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Ambedkarization and Dalit Assertion: Notes from Banaras District in East Uttar Pradesh 安贝德卡尔化和达利特人的主张：来自东北方邦巴纳拉斯地区的说明

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X231207909

Zeeshan Husain

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Fertility and Reproductive Health: A Qualitative Study of Homeless Migrants in Delhi 生育与生殖健康：德里无家可归移民的定性研究

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X231205820

Sarika Negi

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A Temporal Assessment of Burglary at Residential Premises in the Newlands East Policing Precint 纽兰兹东治安分局住宅入室盗窃案的时间评估

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X231204399

Nokukhanya Neptune Mbonambi

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Environmental Consensus and Systematic Spatio-temporal Analysis of Mountain Sustainability 山区可持续性的环境共识和系统时空分析

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X231204400

Sanjeev Sharma, Kiran Sharma, V. Pandey, Amrita Bajaj

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Financial Autonomy and Gender Equality in Globalized World: A Study on Older Adult Population of India 全球化世界中的财务自主与性别平等：印度老年人口研究

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X231204398

Sanjeev Bakshi, Shailendra Kumar Mishra

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A Word of Caution to the Indian Anthropologists! 对印度人类学家的警告!

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/0972558x231166054

Vijoy S. Sahay

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“Understanding Context rather than Component”: An Assessment of Mayurbhanj Palaeoliths from a Geo-Archaeological Perspective “理解语境而非成分”:从地质考古的角度评价Mayurbhanj旧石器时代

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-05-29 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X231154154

Krishnendu Polley, K. Chakraborty, Shubhrakanti Baul

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How Human Became Fat? An Anthropological Approach to the Development of Fatnessin Humans 人类是如何变胖的?人类肥胖发展的人类学研究

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X231158793

N. K. Devi, B. Murry, B. K. Bindhani, K. Saraswathy

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Aging and Health Challenges of Tribal Population: An Empirical Study Among Car Nicobarese of Nicobar Island of India 部落人口老龄化与健康挑战:基于印度尼科巴岛土著居民的实证研究

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X221147835

R. Tyagi, Meenal Dhall, Shweta Jain, A. Kapoor

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Profiling Maternal and Child Health Care in the Tribal Communities of Telangana State: An Anthropological Enquiry 泰伦加纳邦部落社区妇幼保健概况:一项人类学调查

The Oriental Anthropologist Pub Date : 2023-05-18 DOI: 10.1177/0972558X221147072

B. V. Sharma, B. R. Shamanna, A. Ajith

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