Traces of the Past: Classics between history & archaeology, by Karen Bassi, 2016. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472119929, 246 pp., $70.00
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DOI: 10.1017/s0959774317000890
Abstract: historical assumptions and hypothetical formulations, seem a reasonable price to pay for the possibility of interpreting extant khipu specimens in social, political and religious contexts, re-embedding them, sometimes for the first time in centuries, in… read more here.
Keywords: archaeology; traces past; khipu; urton ... See more keywords
DNA from Arctic lakes traces past climate impacts.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.366.6471.1296
Abstract: Researchers are using DNA preserved for tens of thousands of years in ancient sediments to show how Arctic plants responded to past climate shifts—hinting at how they might respond in the future. Arctic lakes have… read more here.
Keywords: dna arctic; arctic lakes; traces past; past climate ... See more keywords