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Origins of the body as a concept in deep human (pre)history OSRP Research Symposium June 2014 Doug Bailey Anthropology

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Archaeology: human figuration Domesticated plant and animal foods

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Tidore (North Moluccas, Indonesia) Linguistic Anthropology Terms for body Kuuk Thaaryore (Cape York Peninsula) Guugu Yimithirr (Cooktown, Northern Queensland)

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Archaeology and linguistics The first European farmers: Indo-European speakers Brought plants and animals and new technologies Brought new ways of thinking Consequences.. Body as focus for being Human identity rested on. Individual bodies Differences in. Body surface Body parts New questions? Conclusion(s)? What did the body replace?