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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. Yet we do find some mention of female leadership in classical texts. until about 5000 B.C.)

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David Cliff Grove

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Grove, Jubilee Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Courtesy Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida, passed away on May 24, 2023, at the age of 87 after a long illness. His career trajectory focused on the archaeology of complex societies in central Mexico c.

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Fighting for Justice for the Dead—and the Living

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Through this work, drawing on knowledge from human skeletal biology, anatomy, and archaeology, we often confront the immense social and racial inequalities that can play a role in the circumstances of ones death. But forensic anthropology testimony is only one aspect of our job. This is the flagship U.S.

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The Aeroroutes of Stuttgart

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In 1976 , at the end of his leadership, a short film about the application of urban climatology to urban planning—showing Schwalb in a brown suit describing the arrows of aeroroutes on the city map—was screened at the first UN-Habitat conference in Vancouver. The post The Aeroroutes of Stuttgart appeared first on Anthropology News.