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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...