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What Was Under The Mcmartin Preschool? A Review And Behavioral Analysis Of The "Tunnels" Find, W. Joseph Wyatt
What Was Under The Mcmartin Preschool? A Review And Behavioral Analysis Of The "Tunnels" Find, W. Joseph Wyatt
W. Joseph Wyatt
The McMartin Preschool child abuse case began in 1983 in Manhattan Beach, California, and was one of the most visible cases in history. Although two trials were conducted and no convictions were obtained, some individuals continue to believe that dozens of children were sexually abused at the preschool. In 1990 an archeologist was hired to determine whether tunnels had existed under the school because some of the children had alleged that some of their abuse took place in tunnels under the building. The archeologist’s report was issued in 1993. It concluded that evidence of back-filled tunnels had been found. This …
Expanding Social Networks Through Ritual Deposition: A Case Study From The Lower Mississippi Valley, Megan C. Kassabaum, Erin S. Nelson
Expanding Social Networks Through Ritual Deposition: A Case Study From The Lower Mississippi Valley, Megan C. Kassabaum, Erin S. Nelson
Megan C Kassabaum
No abstract provided.
Review Essay: Cultural Heritage Management: Power, Values And Identity, Ana Pereira Roders
Review Essay: Cultural Heritage Management: Power, Values And Identity, Ana Pereira Roders
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
A Life With Stone: Gary Rollefson And The Archaeology Of Jordan, Morag Kersel
A Life With Stone: Gary Rollefson And The Archaeology Of Jordan, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
The Lure Of The Artefact? The Effects Of Acquiring Eastern Mediterranean Material Culture, Morag Kersel
The Lure Of The Artefact? The Effects Of Acquiring Eastern Mediterranean Material Culture, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
New Perspectives On The Chalcolithic Period In The Galilee: Investigations At The Site Of Marj Rabba, Yorke M. Rowan, Morag M. Kersel
New Perspectives On The Chalcolithic Period In The Galilee: Investigations At The Site Of Marj Rabba, Yorke M. Rowan, Morag M. Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Between Surface And Summit: The Process Of Mound Construction At Feltus, Megan C. Kassabaum, Edward R. Henry, Vincas P. Steponaitis, John W. O'Hear
Between Surface And Summit: The Process Of Mound Construction At Feltus, Megan C. Kassabaum, Edward R. Henry, Vincas P. Steponaitis, John W. O'Hear
Megan C Kassabaum
Geophysical methods that explore depths more than 1m below the surface were employed at Feltus (22Je500), a Coles Creek period (AD 700–1200) mound-and-plaza group in southwestern Mississippi, USA. It is difficult to assess the internal structure of large platform mounds such as those at Feltus using excavation and traditional geophysical techniques alone. As a result, such investigations often focus only on activities that took place during and after the final stage(s) of construction. Our 2012 research at Feltus utilized electrical resistivity tomography and downhole magnetic susceptibility to examine the internal structure of two platform mounds at depths beyond those commonly …
Introduction, Morag M. Kersel, Matthew T. Ruzt
Wikileaks, Texts, And Archaeology: The Case Of The Schøyen Incantation Bowls, Neil J. Brodie, Morag M. Kersel
Wikileaks, Texts, And Archaeology: The Case Of The Schøyen Incantation Bowls, Neil J. Brodie, Morag M. Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Of Earth, Fire, And Faith: Architectural Practice In The Fernandino Missions Of Alta California, 1769-1821, Rubén G. Mendoza, Jennifer Lucido
Of Earth, Fire, And Faith: Architectural Practice In The Fernandino Missions Of Alta California, 1769-1821, Rubén G. Mendoza, Jennifer Lucido
Jennifer Lucido
No abstract provided.
Confinement And Detention In Political And Social Archaeology, Adrian T. Myers, Gabriel Moshenska
Confinement And Detention In Political And Social Archaeology, Adrian T. Myers, Gabriel Moshenska
Adrian Myers
No abstract provided.
Prisoners Of War And Dreams Of Freedom: Dugout Canoes At A Second World War Work Camp In Manitoba, Canada, Adrian Myers, Timothy Dodson
Prisoners Of War And Dreams Of Freedom: Dugout Canoes At A Second World War Work Camp In Manitoba, Canada, Adrian Myers, Timothy Dodson
Adrian Myers
During the Second World War, nearly 34,000 German Prisoners of War (PoWs) were transferred from British to Canadian control, and Canada thus hastily set up several large PoW camps and smaller satellite camps. PoWs filled leisure time with hobbies and crafts such as theatre, painting, model ship building, and woodworking. At Riding Mountain Work Camp, a forestry work camp in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, PoWs were even allowed to build and use dugout log canoes on a nearby stream and lake. Archaeological fieldwork at the site revealed that at least four of these canoes are still extant in the …
Editorial Introduction: Dark Tourism: Reconciliation Or Rubbernecking?, Morag M. Kersel
Editorial Introduction: Dark Tourism: Reconciliation Or Rubbernecking?, Morag M. Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Prehistoric Plant Use At Beaver Creek Rock Shelter, Southwestern Montana, U.S.A., Darla Dexter, Kathleen Martin, Lauri Travis
Prehistoric Plant Use At Beaver Creek Rock Shelter, Southwestern Montana, U.S.A., Darla Dexter, Kathleen Martin, Lauri Travis
Lauri Travis
Summed Radiocarbon Calibrations As A Population Proxy: A Critical Evaluation Using A Realistic Simulation Approach, Daniel A. Contreras, John Meadows
Summed Radiocarbon Calibrations As A Population Proxy: A Critical Evaluation Using A Realistic Simulation Approach, Daniel A. Contreras, John Meadows
Daniel A. Contreras
The logic of using summed radiocarbon (14C) calibrations (cumulative probability density functions for large numbers of calibrated 14C dates) as proxies for past populations rests on the presumption of a proportional relationship between population size and the production, and subsequent preservation, recovery, and analysis, of 14C-datable material. Critiques of this approach have generally focused on the various problems that may undermine the validity of this assumption. Here, instead, we presume a perfect correspondence between population size and the quantity of datable material produced at any given time, and explore the question of how well summed 14C calibrations can track demographic …
(Re)Constructing The Sacred: Landscape Geoarchaeology At Chavín De Huántar, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras
(Re)Constructing The Sacred: Landscape Geoarchaeology At Chavín De Huántar, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras
Daniel A. Contreras
Chavín de Huántar is a first millennium B.C.E. Central Andean ceremonial center set in a steep mountainous landscape that is at once dynamic and, traditional Andean belief systems would suggest, sacred and animate. Landscape geoarchaeology at the site serves to examine both of these factors, characterizing the site’s dynamic environment while also examining the ways in which Chavín’s inhabitants interacted with their fraught surroundings. Using mapping of geomorphic hazards, the character and chronology of the site’s construction and expansion, and ethnohistoric information on the relationships of indigenous Andean peoples to their environments, I discuss ways of examining this interaction. Landscape …
(Before And) After The Flood: A Multiproxy Approach To Past Floodplain Usage In The Middle Wadi El-Hasa, Jordan, Daniel A. Contreras, Vincent Robin, Regina Gonda, Rachel Hodara, Marta Dal Corso, Cheryl Makarewicz
(Before And) After The Flood: A Multiproxy Approach To Past Floodplain Usage In The Middle Wadi El-Hasa, Jordan, Daniel A. Contreras, Vincent Robin, Regina Gonda, Rachel Hodara, Marta Dal Corso, Cheryl Makarewicz
Daniel A. Contreras
Floodplains are an important feature of arid landscapes, enabling intensive agricultural activity by providing a locale with a consistent and largely predictable water source that is accessible without costly infrastructural modifications. Floodplain agriculture, although likely an important part of ancient agri- cultural systems in the Near East, is notoriously difficult to detect, as the dynamic environments in which floodplains are situated means that these geomorphic features are rarely preserved. However, recent survey in the Wadi el-Hasa, Jordan has revealed a preserved fragment of floodplain surface indicating past floodplain usage during the 7the8th century cal AD. A multi-proxy analysis that incorporates …
Of Earth, Fire, And Faith: Architectural Practice In The Fernandino Missions Of Alta California, 1769-1821, Rubén G. Mendoza, Jennifer A. Lucido
Of Earth, Fire, And Faith: Architectural Practice In The Fernandino Missions Of Alta California, 1769-1821, Rubén G. Mendoza, Jennifer A. Lucido
Rubén Mendoza
No abstract provided.
Animal Management Strategies During The Chalcolithic In The Lower Galilee: New Data From Marj Rabba, Max Price, Mike Buckley, Morag M. Kersel, Yorke M. Rowan
Animal Management Strategies During The Chalcolithic In The Lower Galilee: New Data From Marj Rabba, Max Price, Mike Buckley, Morag M. Kersel, Yorke M. Rowan
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.