Anthropology Archiving Artifacts 
Anthropology News
MARCH 27, 2025
Cultural artifacts, traditions, and knowledge do not simply move; they shift, adapt, and sometimes disappear in the process. Digital artifacts follow the same patterns. Open-access sites like Annas Archive challenge these barriers, much like underground migration networks, offering access but risking legal suppression.
Sapiens
DECEMBER 4, 2024
I have also been actively involved in decolonial efforts at the University of Cambridge, exposing me to the intricate practical challenges and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the restitution of cultural artifacts. Read more from the archives: “ Repatriation Has Transformed, Not Ended, Research.” Unlike the U.K.,
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Anthropology for Beginners
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains.
Sapiens
APRIL 3, 2024
In museum archives, researchers found photos of remains from Paleolithic children who had belonged to a group of early Homo sapiens in Eurasia. Their remains and the artifacts found with them shed light on this major turning point in human evolution. But most Paleolithic sites only yield stone tools and other artifacts.
Anthropology News
JUNE 27, 2024
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. Grove Faculty Papers collection at the University of Florida Archive. 1935-2023 David C.
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