Anthropology.net

APRIL 4, 2025

In a new study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1 , researchers from institutions across Europe compiled the most comprehensive cross-cultural knot database to date. By analyzing 338 distinct knots from archaeological archives and museum collections, they discovered a surprisingly stable repertoire. Eronen, J.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

A new genetic and archaeological study 1 has revealed that leopard cats ( Prionailurus bengalensis ), small wild felines native to East Asia, lived alongside people in China’s early agrarian societies for at least 3,500 years—only to disappear from human settlements centuries before the arrival of domestic cats via the Silk Road.

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Living Geography

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Alright geography degree, where should we be searching?" It also explored how the real place is subtly changed by the film makers, so that its geography is changed. It was the focus of an article in today's Guardian newspaper. Something special" indeed. I'm also going to finish off my 'paper' on the landscapes explored in the series.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its open to all disciplines, geographies, periods, methodologies, authors, and audiences across the humanities. That typology, as they call it, includes activism, pedagogy and the kind of knowledge acquired in hands-on humanities work in libraries and museums, journalism and public policy.

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