Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Researchers find differences between ethnic groups living as farmers and those engaged in traditional hunter-gatherer activities Scientists have long thought that the rate with which mutations occur in the genome does not depend on cultural factors. The results of a current study suggest this may not be the case. A team of researchers […]
High-resolution, aerial imagery bears significance for researchers on the ground investigating how remote, ancient Maya civilizations used and conserved water. Collection, storage and management of water were top priorities for the ancient Maya, whose sites in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala were forced to endure seven months out of the year with very […]
Hundreds of iconic moai statues stand testament to the vibrant civilization that once inhabited Easter Island, but there are far fewer clues about why this civilization mysteriously vanished. Did they shortsightedly exhaust the island’s resources? Were they decimated by European illnesses and slave trade? Or did stow-away rats devastate the native ecosystem? Such theories have […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – The heavily studied yet largely unexplained disappearance of ancestral Pueblo people from southwest Colorado is “the most vexing and persistent question in Southwestern archaeology,” according to the New York Times. But it’s not all that unique, say Washington State University scientists. Writing in the journal Science Advances, they say […]
The first largescale study of ancient DNA from early American people has confirmed the devastating impact of European colonisation on the Indigenous American populations of the time. Led by the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD), the researchers have reconstructed a genetic history of Indigenous American populations by looking […]
An ancient species of pint-sized humans discovered in the tropics of Indonesia may have met their demise earlier than once believed, according to an international team of scientists who re-investigated the original finding. Published in the journal Nature this week, the group challenges reports that these inhabitants of remote Flores island co-existed with […]
Rare religious artifact found at ancient temple site in Italy is from lost culture fundamental to western traditions Archaeologists in Italy have discovered what may be a rare sacred text in the Etruscan language that is likely to yield rich details about Etruscan worship of a god or goddess. The lengthy […]
Published: December 2015.
Published: December 2015.
Izdano: prosinca 2015.
Izdano: prosinca 2015.
Published: December 2015.
Published: December 2015.
Editorial [Volltext]
Anne Beutter, Moritz Klenk und Stefan Schröder
Mein Jainismus, dein Jainismus? Unser Jainismus! [Volltext]
Mirjam Iseli
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A critical approach to soft power: Grasping contemporary Turkey’s influence in the world [Full text]
Gabrielle Angey-Sentuc and Jérémie Molho
The rise and fall of Turkey’s soft power discourse […
Published: August 2015.
Published: August 2015.
Annelin Eriksen, Kari Telle: Redaksjonelt
Tord Austdal, Espen Helgesen: Introduksjon: Fremtidsforestillinger
Margit Ystanes: «Problemet er at vi ikke aner hvor dette bærer»: Dystopiske fremtidsforestillinger i sportsarrangementenes…
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This article presents an interdisciplinary vision for large-scale integrated emergency management that has been inspired by the transition from platform centric to integrated operations in the oil and gas fields, which uses remote emergency control cen…
This paper explores two key concepts: resilience and complexity. The first is understood as an emergent property of the latter, and their inter-relatedness is discussed using a three tier approach. First, by exploring the discourse of each concept, nex…
The international recovery system responds differently to disasters with similar characteristics. It answers to specific motivations that are not necessarily connected to the nature of the disaster. The variability of the answers given not only depends…
This article intervenes in a debate in cultural disaster studies that interprets disasters as objects, whose study opens up an understanding of societies’ fears, anxieties and vulnerabilities. Widening the scope of disaster studies, it proposes to view…
In 2010 the New York Times reported that ‘[t]ribes of Amazon Find an Ally Out of “Avatar”’, James Cameron. The alliance was against the building of Belo Monte, a hydroelectricdam in the Xingu River in Brazil. Cameron made a documentary about Belo Monte…
On 19th December 1660, a severe storm raged over the Dutch isle of Texel, causing severe damage. It proceeded to destroy parts of the city of Amsterdam. Both the sailor and merchant Gerrit Jansz Kooch and the priest Joannes Vollenhove wrote a poem abou…