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Thinking Through Tradition: Continuity, Architecture, and the Material Grounds of Transformation in the Central Andes and Angkorian Cambodia 通过传统思考：安第斯山脉中部和柬埔寨吴哥时期的连续性、建筑和转型的物质基础

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774325100358

Stephen Berquist, Andrew Harris

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With or Without You: Human and Manatee Encounters in Precolonial Florida 有或没有你：人类和海牛在前殖民时期佛罗里达的遭遇

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-22 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100596

Thomas J. Pluckhahn

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Commentary: Making Kin Beyond Kinship 评论：超越血缘的亲缘

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100468

Rosemary Joyce

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Bringing Kinship Back into the House 把亲情带回议院

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100419

Peter M. Whiteley

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Matters of Life and Death: Kin-work at Funerals 生死大事：葬礼上的亲属关系

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100407

Catherine J. Frieman, Caroline Schuster

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Commentary: Afterword 评论:后记

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100481

Tim Ingold

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Caring beyond Kinship: Exploring Non-biological Relatedness and Childcare in Burial Contexts across Disciplines 超越亲属关系的关怀：探索非生物关系和跨学科埋葬背景下的儿童保育

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100377

Ana Mercedes Herrero-Corral

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Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Prehistoric Kinship Systems of Europe 欧洲史前亲属制度的多学科研究方法

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100365

Alissa Mittnik, R. Alexander Bentley

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Spectral Connections: Anthropological Engagements with Posthumous Reproduction 光谱连接：与死后生殖的人类学接触

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100420

Sandra Carol Bamford

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Kinship Analysis in Specified Contexts: When Interdisciplinary Cooperation is Too Narrow, Results Tend to be Misleading 特定语境下的亲属关系分析：当跨学科合作过于狭隘时，结果容易产生误导

IF 1.2 2区历史学

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0959774326100390

Sabina Cveček, Andre Gingrich

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