This is an emerging analysis of the use of a cape type garment, the dhayemlaab in the
Teenek language, also known as the quexquemitl in Nahuatl language, among modern
Huasteca women as an analogy to an illustrative group ...
Archaeological maps are central to the archaeological process; however, issues regarding their perception and representation are undertheorized and have direct effects on the archaeological outcomes. Mapping technologies ...
Previous research has indicated that markers of early life development (birth weight, age at first menstruation (menarche), and relative leg length) are predictors of adult body size and composition (adiposity and lean ...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced British Columbia museums to close to the public for a period of time in 2020. As traditional museum engagement takes place in person at museums, many B.C. museums transferred some engagement ...
Comparative collections are fundamentally important for the zooarchaeological identification of archaeological animal remains. The University of Victoria Zooarchaeology Lab has an extensive regional skeletal reference ...
This research is concerned with Gaelic sports participation in Victoria BC. Through interviews with members of the local Gaelic sports club, the Van Isle Rovers, this research examines the motivations for playing these ...
The metaphyseal regions of long bones have been largely overlooked by biological anthropologists, despite these regions being highly biologically active during growth and development. Further, while the levels of plasticity ...
Currently, 66% of primate species are facing threats of extinction, and 74% are experiencing declining populations. Many primate populations inhabit increasingly anthropogenic environments. Therefore, effects such as habitat ...
Adolescent pregnancy in women aged 10-19 years is associated with higher rates of adverse outcomes for both the mother and infant than adult pregnancy. Health conditions and immaturities such as obesity and immature pelvic ...
Around the globe, trillions of cigarettes are improperly discarded into the environment every year. As the world’s most frequently littered item, and made with non-biodegradable materials and toxic chemicals, cigarette ...
Natural disasters can have serious impacts on people’s reproductive lives, which with climate change have become more evident. To date, research has focused on the impacts of natural disasters on fertility rates, access ...
The way people build and structure the spaces around them are connected to their ways of knowing the world. While the so-called palaces of the Minoans have been studied at great length, their houses have not had the same ...
A common assumption in anthropology is that agricultural intensification involves
increasing male labour contributions. This assumption is affected by substantial
androcentric bias, and bioarchaeological investigations ...
The domestication of dogs is a global phenomenon that holds specific cultural importance to Indigenous peoples along the Northwest Coast. The woolly dog, a precontact breed of Indigenous dog that was valued for its fur to ...
Children have received far less attention than adults in bioarchaeology as it has been believed that little relevant information can be obtained through their study. This is problematic due to the fact that not only are ...
Money, in conventional scholarship, is represented as a commodity or a token. In a conventional economy, most money is created through bank loans based on interest-bearing debt. However, Islam prohibits the payment of ...
Over the past several years, slow lorises, a group of endangered primate species found in Southeast Asia, have fallen victims to the illegal primate pet trade. Slow lorises do not fare well in captivity, as they are nocturnal ...
The residential school system has had profound negative and lasting impacts on the Indigenous peoples in the land now known as North America. Children as young as the age of four were forcibly removed from their families ...
HIV/AIDS has been the subject of culturally produced stigma since its emergence in the 1980s when a positive diagnosis meant certain death. HIV was transformed to a chronic condition with the introduction of antiretroviral ...
Ancient remains of sea urchins are frequently encountered in archaeological contexts along the Northwest Coast of North America, yet they have not been the focus of synergetic archaeological study. However, these important ...