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A Cross-Cultural Exploration: Global Methods Of Contraception And Family Planning, Cora Pereira

Honors Program Theses and Projects

In today's world, women are attempting to take control of their reproductive choices. Some have been met with roadblocks that may prohibit or limit access to women's healthcare centers and family planning services. This research explores women’s reproductive health and contraception usage and the impact of cultural influences globally. Cultural adversities may overshadow the benefits of having access to healthcare facilities along with contributing to the circulation of inaccurate information. This may prevent or deter women from accessing healthcare facilities and methods of family planning. Understanding variation in the United States and in other cultures will contribute to the global …

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society Vol. 83, No. 1 – 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor’s Notes (Ryan Wheeler)
• Forgotten Foundations: Remote Sensing and Excavations of the Mansion House at Phillips Academy (Ryan H. Collins)
• 500-Year-Old Late Woodland Lithic Workshop in an Estuarine Environment at the Cut River In Marshfield, Massachusetts (Alan E. Strauss)
• Nashaquitsa Site, Martha’s Vineyard (Andrew J. Stanzeski and John Stanzeski)
• The Zooarchaeological Remains of the Nashaquitsa Site, Martha’s Vineyard (Sara M. Magee, David C. Parris, Dana J. Ehret, and Gregory D. Lattanzi)
• Predictive Models for Locating Inland and Coastal Villages in Northern Essex and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts (Mary Ellen Lepionka and Timothy Gondola)
• Contributors.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society Vol. 82, No. 1 – 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor’s Notes (Ryan Wheeler)
• Stone Bowls to Ceramic Vessels: Evidence of the Terminal Archaic Period in Rhode Island (Alan E. Strauss)
• The Effects of Fire on Select Lithic Materials from the Northeast (Daniel M. Zoto)

An Aesthetic Of Authenticity: The Use Of Turquoise In American (Counter)Culture, Madison Staples

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Turquoise is a distinctive part of the material culture of the Indigenous tribes of the American Southwest, including the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and Pueblo peoples. The stone, particularly its color, is situated within complex systems of culture and meaning for each tribe, but the physical nature of material culture makes such pieces accessible for outsiders to borrow, buy, or steal. The aesthetic of the southwestern Indigenous tribe, traced in this paper through the use of turquoise, has been drawn upon by non-Native Westerners pursuing authenticity in their American lives. My findings suggest that true authenticity is marked by authentic engagement, …

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 81, No. 1-2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor’s Notes (Ryan Wheeler)
• Rememberance: Frederica Rockefeller Dimmick (1934 - 2019)
• (Tonya Baroody Largy, Ian W. Brown, John Rempelakis, William A. Griswold, William P. Burke, and Philip Graham)
• New Directions on Old Roads: A History of Transportation Archaeology in Massachusetts (John Rempelakis)
• Discovery of a Small, Isolated, High-Density Lithic Workshop in Interior Massachusetts (Alan E. Strauss)
• Post-Contact Upland Sites near Lake Chaubunagungamaug (Martin G. Dudek)
• Native Agricultural Villages in Essex County: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Evidence (Mary Ellen Lepionka)
• Contributors

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 80, No. 1-2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor’s Notes (Ryan Wheeler)
• How Bill Ritchie Got to Martha’s Vineyard and the Crew Members Who Joined Him (James B. Richardson III.)
• An Updated History of the Hornblower II Site, Martha’s Vineyard (Jessica E. Watson)
• Transitional Archaic and Woodland Occupation at the Frisby-Butler Site, Martha’s Vineyard (Jessica E. Watson)
• McDermott Site, Martha’s Vineyard (Andrew Stanzeski)
• Contributors

Orangutan Infant Behavior: A Critical Component For Primate Conservation, Mia Sarkisian

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Orangutans, Pongo sp., are one of the four genera of the great apes (Pongo, Gorilla, Pan, and Homo). Orangutans are often differentiated from the other apes for their bright red fur. However, there are many factors which separate them from the other Great Apes. They are the only Asian great ape, residing in Indonesia and Malaysia, on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutans are semi-solitary, arboreal brachiators, meaning that they live primarily alone and travel via swinging through trees (Thorpe and Crompton 2006). This allows them to cover a vast area in search for food. Adult …

Adapting To College Life: An Ethnographic Study Of The Linguistic Challenges Faced By Domestic Black Immigrant Students At Bridgewater State University, Johnson (Carter) Remy

Honors Program Theses and Projects

This linguistic qualitative ethnographic study sought to understand whether domestic and international, Black, English second language learning (ESL), immigrant students, who have completed their first year of college at BSU, perceive themselves as linguistically prepared for college life. Linguistic preparedness is critical for successful participation in the classroom and completion of required work. The research seeks to identify and analyze the programs BSU has established to assist this population in their adaptation to college life and in acquiring linguistic proficiency. The study employs a multi-tiered methodology beginning with semi-structured interviews with diversity administrators, ESL and Global Language faculty, informal interviews …

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 79, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor’s Note
• Parker’s Revenge Revisited (Barbara Donohue)
• A Tribute to Michael Roberts (Marty Dudek)
• Archaeological Investigations at Locus 9 of Site 19-PL-426: Liminal Occupations among the Inland (Marsh, and Sea. David E. Leslie and Sarah P. Sportman)
• Ancient Pottery from Cape Ann, Essex, and Ipswich, Massachusetts (Mary Ellen Lepionka)
• Stone Rods from the Middleborough Little League Site (Curtiss Hoffman and Joseph Mitchell)
• Contributors

Human Female Longevity, Evolution Of Menopause, And The Importance Of Grandmothers, Sofiya Shreyer

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 79, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Analysis of Two Musket Balls Reported as Being from the March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre (Dan Sivilich and Joel Bohy)
• A Radiocarbon Enigma (Curtiss Hoffman)
• Maritime Archaics in Essex Bay: The Saville and Ellis Collections (Mary Ellen Lepionka)
• Michael E. Roberts: The Rocket Scientist of Preservation Efforts in Massachusetts (Barbara Donohue)
• A Study of Artifacts from the Collection of Leonard Russell, Danversport, Massachusetts (David McKenna)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 78, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• The Tobey Site Revisited (Edwin C. Ballard)
• Analysis of Flotation Samples from Features 1 and 10, Tobey Site, Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Tonya B. Largy)
• Speck in Riverview (Mary Ellen Lepionka)
• A Preliminary Analysis of Polished Pebbles at the Middleboro Little League Site (Rachel Mulroy)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 78, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• A Wampum Basket from New England: Discovery of an Account Providing Verification of an Oral Tradition (Marshall C. Becker)
• Algonquian Shellfish Industries on Cape Ann (Mary Ellen Lepionka)
• Data Recovery at the Morse Pond Site, Easton, Massachusetts (Jennifer C. Ort)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 77, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• A Quantitative Assessment of Stone Relics in a Western Massachusetts Town (Rolf Cachat-Schilling)
• The Braintree Cache (Scott F. Kostiw)
• Two Previously Unreported Biface Caches from Southeastern Massachusetts (William E. Moody)
• Caches or Offerings? Ceremonial Objects from the First Terrace of the Middleborough Little League Site (19-PL-520) (Curtiss Hoffman)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 77, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• The Human Hand in Northeastern Rock Art: Communicating with the Spirits (Edward J. Lenik)
• A Brief Overview of the Bogastowe Fort Dig Project in Millis, Massachusetts, from 2009 to 2012 (Paul C. LaCroix)
• An Unusual Bone-handled Knife from Martha’s Vineyard (William E. Moody)
• Not Having the Feare of God Before His Eyes: The Story of Sagamore George (James D. Porter)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 76, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• The Boats Site Collection Returns to the East (Grace Bello)
• A Glacial Erratic “Quarry Boulder” on Martha’s Vineyard (William E. Moody)
• Changes in the Social, Symbolic and Economic Uses of Wampum in Southern New England as a Result of European Contact (Emily Rux)
• The Westford Pseudo-Knight (Jeffrey Max Henry)

A Walk Through Time At The Boats Archaeological Site In Dighton, Massachusetts, Grace Bello

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 76, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• Testing the Stockpiling and Field Stone Clearing Pile Theories (Mary E. Gage)
• Evidence of a Native American Solar Observatory on Sunset Hill in Gloucester, Massachusetts (Mary Ellen Lepionka and Mark Carlotto)
• The Restorative Hand and Mind of William S. Fowler (William E. Moody)

Putting A Price On Zen: The Business Of Redefining Religion For Global Consumption, Joshua A. Irizarry

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Over the past several decades, Zen has become a mark of global cosmopolitanism. Largely divorced from its religious context, the word “zen” appears in many languages with a remarkable diversity of accepted meanings and usages. In this paper, I outline the historical and cultural factors which have contributed to the dramatic semiotic transformation of Zen in the popular imagination and international media over the past century. I demonstrate that ideas about Zen have evolved through strategic cultural and linguistic associations, and show how the resulting polysemy has led to Zen becoming an ideal marketing byword—one that is freely …

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 75, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

75th Anniversary Issue:

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• The Davis Farm Site, Sudbury, Massachusetts: A Final Report for the Middlesex Group, 1940-1941 (Shirley Blancke)
• The Faunal Assemblage from the Davis Farm Site (19-MD-160; M-23-26) (Tonya Largy)

Colonization Through The Eyes Of Dolls: An Iconography Of The Doyle Doll Collection, Erika Umali

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

The Past Is Present: Exploring Methods Of Cooperation Between Archaeologists, Native Americans, And Museums In Southern New England, Mckayla Hoffman

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Homo sapiens sapiens is arguably one of the most fascinating and complex species that has ever existed on Earth. On the surface, we appear to be highly diversified, and we interpret the world around us in a variety of ways. These interpretations shape the way that we live our lives on this planet, and inform our wide array of kinship patterns, marriage ceremonies, languages, religious beliefs, and more. However, for all of these differences, we are the same at our core: we contain relatively the same DNA, and might generally share similar goals and aspirations for ourselves and those we …

The Construction Of Ethnoreligious Identity Groups In Syria: Loyalties And Tensions In The Syrian Civil War, Eliott Rousseau

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The ongoing civil war in Syria is characterized by its inherent complexity, often leaving non-Syrian onlookers and geopolitical stakeholders confused and fatigued. In a war with such a high human toll—refugees hemorrhaging from Syria’s borders, the death toll ever-climbing, and a generation of children growing up with the fighting—there is no room for mystification. This research project contextualizes the Syrian Civil War using anthropological concepts of religion and ethnicity. The ways in which religion and ethnicity help construct identity and group loyalty among Syria’s diverse population are examined. In particular, the role of membership in specific identity groups in creating …

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 75, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• In Memoriam: Eugene Winter (Barbara Brown)
• A Copper Axe from Kingston (William B. Taylor)
• A Rare Engraved Obtuse Angle Pipe from Southeastern New England (William Moody)
• A Richardson Cache from Dighton? (Curtiss Hoffman)
• It’s About Time and the Paradigm (Edwin C. Ballard)
• Corrigenda to the Lepionka Article

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 74, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• Perry’s Shell Heap, North Truro, Massachusetts: New Insights from Old Archaeological Sites (Lucianne Lavin)
• Unpublished Papers on Cape Ann Prehistory (Mary Ellen Lepionka)
• Titicut Mullers (William B. Taylor)
• The Copper Projectile Points of North Plymouth (Bernard Otto)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 74, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• Acorn to Icon: The History of the Pow-Wow Oak in Lowell, Massachusetts (Eugene C. Winter)
• An Early Colonial Native American Trade Point on Boston Common (Joseph Bagley)
• A New Type of Scraper (William B. Taylor)
• The Deeds for Titicut (Ketiticut) Plantation (William B. Taylor)
• New England Native American Spirit Structures (Mary E. Gage)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 73, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor's Note (Curtiss Hoffman)
• In Memoriam: Jeffrey Boudreau (William Moody)
• In Memoriam: Jean-Jacques Rivard (Kathryn Fairbanks)
• Discerning Placemaking: Archaeology and Native Histories of the Den Rock Area, Lawrence and Andover, MA (Edward L. Bell)
• Shipbuilding on the Upper Taunton River (William B. Taylor)
• A Context for Studying Rock Piles in Massachusetts (Peter Waksman)
• An Eastern Agate Basin Component on Martha’s Vineyard (William Moody)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 73, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• The Past Is with Us on Third Cliff Beach (Cynthia Krusell)

• Examination of Bone Harpoon from Third Cliff, Scituate, Massachusetts (Tonya Largy)
• A Deep Sea Plummet from Carver, MA (William B. Taylor)
• Looking at Archaeology in New England from Three Feet above the Water (Jonathan K. Patton)
• A Preliminary Report on Surface Collections and Initial Recovery Efforts on an Archaic Site on the Town Forest Branch Brook, Western Danvers, Massachusetts (David P. McKenna)
• Whaletail Pendants (William B. Taylor)
• A Place of Respect for the Robbins Museum (Victoria Rourke-Rooney)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 72, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Some Recollections of Mr. Lux. (Michael Shakir Nassaney)
• Janice Mabel Weeks - an Obituary (David “Bud” Driver)
• Titicut Greene Points (William B. Taylor)
• Titicut during the Contact Period (William B. Taylor)
• A Report on the H.C. Wheeler Collection of Native American Artifacts, Concord Museum, Concord, MA, with Reference to the R.S. Peabody Museum’s Collection, Andover, MA (Shirley Blancke)
• A Recycled Small Cumberland-Barnes Palaeoindian Biface Projectile Point from Southeastern Connecticut (Mark A. S. McMenamin)
• A Grooved Gouge from the Middleborough Little League Site (Curtiss Hoffman)

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 72, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Use-wear Analysis on Artifacts Recovered from the Third Terrace of the Middleborough Little League Site (Susan Jacobucci)
• A Lithic Analysis of Arkose at the Middleborough Little League Site (Katelyn Cummings)
• Fire-Cracked Rock Analysis at the Middleborough Little League Site (Matthew Arthur Caerulius)
• Hobby to History: A Preliminary Analysis of the William Whiting Collection (Jeffrey Moore Jr.)