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Archaeological Anthropology

Syracuse University

Theses/Dissertations

2011

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Aghoreshwar Bhagawan Ram And The Aghor Tradition, Jishnu Shankar Dec 2011

Aghoreshwar Bhagawan Ram And The Aghor Tradition, Jishnu Shankar

Anthropology - Dissertations

Aghoreshwar Mahaprabhu Baba Bhagawan Ram Ji, a well-established saint of the holy city of Varanasi in north India, initiated many changes into the erstwhile Aghor tradition of ascetics in India. This tradition is regarded as an ancient system of spiritual or mystical knowledge by its practitioners and at least some of the practices followed in this tradition can certainly be traced back at least to the time of the Buddha. Over the course of the centuries practitioners of this tradition have interacted with groups of other mystical traditions, exchanging ideas and practices so that both parties in the exchange appear …


Bricks And Brick Making At The Harriet Tubman Home: Archaeology, History And Neutron Activation Analysis, Alan D. Armstrong May 2011

Bricks And Brick Making At The Harriet Tubman Home: Archaeology, History And Neutron Activation Analysis, Alan D. Armstrong

Honors Capstone Projects - All

This archaeological study examines a brick kiln and use of brick at Harriet Tubman’s farmsteads in Auburn and Fleming, New York. The study begins by presenting evidence of a brick kiln on the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged (HTH) property and proceeds to a refined analysis of brick and clay element composition using Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) to define source from structures and features across the property. The study uses findings relating to brick use to examine and the social and economic roles of brick making on Tubman’s properties and in the local community. The brick kiln on the …