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The Interrelationship Of Economics, Class And Leadership On The Northwest Coast, Morton J. Sloane

Anthropology ETDs

The descriptive material on nine tribal groups will be analyzed in Part II with reference to subsistence pursuits and the social and ritual aspects of these activities. Particular attention will be paid to prestige factors arising in the social and ritual life associated with the subsistence quest. The treatment of social aspects will include: t he kind of organization a particular subsistence activity involved, whether it was performed by one or more persons; the existence of professional groups; and the patterns of ownership and control of usufruct rights to natural resources.

An Approach To The Study Of Cultural Integration, Ronald J. Kurtz

Anthropology ETDs

The problem of this thesis is to define certain characteristics of cultural integration (1) to survey some of the anthropological sources which discuss the problem of cultural integration; (2) to provide a framework of theory and method for analyzing cultural systems; and (3) to test this framework by applying it to a sample of empirical cultural data.

A Revision Of The Distribution Of Armor In Native North America, Norman D. Thomas

Anthropology ETDs

In this paper only the most obvious and more easily distinguished categories of North American armor are described, all of which have been recognized by previous authors. These armor categories are plate armor, slat armor, rod armor, hide armor of both tunic and short jacket types, and curtain shields...

The format of the text to come will consist first of a brief presentation of the present status of the problem by critically reviewing the work of previous investigators on this subject. Following this will appear a statement concerning the sources of data for this particular study, method of procedure, and …

Cuyamungué Pueblo, Roscoe Wilmeth

Anthropology ETDs

This thesis represents an attempt to report the results of an archaeological excavation from the standpoint of the general anthropologist, to give as complete a picture as possible of the life and culture of the people who occupied an early historic Upper Rio Grande pueblo.

The Significance Of Fluted Points In North American Archaeology, William B. Roosa

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Since publication of the first report on the Folsom site in 1927 much has been written on the subject of Folsom and other fluted points. There is, however, no current synthetic of information on fluted points. This paper is an attempt to synthesize the existing data on this subject. An effort will be made to show the significance of fluted points and their place in North American archaeology. Previous efforts dealing with this subject will be discussed with emphasis on terminology used, typologies established, and distribution studies made. Criteria for establishing types of fluted points with be discussed. Published and …