The book on sacred textiles helps us understand the rituals, production and iconography of the printed fabric of Gujarat.

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I'm also an anthropology PhD student so I study human behaviour,'' she added. Jennifer warned that ''the biggest thing'' to bear in mind in public bathrooms is that the first few stalls are ...

State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Institute for Composites Science ...

Our active research interests stretch from the very earliest archaeology and anthropology of our human ancestors, right the way through to early farming societies, the Bronze and Iron Ages, to the ...

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The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology focuses on matters regarding the origins of humankind. The Institute’s researchers study widely-differing aspects of human evolution. They ...

Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present. There are many reasons to pursue studies in anthropology, including the following: Anthropology provides a broad understanding of humanity ...

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The PhD Programme in Social Anthropology aims to understand people's ways of organizing and understanding the world, in both local and global contexts. The programme objective is to develop knowledge ...