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Anthropologist in the Attic: Local cults of saints played a role in Scandinavian Christianisation
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Monday, May 18, 2015. Local cults of saints played a role in Scandinavian Christianisation. This first-ever comparative study of all 23 native saints in both provinces yields a comprehensive Scandinavian perspective that has been missing in previous research on European cults of saints. Ellis Nilsson has studied parchment fragments of church books and other texts, which comprise the earliest pres...
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Anthropologist in the Attic: Ancient ring brings Vikings and Islamic civilizations closer together
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Sunday, May 3, 2015. Ancient ring brings Vikings and Islamic civilizations closer together. A glass ring found in a Viking grave belonging to a Swedish woman offers proof that Vikings were in direct contact with the ancient Islamic civilizations. The researchers used a scanning electron microscope to determine which material the ring was made of and to read the inscription. 8221;Being the only ri...
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Anthropologist in the Attic: Unique tooth reveals details of the Peking Man’s life
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Saturday, May 2, 2015. Unique tooth reveals details of the Peking Man’s life. In 2011 a tooth from the Peking Man was found in a box at the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University. In the latest issue of Acta Anthropologica Sinica. One of the 20th century’s great palaeontological discoveries was the fossils of the Peking Man, Homo. Id=4266&area=2,5,10,16&typ=artikel&lang=en. C'est Moi - Selina.
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Anthropologist in the Attic: People Ate Pork in the Middle East Until 1,000 B.C.—What Changed?
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Monday, May 11, 2015. People Ate Pork in the Middle East Until 1,000 B.C.—What Changed? A new study investigates the historical factors leading up to the emergence of pork prohibition. Bacon might be the greasy gastronomical craze of the decade in the United States, but in the Islamic and Jewish communities of the Middle East, pork has been off the menu for centuries. And, Redding argues, it woul...
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Anthropologist in the Attic: Ancient Receipt Proves Egyptian Taxes Were Worse Than Yours
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Ancient Receipt Proves Egyptian Taxes Were Worse Than Yours. Image credit: Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University LIbrary and Archives. But just how much was 90 talents worth in ancient Egypt? It's an incredibly large sum of money," said Brice Jones, a Ph.D. student at Concordia University in Montreal, who translated the text. "These Egyptians were...The recei...
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Anthropologist in the Attic: April 2015
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Thursday, April 30, 2015. New genetic evidence resolves origins of modern Japanese. Was there a single migration event or gradual mixing of cultures that gave rise to modern Japanese? To resolve the controversy, researchers Oota, Mano, Nakagome et al., identified the differences between the Ainu people (direct descendants of indigenous Jomon) with Chinese from Beijing (same ancestry as Yayoi).
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Anthropologist in the Attic: Metaphor usage highlights social bonds and increases understanding of others' emotions
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Friday, May 1, 2015. Metaphor usage highlights social bonds and increases understanding of others' emotions. Observe whether two people use metaphors in conversation with each other if you want to guess how close they are as friends. Or sharpen your ability to tune into other people's emotional or mental states by observing the metaphors they use. Why is this? The research explains why we speak d...
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Anthropologist in the Attic: Archivists unearth rare first edition of the 1815 'Map that Changed the World'
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Friday, May 15, 2015. Archivists unearth rare first edition of the 1815 'Map that Changed the World'. Now fully restored and digitised, images of the new map can be viewed on the Geological Society's image library from March 23 - William Smith's birthday. It will also be on display at the Geological Society during a number of events celebrating the map's bicentennial. Smith's story was popularise...
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Anthropologist in the Attic: Red Lady cave burial reveals Stone Age secrets
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Red Lady cave burial reveals Stone Age secrets. Some 19,000 years ago, a woman was coated in red ochre and buried in a cave in northern Spain. What do her remains say about Paleolithic life in western Europe? It's an area in the cave right where people were living," says Lawrence GuyStraus at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Along with Manuel González M...Doiorg...
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Anthropologist in the Attic: Coral Pyramids in Micronesia Date Back to Middle Ages
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Anthropologist in the Attic. Notes by a socio-cultural anthropologist in areas and topics that appeal to her. Monday, May 4, 2015. Coral Pyramids in Micronesia Date Back to Middle Ages. On a remote Pacific island not much bigger than Manhattan, there are ancient pyramids built out of living coral. New evidence reveals that these tombs could be up to 700 years old — much older than experts had previously thought. Because these burials were not permanent, not much was left behind in the tombs to ...To get ...
