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Cementing the Past

Sapiens

-backed coups, and, oddly enough, invested in archaeology. A cover of Unifruitco Magazine , a publication of the United Fruit Company, promoted the companys restoration project at Zaculeu. Her research explores how archaeology as a discipline has been used in U.S. candidate in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Civilization or Religion: Which Came First

World History Teachers Blog

As the New Yorker Magazine noted, most historians believe that hunter-gatherers did not have the "complex symbolic systems, social hierarchies, and the division of labor, three things you probably need before you can build a twenty-two-acre megalithic temple."

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Do You Want to Write for SAPIENS?

Sapiens

A free online webinar by SAPIENS Editor-in-Chief Chip Colwell to learn about how to write for the magazine and its peer publications. Ask SAPIENS is a series that offers a glimpse into the magazine’s inner workings. ✽ My name is Chip Colwell, a SAPIENS anthropology magazine, part of Wenner-Gren Foundation.

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Call for Pitches: Signal/Noise

Anthropology News

Think short-form magazine-style stories with scientific bitelow on jargon, high on storytellingor compelling photo essays or multimedia pieces. Anthropology News encourages submissions in a variety of formats to present compelling stories that make anthropological insights accessible to a wide audience.

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Call for Pitches: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Anthropology News

How might AI-enabled tools aid (or challenge) the ways anthropologists and/or the general public investigate and understand the past, e.g., archaeological site discovery, analysis of ancient DNA or skeletal remains, reconstructing past events, or artifact preservation? Where are there opportunities?

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Call for Pitches: Invisibility

Anthropology News

Think short-form magazine-style stories with scientific bitelow on jargon, high on storytellingor compelling photo essays or multimedia pieces. Anthropology News encourages submissions in a variety of formats to present compelling stories that make anthropological insights accessible to a wide audience.

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Call for Pitches: Care

Anthropology News

Think short-form magazine-style stories with scientific bite—low on jargon, high on storytelling—or compelling photo essays or multimedia pieces. Anthropology News encourages submissions in a variety of formats to present compelling stories that make anthropological insights accessible to a wide audience.