How people engaged with materials such as clay or stone, why people dug features such as
pits, why they decorated their bodies, or treated their dead in certain ways, were all …

In 1347, the western and Mediterranean parts of the Old World recorded the first outbreaks
of a returning mortal disease that would make its presence felt over several centuries …

This article presents observations on grinding-stone implements and their uses in Elgeyo-
Marakwet County, northwest Kenya. Tool use in Marakwet is contextualized with a select …

The complexity of contemporary global challenges concerning biosocial–political wellbeing
comprises humanity's actions on many scales. Planetary Health and One Health are …

Many archaeological sites in the central West African savanna were either abandoned or
reduced in size between the 14th and 15th centuries CE. Explanations have tended to …

Talensi materia medica is varied, encompassing plant, mineral, and animal substances.
Healing, medicines, and medicinal practices and knowledge can be shrine-based and …

Whereas shrines in Africa, and to a lesser extent their links with medicine and healing, have
been extensively studied by historians and anthropologists, they have been largely …

Archaeologists of East and southern Africa have long been attracted to large urban centres,
such as those on the Swahili coast, and to the circulation of imported goods. Here, the …

El concepto de medicina alternativa fue creado por la medicina occidental para identificar
prácticas médicas diferentes a la medicina convencional, tales como la medicina tradicional …

Excavation of a single mound at Yikpabongo, Koma Land, northern Ghana, recovered a
significant assemblage of ceramic figurines and figurine parts radiocarbon dated to the early …