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Title: A Focus On The Style Of Bone Harpoons In The Early Holocene: An Analysis Of Bone Harpoons From Koobi Fora, Kenya.
Author: Hovis, Ashley
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: While undergoing archaeological fieldwork in Ileret, Kenya, two Early Holocene (10,000-6,000 BP) sites are found containing bone harpoons. The purpose of this study is to examine the style of Early Holocene bone harpoons to see if people of East L...

Title: A PALEOECOLOGICAL STUDY OF URBAN ABANDONMENT DURING EARLY BRONZE IV IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANT
Author: Porson, Steven
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Environmental sciences, Archaeology, Paleoecology
Description: An archaeobotanical study of plant remains from the Near Eastern archaeological site of Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj, Jordan ascertains a possible cause for the abandonment of towns during Early Bronze IV. This study assesses the hypothesis that the collapse...

Title: A STUDY OF MATERIALIZATION, IDENTITY, AND AGENCY USING PXRF ANALYSIS OF CERAMICS FROM INCA PERIOD ECUADOR
Author: Sweitzer, Mackenzie
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Social structure, Archaeology, Area studies
Description: When the Inca Empire expanded across large portions of South America, they implemented various strategies to subdue and control their massively ethnically diverse subjects. One way that the Inca ideology and social order was imposed on the masses ...

Title: A paleopathological and mortuary analysis of Guangala burials from Salango, Ecuador (100 BCE- 800 CE)
Author: Bythell, Abigail
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Physical anthropology, Archaeology
Description: There are still many questions that need to be answered about the lives of the pre-Hispanic peoples of the southwest Ecuador. In particular, there are few archaeological studies that focus on the socio-cultural complexity and belief systems of the...

Title: ACTIVTY AND MOBILITY DURING THE TERMINAL ARCHAIC PERIOD IN THE EASTERN ANDES: A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Author: Shults, Ashley
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: The Archaic Period in the Andes is characterized as a time of increasing social complexity. Unfortunately, these mobile foraging groups have been understudied in the Eastern Andes, especially in Bolivia. This bioarchaeological analysis uses an emb...

Title: BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A BRONZE AGE SKELETAL SAMPLE FROM THE QIJIA CULTURE CEMETERY MOGOU (1750-1100 BCE) IN GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
Author: Johnson, Elizabeth
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Physical anthropology, Archaeology, Area studies
Description: Bronze Age China has consistently been an area of research foci for both domestic and international researchers. However, paleopathological analysis of certain cultures within the "Northern Zone" is relatively new and demands scholarly exploration...

Title: Brunswick Town Colonoware: A Look at Form and Function
Author: Johnson, Benjamin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: This paper discusses the history of Brunswick Town through an archaeological study of Brunswick Colonoware as it applies to African-American life. By looking at the artifactual record from the original excavations of the town, I was able to determ...

Title: Did They Belong: A Preliminary Study on Strontium Isotopic Analysis of the Guangala Culture Located at Salango, Ecuador
Author: Cruz, Zindy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology, Geochemistry
Description: Due to advancements in technology, questions once thought of as unanswerable concerning migration and mobility have become possible to address. Strontium isotopic analysis has begun to bring about a change in how bioarchaeologists apply migration ...

Title: Dietary Identity At Salango: Stable Light Isotope Analysis Of Guangala Period Burials (100 BCE – 800 CE)
Author: Cobb, Emilie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Biochemistry, Archaeology
Description: Salango is an archaeological site on the coast of Ecuador that has been inhabited for thousands of years by multiple different cultures, including the Guangala (100 BCE- 400 CE). While research about mortuary treatment and socio-cultural character...

Title: Dietary Identity At Salango: Stable Light Isotope Analysis Of Guangala Period Burials (100 BCE – 800 CE)
Author: Cobb, Emilie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology, Biochemistry
Description: Salango is an archaeological site on the coast of Ecuador that has been inhabited for thousands of years by multiple different cultures, including the Guangala (100 BCE- 400 CE). While research about mortuary treatment and socio-cultural character...

Title: Iconography of Transformation: The Question of Hallucinogenic Remnants in Ritual Artifacts at Chavin de Huantar
Author: Nooe, Ryan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: In a mountain valley of the South American country of Perú rests a site at the core of an ancient and influential culture. That site is known as Chavín de Huántar, a relatively small area which boasts monumental architecture and carved images of s...

Title: Linear Enamel Hypoplasia: An Analysis of Health Disparities Between the Early Intermediate Period and Middle Horizon of Nasca, Peru
Author: Moore, Elizabeth
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: ABSTRACTELIZABETH MOORE. Linear Enamel Hypoplasia: An Analysis of Health Disparities of the Peruvian Coast. (Under the direction of DR. DENNIS OGBURN)There has been an abundance of research, archaeological and other, on the Nasca culture and linea...

Title: Locating the Enslaved Burial Ground at Rural Hill Plantation, Huntersville, North Carolina
Author: Gimson, Martha
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: This project addresses the structural violence inherent in the lack of preservation of the unmarked enslaved burial ground at the Rural Hill Plantation in Huntersville, North Carolina. When burial grounds of the enslaved are unmarked the legacy of...

Title: NEOPLASTIC DISEASES IN PRE-HISPANIC ANDEANS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE BETWEEN THE HIGHLANDS AND COASTAL REGIONS
Author: Westbrook, Carita
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: This thesis is a comparative review of skeletal elements from coastal and highland regions of Peru to determine if altitude effects the incidence of skeletal cancer formations. Pathological analysis was completed on 372 skeletal elements: 299 elem...

Title: PUT WHAT(?) IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT: A METHODICAL APPROACH TO THE SMOKING CULTURE OF A NINETEENTH CENTURY PLANTATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Author: Bubp, Rebecca
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: Holly Bend, a prolific and successful late 18th and early 19th century plantation owned by the Davidson family in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has seen multiple excavations and research projects over the past several years. In this project, ...

Title: Preliminary Assessment of Lead Glazed Coarse Earthenware Trade Relationships During Mid-18th and 19th Century North Carolina Piedmont through PXRF Analysis
Author: Dyer, Monica
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: Little documentation exists of the trade occurring in the central North Carolina Piedmont during the 18th and 19th century at wealthy farmstead sites or at surrounding sites of lower economic status. The intent of my research is to gain a greater ...

Title: Spatial Analysis of Activity Areas at the First Charles Town Settlement in North Carolina
Author: Bowers, Nicolas
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: Charles Town, North Carolina was an inhabited settlement just to the south of Wilmington, and was occupied from 1664-1667 and has only seen one major excavation, conducted by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the 1980’s-90’s. In th...

Title: THE COLORS OF PRESTIGE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FORMS, DECORATIONS, AND USES OF INCA STONE VESSELS
Author: Banikazemi, Cyrus
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: The ethnohistoric and archaeological record provides ample evidence of the ideological significance of metals and pigments in the pre-Columbian Andean world. This study explores the use of these materials in the complex decorative techniques utili...

Title: The Origin and History of the Cenacle on Mount Zion: An Examination of the Textual, Artistic, and Archaeological Evidence
Author: Clausen, David
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: History, History--Religious aspects, Archaeology
Description: Scholars have, for nearly a century, theorized about the origins of the building known as the Cenacle on southwestern Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Some suggest that it represents the surviving remnants of either or both of the large-scale churches tha...