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The Aveline's Hole 9 Cranium: A Partial Solution to a Long Standing Enigma
(University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 2012)
Aveline's Hole is both one of the best-known sites with early human skeletal material in Britain and one of the most problematic in its history. First discovered and explored at the close of the 18th century, it yielded ...
What about the men? Northern men’s research project final report
(Ilitaqsiniq-Nunavut Literacy Council, 2015)
A chrono-geographic look at Mesolithic burials: an initial study
(Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2016)
Over the past decade we have focused on two interrelated topics within Mesolithic burial studies, the relationship between burial number and burial date, and the chronology of Mesolithic sites with burials. Related to this ...
Isotopic reconstruction of the weaning process in the archaeological population of Canímar Abajo, Cuba: A Bayesian probabilities mixing models approach
(Public Library of Science, 2017-05-01)
The general lack of well-preserved juvenile skeletal remains from Caribbean archaeological sites has, in the past, prevented evaluations of juvenile dietary changes. Canímar Abajo (Cuba), with a large number of well-preserved ...
Inuktitut and Inuit youth: Language attitudes as a basis for language planning
(Université Laval, 2014)
The objective of this thesis is to identify language perceptions and attitudes among Inuit
youth (18-25 years old) in three Baffin Island communities: Iqaluit, Pangnirtung and
Pond Inlet. The premise of the study is that ...
Skeleton Cave, Leigh Woods, Bristol
(University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 2017)
An account is given of the discovery and excavation of this small cave in the 1960s. It is recorded that archaeological finds were made, but of these, only a single human mandible can now be traced. Radiocarbon dating shows ...
The Miqqut project: Joining literacy, culture and well-being through non-formal learning in Nunavut
(Ilitaqsiniq - Nunavut Literacy Council, 2013)
This research documents the outcomes of non-formal traditional skills programs with embedded literacy. A community-based research team conducted one hundred interviews with participants and instructors of five non-formal ...
Not of African Descent: Dental Modification among Indigenous Caribbean People from Canímar Abajo, Cuba
(PLoS, 2016-04-12)
Dental modifications in the Caribbean are considered to be an African practice introduced to the Caribbean archipelago by the influx of enslaved Africans during colonial times. Skeletal remains which exhibited dental ...
Mobile and Terrestrial but Firmly Rooted on the River Banks: Biological Anthropology of Lepenski Vir and the Iron Gates Gorge Mesolithic
(Advances in Anthropology, 2012-08)
Archaeological interpretation often links both the European Mesolithic and the complexity with reduced mobility and permanent or semi-permanent settlements. The Iron Gates Gorge (IGG) Mesolithic, on the banks of the Danube, ...
Inuit principals and the changing context of bilingual education in Nunavut
(Université Laval, 2016)
Inuit principals and the changing context of bilingual education in Nunavut Although positive policies and laws promote the Inuit language and Inuit qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) in all sectors of Nunavut society, including at ...