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Subsistence In The Shrinking Forest: Native And Euro-American Practice In 19th-Century Connecticut, William A. Farley Dec 2012

Subsistence In The Shrinking Forest: Native And Euro-American Practice In 19th-Century Connecticut, William A. Farley

Graduate Masters Theses

Southeastern Connecticut in the 19th century represented a setting in which Native Americans living on reservations were residing in close proximity to Euro-American communities. The Mashantucket Pequot, an indigenous group who in the 19th century resided on a state-overseen reservation, and their Euro-American neighbors both utilized local and regional resources in order to achieve their subsistence goals. This thesis seeks to explore the differences and similarities of the subsistence practices employed by these two groups. It further seeks to examine the centrality of forest landscapes to both Mashantucket and Euro-American subsistence, and to interpret the importance of the reservation to …


Migration Narratives And Material Traces Of A Japanese Canadian Heritage Community, Douglas Ross Nov 2012

Migration Narratives And Material Traces Of A Japanese Canadian Heritage Community, Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Ceramic Makers' Marks, Douglas Ross Jan 2012

Book Review: Ceramic Makers' Marks, Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross

No abstract provided.


Late Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Domestic Wares From British Columbia, Douglas Ross Jan 2012

Late Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Domestic Wares From British Columbia, Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross

No abstract provided.


Transnational Artifacts: Grappling With Fluid Material Origins And Identities In Archaeological Interpretations Of Culture Change, Douglas Ross Dec 2011

Transnational Artifacts: Grappling With Fluid Material Origins And Identities In Archaeological Interpretations Of Culture Change, Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross

There has been a gradual shift in historical archaeology towards interpretive approaches to material culture, including recognition of the potential for multiple functions and meanings in local contexts. It is argued here that artifacts can also maintain multiple, fluid origins and identities that affect our understanding of the nature of cultural persistence and change among migrant, indigenous and other ethnic groups. However, predefined classification schemes are often rigid and do not allow for this kind of fluidity, including the potential for artifacts from one culture to be indigenized into another. Data drawn from recent research on Japanese migrants in British …