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Lithic Utilization Strategies At The Hoover Site, 16ta5, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Josetta A. Leboeuf

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Lithic artifacts are frequently abundant at many prehistoric sites in the Lower Mississippi Valley and adjacent areas of the Northern Gulf Coast despite limited resources. These assemblages are beginning to receive the attention required to make meaningful interpretation which in turn can be used as comparable data sets. An understanding of the behavior associated with the full range of the reduction process was sought during the study of the lithic materials from the Hoover site (16TA5) near Ponchatoula. Louisiana. This was achieved through observations on raw material procurement. reduction sequences. tool use. maintenance and discard. and how these tools relate …

Removal Period Cherokee Households In Southwestern North Carolina: Material Perspectives On Ethnicity And Cultural Differentiation, Brett High Riggs

Doctoral Dissertations

Nineteenth century accounts of Cherokee Indian society consistently refer to the existence of two classes among the Cherokees: the acculturated "mixed blood[s], who speak English and are considered the intelligent and wealthy class" and the culturally conservative fullbloods, whom white observers denigrated as "backward," "indolent," and "ignorant" pagans. This perceived dichotomy reflected the poles of a socioeconomic and cultural continuum that developed as a result of the differential Westernization of Cherokee individuals and households during the post-Revolutionary War era. As these socioeconomic classes diverged, they developed as the primary axis of competition and conflict within Cherokee society. Because these groups …

Quaternary Vertebrate Paleoecology Of The Central Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Implications For The Initial Human Occupation, Michael William Ruddell

Doctoral Dissertations

This study is based upon a Quaternary vertebrate assemblage from the Central Mississippi Alluvial Valley donated to the Memphis Pink Palace Museum, the Connaway Collection. A total of 2288 skeletal elements were analyzed. Of the 2288 analyzed, 1097 were identified minimally to the generic level. Significantly, 610 (NISP) of the elements identified were attributed to animals with a grazing or open grassland adaptation and 431 (NISP) adapted to a woodland or forest edge adaptation. Paleoecological analysis of this fauna along with nearby river valley assemblages, paleovegetation, geomorphology and microvertebrates assemblages of the Midsouth were analyzed in an attempt to understand …

Overall Animal Welfare Assessment Reviewed. Part 1: Is It Possible?, M.B.M. Bracke, B. M. Spruijt, J.H.M. Metz

Assessment of Animal Welfare Collection

Several authors have concluded that scientists should not attempt to perform overall animal welfare assessment (OWA). They argue that scientists have continued to fail to make progress in this area and that value judgements are inherently involved in OWA for which science cannot provide answers. We take a more positive attitude toward OWA and argue that scientists should avoid creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. OWA is necessary for making actual moral and political decisions. Science has already accumulated much relevant information about welfare and this information should be applied in decision making.

The task of OW A is to assess welfare …

Overall Animal Welfare Reviewed. Part 2: Assessment Tables And Schemes, M.B.M. Bracke, J.H.M. Metz, B. M. Spruijt

Assessment of Animal Welfare Collection

In the scientific literature several attempts have been made to systematically assess the overall welfare-status of animals in relation to housing and management. This paper reviews assessment tables and schemes that have been constructed to this end. These tables and schemes have a tabular format that allows an assessment of housing systems using a list of welfare-relevant attributes (properties of the housing system). Rather than identifying deficits, the focus of this review is on finding positive recommendations for the purpose of developing a method for overall welfare assessment (OWA) on a scientific basis. The main recommendation is to use the …

Overall Animal Welfare Reviewed. Part 3: Welfare Assessment Based On Needs And Supported By Expert Opinion, M.B.M. Bracke, B. M. Spruijt, J.H.M. Metz

Assessment of Animal Welfare Collection

Welfare concerns what matters to animals from their point of view. What matters to animals is their state of need. Satisfaction and frustration of needs are associated with emotional states, the subjective experience of which directly determines the welfare status of an animal. Because emotional states are difficult to assess, overall welfare assessment (OWA) is best approached as an assessment of needs.

For actual OW A a list of needs must be formulated. Different authors have formulated different lists. From these lists a concept need-list was constructed. For validation the needs-based approach for OWA was discussed in interviews with experts …

Dishing Out New Ideas, Lisa Hudgins

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

"The Shaman And The Priest: Ghosts, Death And Ritual Specialists In Tharu Society.", Arjun Guneratne

Arjun Guneratne

No abstract provided.

Legacy - December 1999, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Stanley Austin South Awarded Order of the Palmetto.....p. 1
Director’s Notes.....p. 2
Santa Elena Update.....p. 3
Ceramic Workshop.....p. 6
International Rock Art Conference.....p. 7
Pumpkin Site Update.....p. 7
Petroglyph Survey Update.....p. 7
Allendale 1999 Field Season.....p. 8
ART Activities in 1999.....p. 14
SCIAA Researchers Funded.....p. 18
ART Donors.....p. 20
Housatonic Investigation.....p. 22
Prehistoric Dugout Canoe.....p. 26
Historic Ship Supply.....p. 26
State House Project.....p. 26
H.L. Hunley Update.....p. 27
Le Prince Update.....p. 27
Pimlico Shipwreck....p. 28
Student Intern.....p. 28
Confederate Burials Exhumed at The Citadel.....p. 29
SC National Guard Projects.....p. 30
American Battlefield Site Protection Grant.....p. 30
Research at Big …

Savannah River Mississippian Research Project, Adam King, Keith Stephenson

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

H.L. Hunley Update, Christopher F. Amer

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Sciaa Teams With Naval Historical Center To Investigate H.L .Hunley's Foe, The Uss Housatonic, Christopher F. Amer, Robert Neyland

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Excavation Update At The Pumpkin Site (38gr226), Tommy Charles

Faculty & Staff Publications

Accompanying this article is a sidebar, also by Tommy Charles, 'Charles attends International Petroglyph Conference'.

Flotsam And Jetsam - December 1999, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

Sport Diver Newsletters

Contents:

Housatonic Investigation..... p.22
Prehistoric Dugout Canoe..... p.26
Historic Ship Supply..... p.26
State House Project..... p.26
H.L. Hunley Update..... p.27
Le Prince Update..... p.27
Pimlico Shipwreck..... p.28
Student Intern..... p.28

Results Of The 1999 Allendale Paleoindian Expedition, Albert C. Goodyear

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Humanitarian Exhumation At The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium, Jonathan Leader, Randy Burbage

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Big Bay, Sumter County, South Carolina, Mark J. Brooks, Barbara E. Taylor

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Ethics In Forensic Anthropology: The Evaluation Of The Forensic Anthropologist As An Expert Witness, Brent D. Benzing

Masters Theses

Within the last two decades technological advancement has enabled the forensic sciences to become much more highly complex and has provided the legal system with a specialized means of interpreting scientific evidence. In this regard, the forensic anthropologist has seen an increasing amount of time spent as an expert witness in judicial proceedings. However, expert courtroom testimony requires that a scientific witness be knowledgeable, accredited, and ethical in his representation of the discipline. This thesis studies the state of ethics among Diplomates in the American Board of Forensic Anthropology.

A survey was designed and sent to Diplomates of the A.B.F.A. …

Dermatoglyphic Analysis Of Male Criminals, Jeremy Matyas

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between genetics and criminal behavior. Using specific dermatoglyphic features of 100 Caucasian male criminals, comparisons were made to a comparable control group of noncriminals. Dermatoglyphics are known to be, in part, genetically determined. Differences between the non-criminal and criminal samples would support the belief that certain criminal behaviors are genetically determined.

Statistical tests were performed on the dermatoglyphic pattern types and ridge counts of the criminal and non-criminal samples. There were three tests of the total ridge counts (TRC) that were found to be statistically significant. The principal difference was …

Naqshbandiyya In Damascus: Strategies To Establish And Strengthen The Order In A Changing Society, Leif Stenberg

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

An Archaeological And Historical Investigation Of The Blount Mansion Slave Quarters, Brooke Hamby

Masters Theses

Introduction: Archaeologists have been studying African-American material culture during slavery and subsequent freedom since the 1960's (McCarthy 1995). While most historians believed that no trace of African culture remained through slavery and consequent oppression, archaeologists (McCarthy 1995) and anthropologists (Herskovits 1941) sought to prove that African-Americans persisted with their culture as a rebellion or reaction to their forced migration to the Americas (Ferguson 1992). In studying African-Americans in archaeological context, historical archaeologists have not had to change thier methodology but had to modify their interpretive approach. Because a culture historical framework tells us only what types of artifacts African-Americans possessed, …

Petroglyph Survey Update, Tommy Charles

Faculty & Staff Publications

Accompanying this article is a sidebar, also by Tommy Charles, 'Charles Attends International Petroglyph Conference'.

Protecting The Cultural And Natural Heritage: Finding Common Ground, Lakshman Guruswamy, Jason C. Roberts, Catina Drywater

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 60, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor’s Notes (Shirley Blancke)
• For Want of a Nail: An Analysis of the Function of Some Horseshoe or "U"-shaped Stone Structures (Edwin C. Ballard)
• Some Thoughts on the Nature of Archaeological Sites, and the Trend Towards a Holistic Approach as We Enter a New Millennium (Alan Leveillee)
• The Indians of the Merrimack Valley: An Introduction (David Stewart-Smith)
• Wheeler's Surprise, New Braintree, Massachusetts excerpt from King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict (Eric B. Schultz and Michael Tougias)
• An Unusual Patinated Flint Blade from North Plymouth, Massachusetts (Bernard A. Otto)

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 32, Number 1 (Fall 1999), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

No abstract provided.

Maine Folklife, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center

Maine Folklife Center Newsletter

As the incoming director of the Folklife Center, I [James Moreira] have been asked to write a short piece to introduce myself to the members and supporters. It seems, after all, the traditional thing to do in such circumstances.

Originally from Nova Scotia, I have spent much of the past twenty years living in Newfoundland, most recently on the stunningly beautiful west coast where I was teaching at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. I earned a masters and Ph.D. at the Department of Folklore at Memorial University in St. John's.

Traditions From The Earth - 1999, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

Archaeology Month Posters

This poster was released in conjunction with South Carolina Archaeology Month, September 2-October 2, 1999.

Pvc-Cat-002-H-013-001ab-Scnl, Edward Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvc-Cat-002-H-008-001-Scnl, Edward Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvc-Cat-002-E-004-001-Mte, Edward Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.