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Discussants: 
Jada Ko 
E. Dalyn Grindle
Veronica Peterson
Kristen Pearson

Topic: Archaeologists Doing Ethnography: Adventures with the IRB (Institutional Review Board) Process
Time: Oct 8, 2020 08:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Mary C. Stiner, Regents Professor, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona

Humans are the only animal species that bury their dead, and this practice is preserved in Paleolithic sites as early as 120,000 years ago. The emergence of burial traditions in this time period implies that both Neanderthals and early humans had already begun to conceive of the individual as unique and irreplaceable. Mary Stiner will discuss the archaeological evidence for burial practices in the Paleolithic, the earliest-known ritualized bridge...

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Willeke Wendrich, Joan Silsbee Chair of African Cultural Archaeology; Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Digital Humanities, University of California, Los Angeles

Archaeologists study stylistic and technological changes in excavated materials—...