Prior to the early 1950s, Americanist archaeologists, given their interest in chronology, routinely searched for direct historical connections between ethnographically documented cultures and archaeological cultures. In those instances where clear evolutionary connections existed between ethnographic and prehistoric cultures, the ethnic affinities of the latter could be assessed, chronologies o...

This text presents findings from a contemporary archaeology project that has been exploring the October Crisis (1962) and its material immaterial remains in Cuba since 2005. The is cooperation between Swedish archaeologists Cuban archaeologists, anthropologists historians, primary aim to complement dominant narrative of crisis with memories way approaches explains event “from below”. current fo...

The matching of two-dimensional shapes is an important problem with many applications in anthropology. Examples of objects that anthropologists are interested in classifying, clustering and indexing based on shape include bone fragments, projectile points (arrowheads/spearpoints), petroglyphs and ceramics. Interest in matching such objects originates from the fundamental question for many biolo...

Abstract In this paper, we provide a brief overview of the status forensic anthropology and archeology in Denmark, as well related information about education, research, skeletal collections. Forensic anthropologists mainly deal with examination unidentified remains. Some special tasks include cranial trauma analysis recently deceased, advanced 3D visualization from CT scanning homicide cases, ...

The concept of ‘cultural process’ has been of interest to anthropologists since the late 19th century. Franz Boas indicated that investigating cultural processes was central to anthropology, but his failure to define the concept set a disciplinary precedent. Process has seldom been discussed in theoretical detail because the basic notion is commonsensical. A.L. Kroeber provided a definition in ...

Archaeologists wishing to interpret the meanings of artifacts, both symbolic and functional, have increasingly drawn from Saussureinspired linguistic models as a way to ‘read’ the archaeological record. Such models, however, may not be appropriate for a number of reasons, and should be discarded in favor of a discourse-centered approach, which investigates meaning through practice, currently ga...

The use of archaeological and anthropological methods in fatal fire scene investigation. This report will highlight some of the techniques and technologies of archaeologists and anthropologists that may be of assistance in fatal fire scene investigation. The value of archaeological techniques has been previously acknowledged in fire scene recovery and the primary principals of excavation are of...