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One step forward and two steps back: archaeology, DNA and the infantilization of research

One step forward and two steps back: archaeology, DNA and the infantilization of research. Umberto Albarella Dept. of Archaeology The University of Sheffield, UK. Lizzie Wright’s PhD (University of Sheffield) will try to revise aurochs morphology and biometry. PhD work by

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One step forward and two steps back: archaeology, DNA and the infantilization of research

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  1. One step forward and two steps back: archaeology, DNA and the infantilization of research Umberto Albarella Dept. of Archaeology The University of Sheffield, UK

  2. Lizzie Wright’s PhD (University of Sheffield) will try to revise aurochs morphology and biometry

  3. PhD work by Sarah Viner (University of Sheffield) Comparison of Bosastragalus measurements from the Mesolithic, Early Neolithic and Late Neolithic in Britain (Bd = breadth of the distal end, GLm = greatest medial length), after von den Driesch (1976).

  4. Mesolithic PhD work by Sarah Viner (University of Sheffield) Early Neolithic Late Neolithic

  5. Grotta della Madonna (Calabria) Upper Palaeolithic N=14 mean=0.055 PIG POSTCRANIAL BONES La Marmotta (Latium) Early Neolithic N=22 mean=0.060 ???? Grotta dell’Uzzo (Sicily) Mesolithic+Transition N=57 mean=0.44 Grotta dell’Uzzo (Sicily) Early Neolithic N=19 mean=0.024 Conelle (Marche) Eneolithic N=237 mean=0.061 Domestic pigs Wild boar

  6. PhD work by Angelos Hadjikoumis and Sarah Viner (University of Sheffield)

  7. What to do? • Integration must become more meaningful • There must be equal respect for all forms of investigation • Malpractice needs to be exposed • Intellectual independence must be paramount • Responsibility is always individual, never collective

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