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Twenty years after the death of the great Florentine traveller Fosco Maraini (1912-2004) the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of...

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This article provides a timely and valuable re-examination of Fosco Maraini’s significant 1939-41 Ainu collection, housed at the Museum of Anthropolog...

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Andreas G. Nerlich, Stephanie Panzer, Bernhard Häck, Oliver K. Peschel, Raffaella Bianucci

Severe gout and its treatment in an early 18th century Southern German monk: palaeopathology and archaeology

Medicine

Following the restoration of the crypt of the Attel monastery in Southern Germany, the human remains of 16 out of 40 monks were exhumed and underwent...

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This manuscript presents a compelling interdisciplinary investigation into severe gout and its treatment in an 18th-century Southern German monk, seam...

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Francesco Mallegni, Gabriele Mallegni

Analisi biologiche dei resti scheletrici di San Giuseppe da Copertino

Anthropology

We present the study of a peculiar case of the skeletal remains of an individual who was later recognised as a saint. According to the stories of his...

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This study addresses a fascinating and often under-explored area: the bioarchaeological investigation of historical figures, particularly those elevat...

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Silvia Lelli

Margaret Mead: un percorso antropologico contemporaneo

Anthropology

This article deals with some lesser-known key points of Margaret Mead's unconventional pathways of life and work. She raised many transcultural issues...

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This article, "Margaret Mead: un percorso antropologico contemporaneo," promises a compelling and timely re-examination of Margaret Mead's multifacete...

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Gabriele Lauria

The Secular Trend in Sicily. Proposal for Long Bones Measures and Statures open access databases

Anthropology

Human Stature is a widely used index of both individuals and populations. Stature is a sensitive measure of a series of factors including gender, age,...

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This paper presents a valuable and timely contribution to human biology and historical anthropology by proposing and outlining the development of thre...

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Simone Fagioli

Mantegazza pop. Dall'Heracleum Mantegazzianum di Sommier & Levier a The return of the Giant Hogweed dei Genesis e oltre

Botany

Tuscan botanists and explorers Stéphen Sommier and Emile Levier during their trip to the Caucasus (1890) discovered a new plant species. In 1895 they...

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The paper "Mantegazza pop. Dall'Heracleum Mantegazzianum di Sommier & Levier a The return of the Giant Hogweed dei Genesis e oltre" presents a fascina...

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Giulia Dionisio

Keepers of memories. Pre-Columbian Peruvian workbaskets in the Anthropology and Ethnology Museum of Florence

Anthropology

Pre-Columbian workbaskets were common inside burials, especially in coastal Andean regions. They mostly contained tools and raw materials related to t...

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The article, "Keepers of memories. Pre-Columbian Peruvian workbaskets in the Anthropology and Ethnology Museum of Florence," proposes a valuable contr...

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Anna Maria Cardini

Il serpente fra mito, rito e tradizione. Note a partire da due coltelli con motivi ofidici

Anthropology

This article aims to investigate the figure of the serpent through some of the most widespread myths and legends in various cultures. The study starts...

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The article, "Il serpente fra mito, rito e tradizione. Note a partire da due coltelli con motivi ofidici," proposes a fascinating exploration into the...

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Matteo Borrini

Forensic Facial Approximation and Archaeology: the case of Carmilla, the «Vampire of Venice»

Anthropology

In 2006 an archaeological excavation on Lazzaretto Nuovo Island (Venice, Italy) uncovered an anomalous grave dated by stratigraphic evidence to the 15...

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This paper presents a fascinating and highly original interdisciplinary study, leveraging the compelling case of "Carmilla, the 'Vampire of Venice',"...

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Laura Bonfanti, Domenico Lo Vetro, †Raffaella Poggiani Keller, Margherita Vanni, Stefania Vai, David Caramelli, Jacopo Moggi Cecchi

Analisi di resti scheletrici umani da siti risalenti al tardo Neolitico e all'età del Rame della provincia di Bergamo

Anthropology

Human osteological remains from Late Neolithic and Copper Age sites in the province of Bergamo were examined and reviewed. These derive from caves in...

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The study, "Analisi di resti scheletrici umani da siti risalenti al tardo Neolitico e all'età del Rame della provincia di Bergamo," offers a compellin...