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The latest edition of the HRAF Academic Quarterly for 2025 features 12 new papers and publications based on HRAF and eHRAF data.
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Did we miss any of your publications? Email your abstracts by December to be included in the next edition.
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Did we miss any of your publications? Email your abstracts by December to be included in the next edition.
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Re-opening our sign-ups for the @tag2025york.bsky.social Archaeology as Worldbuilding game-playing session. It's on 15 December from 9-12, so it doesn't conflict with other sessions. Hope to see you there:
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TAG 2025 Worldbuilding Sign Up
This form is for you to sign up to participate in the TAG2025 Worldbuilding session. The session requires a 3 hour commitment and the slots are limited to 30 people. We will be playing an archaeology-...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Re-opening our sign-ups for the @tag2025york.bsky.social Archaeology as Worldbuilding game-playing session. It's on 15 December from 9-12, so it doesn't conflict with other sessions. Hope to see you there:
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Reminder to AAA attendees! Don't miss our poster presentation by Ben Kluga & Mike Fischer: Ethnography as Language Model: Speaking Beyond the Text. Exploring Large Language Models (LLMs) or Generative AI for dynamically evaluating ethnographic writing. @ Marriott Grand Ballroom 11/21 6:00-7:30pm.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reminder to AAA attendees! Don't miss our poster presentation by Ben Kluga & Mike Fischer: Ethnography as Language Model: Speaking Beyond the Text. Exploring Large Language Models (LLMs) or Generative AI for dynamically evaluating ethnographic writing. @ Marriott Grand Ballroom 11/21 6:00-7:30pm.
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So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
Scientists Successfully Extract 40,000-Year-Old RNA From Woolly Mammoth
The ancient pachyderm was preserved in permafrost, providing the most intact RNA ever studied.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
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Perhaps the most influential table in hunter-gatherer studies, published in Lee's chapter in the famous 1968 edited volume by Lee and DeVore titled, ironically, Man the Hunter 🧪 #BioAnth
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Perhaps the most influential table in hunter-gatherer studies, published in Lee's chapter in the famous 1968 edited volume by Lee and DeVore titled, ironically, Man the Hunter 🧪 #BioAnth
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Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: [email protected]
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: [email protected]
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
And don't miss tomorrow's poster presentation by Ben Kluga and Mike Fischer: Ethnography as Language Model: Speaking Beyond the Text. Exploring Large Language Models (LLMs) or Generative AI as tools for dynamically evaluating ethnographic writing. @ Marriott Grand Ballroom 11/21 6:00-7:30pm.
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
And don't miss tomorrow's poster presentation by Ben Kluga and Mike Fischer: Ethnography as Language Model: Speaking Beyond the Text. Exploring Large Language Models (LLMs) or Generative AI as tools for dynamically evaluating ethnographic writing. @ Marriott Grand Ballroom 11/21 6:00-7:30pm.
#AmAnth2025 #AAA2025 attendees! Visit HRAF at the exhibit hall (Booth #115) to learn more about the eHRAF databases, HRAF's new data science tools, our open access resources & teaching materials, and snag free trials, discounts for attendees, and swag. You can also meet HRAF President Carol Ember.
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#AmAnth2025 #AAA2025 attendees! Visit HRAF at the exhibit hall (Booth #115) to learn more about the eHRAF databases, HRAF's new data science tools, our open access resources & teaching materials, and snag free trials, discounts for attendees, and swag. You can also meet HRAF President Carol Ember.
Attending the @americananthro.bsky.social AAA 2025 in New Orleans this week? Don't miss HRAF at the Happy Hour Poster session starting at 6pm on 11/21. Board #26: "Ethnography as Language Model: Speaking Beyond the Text" on LLMs and generative AI for dynamically evaluating ethnographic writing.
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Attending the @americananthro.bsky.social AAA 2025 in New Orleans this week? Don't miss HRAF at the Happy Hour Poster session starting at 6pm on 11/21. Board #26: "Ethnography as Language Model: Speaking Beyond the Text" on LLMs and generative AI for dynamically evaluating ethnographic writing.
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Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
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Behold my absolutely beautiful moccasins from Labrador, topped with locally-trapped rabbit fur, sewn and beaded by hand by local craftsperson Ivy Acremen. To say I'm in love is an understatement.
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Behold my absolutely beautiful moccasins from Labrador, topped with locally-trapped rabbit fur, sewn and beaded by hand by local craftsperson Ivy Acremen. To say I'm in love is an understatement.
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NBC New York is just one of many news outlets featuring the Center for Urban Research’s fantastic election results map!
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How did your neighborhood vote for NYC mayor? See breakdown by election district
The results are in. Zohran Mamdani was elected the next New York City mayor Tuesday night, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old leftist. His economic and anti-establishment views resonated wi...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NBC New York is just one of many news outlets featuring the Center for Urban Research’s fantastic election results map!
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...
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Lol race science is back baby, and it's stupider and more transparently capitalist than ever
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
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November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Lol race science is back baby, and it's stupider and more transparently capitalist than ever
This article is an introduction and guide to investigating past relationships between climate and human behavior.
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Climate and Human Behavior Studies for Our Warming World: An Introduction to the Models, Methods, and Data | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Climate and Human Behavior Studies for Our Warming World: An Introduction to the Models, Methods, and Data - Volume 13 Issue 2
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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This article is an introduction and guide to investigating past relationships between climate and human behavior.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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La maleta de treball de Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
La maleta de treball de Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer
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Research Reaching Everyone; Access and Relevance
Making research truly open means more than publishing findings. It’s about ensuring communities can find, understand, and use research to shape better policies and decisions.
#OpenResearch #PublicEngagement
Making research truly open means more than publishing findings. It’s about ensuring communities can find, understand, and use research to shape better policies and decisions.
#OpenResearch #PublicEngagement
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Research Reaching Everyone; Access and Relevance
Making research truly open means more than publishing findings. It’s about ensuring communities can find, understand, and use research to shape better policies and decisions.
#OpenResearch #PublicEngagement
Making research truly open means more than publishing findings. It’s about ensuring communities can find, understand, and use research to shape better policies and decisions.
#OpenResearch #PublicEngagement
Proverbs are a simple way of expressing a well-known truth or adage based on common sense or experience. Explore what anthropology, archaeology & the ethnographic record can offer to the field of paremiology, which is dedicated to the collection and study of proverbs.
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Knowledge is power: anthropology of proverbs
Proverbs are a simple way of expressing a well-known truth or adage based on common sense or experience. They are usually considered to be imbued with ancestral wisdom, passed down from generation to ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Proverbs are a simple way of expressing a well-known truth or adage based on common sense or experience. Explore what anthropology, archaeology & the ethnographic record can offer to the field of paremiology, which is dedicated to the collection and study of proverbs.
hraf.yale.edu/knowledge-is...
hraf.yale.edu/knowledge-is...
With the support of the National Science Foundation (#2020156), HRAF held 3 years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research, & has produced open course materials based on the institutes. Register for a free workshop w/ Carol Ember to learn more:
hraf.yale.edu/hraf-to-offe...
hraf.yale.edu/hraf-to-offe...
HRAF to offer Advanced Open-Access Course in Cross-Cultural Research Methods
With the support of the National Science Foundation (BCS #2020156), HRAF held three years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research from 2021-2023. In total, these Summer Instit...
hraf.yale.edu
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With the support of the National Science Foundation (#2020156), HRAF held 3 years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research, & has produced open course materials based on the institutes. Register for a free workshop w/ Carol Ember to learn more:
hraf.yale.edu/hraf-to-offe...
hraf.yale.edu/hraf-to-offe...
They're here ... 👻
Are some things universally terrifying? Grab your favorite Halloween candy and read about spooky tales and ghostly ghouls from different cultures:
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🎃
Are some things universally terrifying? Grab your favorite Halloween candy and read about spooky tales and ghostly ghouls from different cultures:
hraf.yale.edu/towards-an-a...
🎃
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
They're here ... 👻
Are some things universally terrifying? Grab your favorite Halloween candy and read about spooky tales and ghostly ghouls from different cultures:
hraf.yale.edu/towards-an-a...
🎃
Are some things universally terrifying? Grab your favorite Halloween candy and read about spooky tales and ghostly ghouls from different cultures:
hraf.yale.edu/towards-an-a...
🎃
Autumn has arrived in New Haven!
October 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Autumn has arrived in New Haven!
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New issue of Archaeological Dialogues Vol. 31, No. 1 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #openaccess @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @sveinvn.bsky.social @prehistorian.bsky.social @yannisham.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New issue of Archaeological Dialogues Vol. 31, No. 1 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #openaccess @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @sveinvn.bsky.social @prehistorian.bsky.social @yannisham.bsky.social
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📣 Some exciting news for Library Friends groups!
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
Special announcement for the 20th annual #NationalFriendsofLibrariesWeek:
We've partnered with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to provide:
💰 $500 & $1000 grants for Friends groups in small + rural areas
💻 1 year of eLearning on us
📚 $500 Book donation grants
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
We've partnered with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to provide:
💰 $500 & $1000 grants for Friends groups in small + rural areas
💻 1 year of eLearning on us
📚 $500 Book donation grants
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📣 Some exciting news for Library Friends groups!
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
"He lies in wait on paths and calls passers-by by name, in order then to tear apart and devour those who approach [...] “Do not go too far away,” the mother says to the children, “otherwise Nenaunir will get you.”"
Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night?🫣
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Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night?🫣
hraf.yale.edu/towards-an-a...
Towards an Anthropology of Fear: are some things universally terrifying?
As All Hollow's Eve approaches, it's once again the time of year for ghastly ghouls, wicked witches and terrifying things that go bump in the night. From haunted houses to headless horsemen, there are...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"He lies in wait on paths and calls passers-by by name, in order then to tear apart and devour those who approach [...] “Do not go too far away,” the mother says to the children, “otherwise Nenaunir will get you.”"
Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night?🫣
hraf.yale.edu/towards-an-a...
Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night?🫣
hraf.yale.edu/towards-an-a...