Teeth Tell Tales
Dental wear as evidence for cultural practices at Anse a la Gourde and Tutu
Hayley L. Mickleburgh | 2008
Similar to the osteological study of prehistoric human remains, the study of human dental wear has been proven to afford a wealth of information on human cultural practices. This study is aimed at recording and…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vitamin C for prevention of CRPS-I in traumatology and orthopaedic surgery
Paul E. Zollinger | 2008
Complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I), formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, can occur after a trauma to an arm or leg. CRPS is frequently seen after wrist fractures. The diagnosis of CRPS is…
Bronze Age Metalworking in the Netherlands (c.2000-800BC)
A research into the preservation of metallurgy related artefacts and the social position of the smith
Maikel H.G. Kuijpers | 2008
Almost fifty years ago J.J. Butler started his research to trace the possible remains of a Bronze Age metalworkers workshop in the Netherlands. Yet, while metalworking has been deduced on the ground of the existence…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Excavations at Geleen-Janskamperveld 1990/1991
Edited by Pieter van de Velde | 2007
In the summer of 1991, the Dutch media featured extensively the excavation of an early Bandkeramik (LBK) village in Geleen, Limburg. The headlines in the newspapers read: “7000 years old farmers village”, “Oldest village of…
Teeth Tell Tales
Dental wear as evidence for cultural practices at Anse a la Gourde and Tutu
Hayley L. Mickleburgh | 2008
Similar to the osteological study of prehistoric human remains, the study of human dental wear has been proven to afford a wealth of information on human cultural practices. This study is aimed at recording and…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vitamin C for prevention of CRPS-I in traumatology and orthopaedic surgery
Paul E. Zollinger | 2008
Complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I), formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, can occur after a trauma to an arm or leg. CRPS is frequently seen after wrist fractures. The diagnosis of CRPS is…
Bronze Age Metalworking in the Netherlands (c.2000-800BC)
A research into the preservation of metallurgy related artefacts and the social position of the smith
Maikel H.G. Kuijpers | 2008
Almost fifty years ago J.J. Butler started his research to trace the possible remains of a Bronze Age metalworkers workshop in the Netherlands. Yet, while metalworking has been deduced on the ground of the existence…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Excavations at Geleen-Janskamperveld 1990/1991
Edited by Pieter van de Velde | 2007
In the summer of 1991, the Dutch media featured extensively the excavation of an early Bandkeramik (LBK) village in Geleen, Limburg. The headlines in the newspapers read: “7000 years old farmers village”, “Oldest village of…
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