28, 2024

Recent research from the University of Zurich reveals extensive cultural and linguistic networks among Central African hunter–gath 1 erer groups dating back millennia, challenging previous assumptions about the region's prehistoric cultural evolution. BaYaka hunter-gatherers playing music instruments and dancing.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 2, 2025

For much of the 20th century, archaeologists often removed human remains and cultural artifacts without consultation or consent. “The research helps us tell a fuller story of who we were and who we still are,” said Butler, who now oversees cultural preservation for the Nation. That practice is slowly changing.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Share of math teachers who use their schools’ recommended materials Source: Zahner et al, Mathematics Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Instructional Materials for English Learners: Results from a National Survey, presented at AERA 2024. Many said that their existing materials weren’t connected to their students’ languages and cultures.

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Anthropology News

JULY 15, 2024

Issued: July 15, 2024 Pitches due: rolling until November 1, 2024 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Here Anthropology News invites submissions on the forms of care that permeate human and nonhuman worlds. How do we care for objects, archives, words, history, traditions, animals, plants, ideas, and obligations?

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Issued: January 29, 2024 Response deadline: February 23, 2024 Pitch responses: February 29, 2024 First drafts due: March 27, 2024 For our third issue of 2024, Anthropology News is delving into the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its intricate relationship with human reality.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) completed their final environmental impact statement for the creation of this new sanctuary in September and is poised to issue a designation by the end of 2024. If approved, the CHNMS will be the first marine sanctuary in the U.S. proposed by Indigenous peoples.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

PNAS, 2024) For decades, only 430 of these geoglyphs had been cataloged, leaving many questions unanswered. The Role of Technology in Unveiling Ancient Secrets The sheer vastness of the Nazca Pampa, covering an area of about 400 square kilometers (154 square miles), presents significant challenges for traditional archaeological fieldwork.

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Often, the product of this influence is a colonialist narrative that presents past cultures as flawed or inconsistent (because they fail to meet modern criteria) and modern (usually Western) cultures as the resolution of these inconsistencies. Fellowships will be distributed equally across the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e.,

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Please fill out the application form by 5pm EST on December 15th for consideration: Apply for Childcare / Dependent Care Subsidies Update 11/1/2023: SCS is looking for volunteers to assist onsite in Chicago at the 2024 Annual Meeting. Update 9/13/2023: Registration for the 2024 AIA/SCS Joint Annual Meeting is now open!

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Image Credit: *Radiocarbon* (2024). This shift, associated with the emergence of the Funnel Beaker Culture, led to permanent settlements and the construction of houses, megalithic tombs, and other structures. (b) A photo showing an overhead view of the cellar from the east, aligning with the reconstruction's orientation. (c)

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Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

Bunche Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism. The post Melvin Rogers Receives the 2024 Ralph J. Bunche Award was created to acknowledge.

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2024

Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History: Call for Fellows kskordal Mon, 03/04/2024 - 13:37 Image The Future of the Past Lab and the Center for Premodern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are excited to announce a three-year series of visiting fellowships titled “Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History.”

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

So, we incorporated principles like Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to ensure cultural relevancy and inclusivity, created project prompts around climate change and mental well-being and designed professional learning and curriculum supports to emphasize our district’s priorities.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 16, 2024

Discovered in Poland, this artifact challenges our understanding of their cognitive abilities and symbolic culture. Symbolic Culture of Neanderthals The bear bone joins a growing collection of Neanderthal artifacts with parallel incisions, hinting at a shared symbolic culture. Different views of a roughly 4-inches-long (10.6

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Fifteen students specializing in traditional handicrafts collaborated with local artisans to illustrate a children’s book. This equipped them to choose and closely work with local female artisans, experts in the traditional handicraft art of embroidery. Before artisans commence the embroidery, the fabric is securely fixed onto a loom.

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