History and archaeology topic list of research papers
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Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry analysis of copper-based artifacts from Southern Ontario and the chronology of the indirect contact period
Abstract Samples of copper-based artifacts from four components from three Late Iroquoian archaeological sites in southern Ontario were analysed using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry. Compositional analysis showed that...
2016 / Alicia L. Hawkins, Joseph A. Petrus, Lisa Marie Anselmi, Gary Crawford -
The most contested in Finland: Large carnivores and the Saimaa ringed seal – challenges of socio-ecological rhythms and their practical implications2015 / Outi Ratamäki, Pekka Salmi
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Effects of fishing rope strength on the severity of large whale entanglements2015 / Amy R. Knowlton, Jooke Robbins, Scott Landry, Henry A. McKenna, Scott D. Kraus, et al.
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Practical guidance for integrating data management into long-term ecological monitoring projects2015 / Robert D. Sutter, Susan B. Wainscott, John R. Boetsch, Craig J. Palmer, David J. Rugg
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A protocol to correct for intra- and interspecific variation in tail hair growth to align isotope signatures of segmentally cut tail hair to a common time line2015 / Martina Burnik Šturm, Budhan Pukazhenthi, Dolores Reed, Oyunsaikhan Ganbaatar, Stane Sušnik, et al.
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Can isotope markers differentiate between wild and captive reptile populations? A case study based on crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) from Vietnam
Abstract The international wildlife trade in allegedly “captive-bred” specimens has globally increased during recent years, while the legal origin of respective animals frequently remains doubtful. Worldwide, authorities experience strong challenges ...
2016 / Mona van Schingen, Thomas Ziegler, Markus Boner, Bruno Streit, Truong Quang Nguyen, et al. -
Small power and lighting load time series data for 27 departments across 8 UK hospitals
Abstract The electricity consumption of 27 departments was measured across 8 medium to large General Acute hospitals in England (largely by the authors, some data was donated and authorised for publication by the respective hospitals). The...
2016 / Paula Morgenstern, Maria Li, Rokia Raslan, Paul Ruyssevelt, Andrew Wright -
The interplay of millets and rice in Neolithic central China: Integrating phytoliths into the archaeobotany of Baligang
Abstract Baligang is a Neolithic site with a long occupation, from before 6300BC up to the first millennium BC, although the bulk of excavated finds and archaeobotanical evidence from the site comes from the Yangshao, Qujialing, Shijiahe and...
2015 / Alison Weisskopf, Zhenhua Deng, Ling Qin, Dorian Q Fuller -
Realising consilience: How better communication between archaeologists, historians and natural scientists can transform the study of past climate change in the Mediterranean
Abstract This paper reviews the methodological and practical issues relevant to the ways in which natural scientists, historians and archaeologists may collaborate in the study of past climatic changes in the Mediterranean basin. We begin by...
2015 / Adam Izdebski, Karin Holmgren, Erika Weiberg, Sharon R. Stocker, Ulf Büntgen, et al. -
Using combined biomolecular methods to explore whale exploitation and social aggregation in hunter–gatherer–fisher society in Tierra del Fuego
Abstract Cetaceans were an important food and raw material resource for the South American hunter–gatherer–fisher (HGF) communities of Tierra del Fuego. Historic ethnographic evidence suggests that relatively mobile HGF groups came together in large ...
2015 / Sally Evans, Ivan Briz i Godino, Myrian Álvarez, Keri Rowsell, Phoebe Collier, et al. -
Conservation of northwest Atlantic harp seals: Past success, future uncertainty?
Abstract Harp seals require pack ice as a platform for resting, to give birth and nurse their young. They are also subject to commercial and subsistence harvesting. In the late 1990's there were concerns that the Northwest Atlantic population would...
2015 / Mike O. Hammill, Garry B. Stenson, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Arnaud Mosnier -
A rapid high throughput proteomic method based on profiling of proteolytic free peptides to assess post-delivery degradation of placental tissue
Abstract A rapid method to determine quality for placental proteomic studies is required due to varying lengths of time between delivery and sampling in routine protocols. We developed a rapid 10 min LC-MS based scanning method to profile free...
2016 / Wendy E. Heywood, Jeremy Pryce, Alex Virasami, Rhian Lauren Preece, Carol Dezateux, et al. -
Explaining trends in alcohol-related harms in Scotland 1991–2011 (II): policy, social norms, the alcohol market, clinical changes and a synthesis
Abstract Objective To provide a basis for evaluating post-2007 alcohol policy in Scotland, this paper tests the extent to which pre-2007 policy, the alcohol market, culture or clinical changes might explain differences in the...
2016 / G. McCartney, J. Bouttell, N. Craig, P. Craig, L. Graham, et al. -
Effects of multiple daily litter applications on the dust bathing behaviour of laying hens kept in an enriched cage system
Abstract Conventional ‘battery’ cages for laying hens without perches, nests and litter areas have been banned by law throughout the European Union since 1 January 2012. As an alternative solution, enriched cage systems were introduced. Our aim was...
2016 / Hye-Won Lee, Helen Louton, Angela Schwarzer, Elke Rauch, Amrei Probst, et al. -
Religion and the Violence of Non-Violence2015 / Michael Jerryson, Margo Kitts
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Knowledge and attitudes about HIV infection and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in an urban, low income community in Durban, South Africa: Perspectives of residents and health care volunteers
Abstract Background HIV prevalence is high among South African women of reproductive age and transmission of HIV from mothers to children is a concern. This study ascertained the level of knowledge about HIV infection and...
2016 / Firoza Haffejee, Katie A. Ports, Maghboeba Mosavel -
Important foraging areas of seabirds from Anguilla, Caribbean: Implications for marine spatial planning
Abstract Marine spatial planning (MSP) has become an important tool to balance the needs of commercial, economical and recreational users of the marine environment with the protection of marine biodiversity. BirdLife International advocate the...
2016 / L.M. Soanes, J.A. Bright, D. Carter, M.P. Dias, T. Fleming, et al. -
Comprehensive dataset of the medicinal plants used by a Tashelhit speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco
Abstract This dataset describes medicinal plants used in a poorly studied area of Morocco: the High Atlas mountains, inhabited by Ishelhin people, the southern Moroccan Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group, “An ethnomedicinal survey of a Tashelhit-speaking ...
2016 / Irene Teixidor-Toneu, Gary J. Martin, Ahmed Ouhammou, Rajindra K. Puri, Julie A. Hawkins -
Man's Place among the Mammals2006 / William L. Straus, F. Wood Jones
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Mixed policies give more options in multifunctional tropical forest landscapes2016 / Elizabeth A. Law, Brett A. Bryan, Erik Meijaard, Thilak Mallawaarachchi, Matthew J. Struebig, et al.