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Chancay Style Textiles In The Canadian Museum Of History, Beheshteh M. Asil
Chancay Style Textiles In The Canadian Museum Of History, Beheshteh M. Asil
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This thesis is a study of a collection of 202 ancient Andean objects in the Canadian Museum of History (CMH). These artifacts are from the Central Coast of Peru and are associated with the Chancay culture of the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000-1476). The aim of this research project is to help document the general technical and stylistic characteristics of Chancay weaving and potentially help narrow down the origin of some of the fabrics under study. The main objectives of this thesis are 1) to document the technical and aesthetic characteristics of the CMH fabrics and 2) to compare this …
To Walk About As They Pleaseth: An Exploratory Study Of Limb Treatment And Positioning In Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Hallie Tennant
To Walk About As They Pleaseth: An Exploratory Study Of Limb Treatment And Positioning In Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Hallie Tennant
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This study examines evidence of limb manipulation and positioning in a sample of eighty one (n=81) Egyptian human mummies archived in the IMPACT radiological database housed at The University of Western Ontario. The purpose of this research is to expand upon the existing research on the positioning of the arms and hands in Egyptian mummies (cf. Gray, 1972) to include the lower body in order to shed light on how the embalming process altered the legs and feet. The results of this study demonstrate that some aspects of lower body positioning vary across time periods in conjunction with other stylistic …
Ritual Violence And Times Of Transition: A Bioarchaeological Analysis Of Burials From Huaca Santa Clara And Huaca Gallinazo In The Virú Valley, Peru, Rebecca A. Dillon
Ritual Violence And Times Of Transition: A Bioarchaeological Analysis Of Burials From Huaca Santa Clara And Huaca Gallinazo In The Virú Valley, Peru, Rebecca A. Dillon
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This thesis is a bioarchaeological analysis of ritual violence in the Virú Valley, Peru in two periods: the Virú Period and the Tomaval Period, with a focus on examining the effects of socio-political times of transition on patterns of ritual violence. In the pre-Columbian Andes, there were several periods of socio-political transition that greatly affected the populations living on the north coast of Peru. One such period was the Middle Horizon (A.D. 800 – 1100), with the increasing influence of Huari and Tiwanaku, and with the later rise of Chimor (A.D. 1100 – 1550) and Sicán (A.D. 800 – 1350) …