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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. Archaeology, then, is both a physical activity out in the field, and an intellectual pursuit in the study or laboratory. Here the methods of archaeology and ethnography overlap. How were those pots used?

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In Iron Age Britain, Descent Was Matrilineal

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A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published in January. was matrilineal and matriarchal based on her analysis of the archaeology, including the high number of female figurines. The findings offer essential clues about gender roles and social structures in ancient Europe.

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An Ode to Jonathan Marks, or How I Became a Marksist

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I met Jon Marks in 2015, when I enrolled in the Masters program in anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I had just finished a Bachelors degree in anthropology and philosophy at East Carolina University, full of ideas but unsure where they might lead. in Anthropology, and a Ph.D. It wasnt therapy.

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Dog Domestication: A Tale of Alaskan Canids and Human Companionship

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The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 2019. lupus/familiaris ).

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Echoes of Movement: How the Grammar of Indigenous Languages Maps the Peopling of the Americas

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These languages, many of which still survive today, are more than means of communication—they are archaeological strata encoded in speech. While some scholars emphasize deep time depth, with separate migrations explaining the divergence, others argue for rapid diversification after a single major migration event.

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In the Shadows of Civilization: Rethinking the Origins of Domestication

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Excavations at the Vardhanze archaeological site in Uzbekistan, under the directorship of Silvia Pozzi and the Italian/Uzbek Expeditions. The article challenges scholars to reconsider how archaeological evidence—such as grain size, seed dispersal traits, or animal morphology—is interpreted.

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Faces from the Deep Past: How Europe's Skulls Record 30,000 Years of Upheaval

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This suggests rapid morphological shifts due to male-driven founder events and local ecological adaptation. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 17 (5). The Bell Beaker and Únětice cultures, for example, share nearly identical autosomal profiles but differ dramatically in skull shape. link] 1 Grasgruber, P.