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2019
Journal article
Dismantling the master’s house: thoughts on representing empire and decolonising museums and public spaces in practice an introduction
Museums were both produced by and producers of the ideals that drove the growth of European empires. As such, many of the collections made during and since the colonial era are unique and powerful reflections of this history. Despite this potential, with few exceptions, object-focused critical histories of empire in...Giblin, John ; Ramos, Imma
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2006
Other
Exhibition catalogue - De T'a Hoti Ts'eeda: We Live Securely By the Land. Edited by Thomas D Andrews
An exhibition of Dene material selected from the collections of National Museums Scotland.Andrews, Thomas D
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2018
Journal article
A repository of virtue?: The United Service Museum, collecting, and the professionalization of the British Armed Forces, 1829–1864
By examining the development of the United Service Museum (established in London in 1831) this article demonstrates how the practice of collecting knowledge and material culture during the nineteenth century was considered an important avenue through which to inculcate virtuous behaviour in officers of the British armed forces. Although the...Hartwell, Nicole M
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2017
Book chapter
19. Lygistorrhinidae (long-beaked fungus gnats)
Suricata is a new sister journal to SANBI’s Strelitzia, and is a peer-reviewed publication that publishes original and applied research such as monographs, revisions, checklists, Red Data Lists, atlases, and Fauna’s of any taxa belonging to Regnum Animalia (the Animal Kingdom). In the past, some extensive faunal research was published...Blagoderov, Vladimir
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2017
Book chapter
18. Keroplatidae (predaceous fungus gnats)
Suricata is a new sister journal to SANBI’s Strelitzia, and is a peer-reviewed publication that publishes original and applied research such as monographs, revisions, checklists, Red Data Lists, atlases, and Fauna’s of any taxa belonging to Regnum Animalia (the Animal Kingdom). In the past, some extensive faunal research was published...Blagoderov, Vladimir ; Ševcík, Jan
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2017
Journal article
A new species of Coahomasuchus (Archosauria, Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina
We describe a new species of the aetosaur Coahomasuchus, C. chathamensis, based on an incomplete, but largely articulated, anterior portion of a skeleton recovered from a quarry in the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation of Chatham County, North Carolina. This is only the second documented occurrence of Coahomasuchus, with the other...Heckert, A B ; Fraser, Nicholas C ; Schneider, V P
PHYLOGENY, TIME-SCALE, BRAINCASE, OSTEOLOGY, STAGONOLEPIDIDAE, CRANIAL ANATOMY, PSEUDOSUCHIA, TIMESCALE, TEXAS, and REPTILIA
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2016
Journal article
Palaeontology: a hook to the past
The poorly understood Triassic reptile Drepanosaurus is known for its excessively large claws. New discoveries demonstrate a remarkable modification of the bones in the wrist and forearm, a significant departure from the typical five-digit tetrapod limb.Fraser, Nicholas C
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2013
Book chapter
Revolution and revitalization: the War of Independence and its aftermath (catalogue)
The catalogue accompanying the exhibition (On the Trails of the Iroquois) provides insights into the historical and cultural context of the exhibits and their makers. In addition, it also highlights the importance of the ethnographic collections held by museums today for an understanding of a fascinating people and their culture.Allan, Stuart