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

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

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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

Umberto AlbarellaDept. of Archaeology

The University of Sheffield, UK

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

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Comparison of Bos measurements from Mesolithic, Early Neolithic and Late Neolithic sites.

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Comparison of Bos astragalus 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).

PhD workbySarah Viner (Universityof Sheffield)

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PhD workbySarah Viner (Universityof Sheffield)

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Conelle (Marche)EneolithicN=237 mean=0.061

PIG POSTCRANIAL BONES

Domestic pigs Wild boar

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PhD workbyAngelos Hadjikoumis and Sarah Viner(University of Sheffield)

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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