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Interview with leading French jurist on the fate of 'social Europe' after Maastricht: subordination of labour to market, and of EU enlargement to the priorities of capital. Might the continent's bloody past inspire alternative visions? Adapted from the source document.

Mortuary archaeology has always been viewed as one of the most richly evocative sources of evidence for past social systems, particularly those without writing. However, the political context within which archaeology developed as a discipline, especially in countries with a colonial past, has made it difficult or impossible for the burial record to be utilized to its full potential. Ironically, this moratorium on the use of human remains for research purposes has been accompanied by the development of new analytical techniques, including ancient DNA (aDNA) and chemical analysis of skeletal material, which provide powerful tools for understanding complex social relationships and mobility within and between ancient populations. This review focuses on the United States and Europe because of the close relationship between their scholarly communities, as a result of which the limits placed on mortuary archaeology in the United States has had and continues to have a direct impact on the development of the discipline in numerous European countries. The inferential potential of bioarchaeology in particular is discussed against the backdrop of these sociohistorical developments, and the case studies presented highlight the powerful array of interdisciplinary approaches now being brought to bear on our understanding of ancient social systems.

The article is devoted to the study of the history of the development of exhibition activities as a tool for the formation of aesthetic views of society. An overview of large-scale exhibition projects that contributed to the evolution of this form of interaction with the viewer is presented. The authors pay special attention to the peculiarities of the formation of the Russian exhibition and its influence on world tastes. The issue is examined through the prism of dialogue between artists and the public.

On state of Muslims of South India in nineteenth century.