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Immersive 3D Technology Reshapes the Study of the Human Past

Anthropology.net

This groundbreaking work not only enhances documentation and analysis but also redefines how archaeologists interact with their data in real-time. A New Way to Study Ancient Artifacts For decades, archaeologists have relied on traditional methods to analyze artifacts and architectural remains. 1 Cobb, P.

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A Call for Respect: Rethinking How Museums Care for Animal Remains

Anthropology.net

.” Ward, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, has spent years working in museums, but this experience reinforced what he and many Indigenous scholars have long known—many institutions need to rethink how they handle animal remains. “We need to reframe the way we think about museums.

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Bits and Bytes Don’t Leave Bones

Anthropology News

Cultural artifacts, traditions, and knowledge do not simply move; they shift, adapt, and sometimes disappear in the process. Digital artifacts follow the same patterns. In theory, migration ensures that digital artifacts remain accessible as technology evolves. But migration is not a neutral act.

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Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils

Sapiens

In museum archives, researchers found photos of remains from Paleolithic children who had belonged to a group of early Homo sapiens in Eurasia. In a museum basement, we huddled over a black-and-white photograph showing pieces of a lower jawbone and its loose teeth. Not all fossil discoveries happen in the field. 998-27-40/14628.1.30

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

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.

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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

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At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! I remember when I was a little girl, you could still go to the museum and see the Native American remains before the governor ordered the museum to cover them up.” Sue is the executive director of the Western Illinois Museum in Macomb, IL.

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Cultural Relativism

Anthropology for Beginners

Boas criticized the use of EVOLUTIONARY STAGES as the basis for organizing museum displays, arguing that exhibits should display artifacts in the context of specific cultures. Most societies are not relativist: they view their own ways as good, other people's as bad, inferior, or immoral a form of ETHNOCENTRISM.

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