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White-Tailed Deer Crown Height Measurements And Mortality Profiles From The Hayes Site, Middle Tennessee, Renee Beauchamp

Masters Theses

Previous research at the Hays Site (40ML139) prompted an investigation of white-tailed deer remains from the site. An evaluation of aging techniques revealed that the dental crown height measurement technique is the best method for aging white-tailed deer. A regression formula was developed with a known-age sample of Mississippi white-tailed deer. An investigation of mortality profile interpretations defines attritional, living structure, and prime-dominated mortality profiles. The mortality profile interpretations are used to define seasonality and hunting intensity for the white-tailed deer from the Hayes site. A modified iterated age length key is used to derive mortality profiles. Results for hunting …

Quantitative Genetic Analysis Of Third Metacarpal Morphometry In Baboons (Papio Hamadryas), Katherine Christine Park

Masters Theses

Osteoporosis is a very disabling disease in humans, and not until recently with the advent of modern technology has it been researched in a manner beneficial to medical applications. Initially, the use of animals in osteoporosis research served primarily as an avenue for testing and research. Recently the use of nonhuman primates has expanded the research potential for such studies on related individuals more similar to humans. Baboon colonies provide researchers with accessible nonhuman primate populations in which pedigrees can be determined and biomedical studies can be performed. This study is based on 186 hand-wrist radiographs of two baboon subspecies, …

The Effects Of Changing Subsistence Strategies On The Degree Of Sexual Dimorphism Of Skeletons From The Southeastern United States, William Edward Grant

Masters Theses

This study examines the effects of changing subsistence strategies on the degree of sexual dimorphism for prehistoric skeletal populations from the Southeastern United States. Changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering in the Archaic Period to intensive agriculture in the Mississippian Period caused increased levels of stress that affected growth and development, as well as incidence of disease. Eight long bone measurements were taken from 17 skeletal series (6 Middle/Late Archaic, 8 Early/Middle Woodland, and 3 Late Mississippian) from Tennessee and Alabama. These measurements were subjected to a series of univariate and multivariate statistical tests to determine whether or not …

Women's Roles In Church And Community In An Urban Appalachian Neighborhood, Pamela Crant Owens

Masters Theses

In her 1922 Master's thesis, Sue Remaley uncovered a neighborhood type in Knoxville, Tennessee that contrasts with prevailing perceptions of urban poverty. The urban poor are often described as having high numbers of female headed families, high crime and unemployment rates, and are often portrayed as black or Hispanic. Remaley discovered that many poor neighborhoods in Knoxville are composed of two-parent families, have high employment rates, live in homes they own, and are predominantly white.

This thesis focuses on one such neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee that exhibits a strong sense of community and stability. Specifically, this research focuses on the …

Slave Subsistence At The Upper South Mabry Site, East Tennessee: Regional Variability In Plantation Diet Of The Southeastern United States, Amy Lynne Young

Masters Theses

Archaeologists have identified patterns in the archaeological record of plantation sites which they attribute to the status differences of the plantation inhabitants; however, most of these investigations have been restricted to the coastal areas of the deep South. Recent excavations at plantations in Tennessee have provided the opportunity to compare this coastal subsistence pattern with data from two plantations in the Upland South. This thesis compared eight faunal assemblages from four plantations, two coastal and two inland contexts, in order to investigate whether inland plantations exhibit the same patterns which have been identified on coastal plantations. Faunal remains were used …

Comparison Of Posture And Substrate Use In Captive Callithrix Jacchus And Saguinus Fuscicollis, Karen Lousie Deluce

Masters Theses

This research attempts to determine if there are any differences in the amount of time captive Callithrix jacchus, Saguinus fuscicollis use various substrates. Following a literature review, the primary hypothesis posited is there may be a possible correlation between time spent on substrate and feeding patterns. Recorded observations at the Marmoset Research Center-University of Tennessee Medical Center will be analyzed with a nonparametric statistical test in order to test this hypothesis.

While this study shows no significant differences between the species in the time spent on substrates, a secondary observation reflects differences in postures between Callithrix jacchus and Saguinus fuscicollis. …

Determination Of The Pretreatment Of Bone: A Macroscopic And Microscopic Approach To Fracture Patterns, Theresa Jo Woltanski

Masters Theses

Actualistic studies of bone can contribute to an understanding of cultural modification of archaeologically recovered bone. Two such cultural modifications include cooking and subsequent fracturing during food preparation. In an effort to understand the fracture dynamics and patterns of cooked bone, a three part study is undertaken including fresh, boiled, and roasted bone. This study incorporates mechanical stress testing of bone, hand-fracturing with study of macroscopic fracture details, and examination of surface morphology using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Results of this study indicate that macroscopic features such as texture, fracture class, impact point, presence of longitudinal fractures, and fractures …

Sex And Race Determination From The Base Of The Skull, Juliet Allen Cleaves

Masters Theses

The ability to determine sex and race from skeletal remains is a fundamental feature of any skeletal analysis, including population studies and personal identification. Typically, sex and race is estimated from the cranium (Giles and Elliot 1962, 1963) and recently from the base of the cranium (Holland 1986). This study investigates the application of seven craniometric measurements from the base of the skull for the identification of sexual and ethnic groups.

This study employs samples from two skeletal collections, the Hamman-Todd (n=211) and the University of Tennessee donated and forensic collections (n=81). Seven measurements are taken on 292 (101 white …

A Study In Training For Applied Anthropologists Working In Business And Industry, Cherie Ann Black

Masters Theses

This research attempted to shed some light on one of the currently central issues in applied anthropology, that of training for applied anthropology students specializing in business anthropology. The data for this project came from a sample of anthropologists currently practicing in the domain of business and industry. This "panel of experts" was chosen because of their uniquely emic point of view. Much of the information concerning this subject has come from the academic community, there is very little from the practitioners themselves. The data was gathered from the respondents with two questionnaires; An initial survey was sent out to …

An Examination Of The Locus Of Illness Control Scale Using Data Collected In Brazil And Appalachia, Robert Lawrence Patrick Jr.

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction) In recent years it has become increasingly apparent that the prevention and cure of disease can no longer be viewed as the province of the physician alone. The patient plays as much or more of a role in his or her health status as the medical professional, and the behavior of the patient is a vital force in health care. All the efforts of the medical profession can to waste if the patient does not play a recovering role. Yet some individuals are far more willing than others to cooperate in the maintenance of their …

A Bias In Skeletal Sexing, Karen Elizabeth Bone

Masters Theses

Weiss (1973) documented the existence of a bias in skeletal sexing. Through the use of 43 archaeological populations he discerned that there was a bias towards males. The purpose of this research is to determine if the bias in skeletal sexing is still in existence today if not, to determine what factors may be explain the disappearance of biased sex ratios.

This study examines 49 archaeological site reports from North and South America. Four different factors were gathered from each site report because they are believed to affect sex ratios. Those four factors are: (1) when sites were excavated; (2) …