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Information From Non-Contextual Artifacts: An In-Depth Examination Of The Donated Lamar And Mary Fowler Holcomb Collection, Danielle Carmody Apr 2016

Information From Non-Contextual Artifacts: An In-Depth Examination Of The Donated Lamar And Mary Fowler Holcomb Collection, Danielle Carmody

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Karst Topography And Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Approach To Understanding The Maya Landscape With Applied Gis, John Edward Sabin 6946816 Apr 2016

Karst Topography And Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Approach To Understanding The Maya Landscape With Applied Gis, John Edward Sabin 6946816

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Reconstructing The Dietary Signal Of The Primate Taxon Cercopithecoides Williamsi From The Plio-Pleistocene Caves Of South Africa, William G. Anderson, Frank L. Williams Feb 2016

Reconstructing The Dietary Signal Of The Primate Taxon Cercopithecoides Williamsi From The Plio-Pleistocene Caves Of South Africa, William G. Anderson, Frank L. Williams

DISCOVERY: Georgia State Honors College Undergraduate Research Journal

The taxon known as Cercopithecoides williamsi has been reconstructed as a terrestrial primate folivore from its dental morphology and heavy dental microwear. It was recovered at a number of Plio-Pleistocene caves in South Africa, including Makapansgat, Sterkfontein Member 4, Sterkfontein West Pit and Bolt’s Farm. For the purposes of corroborating or contradicting previous dietary reconstructions, six specimens of Cercopithecoides williamsi were examined and compared with the extant primate taxa Papio ursinus (n = 5), Papio cynocephalus (n = 5) and Colobus polykomos (n = 5) to provide a frame of reference, using low-magnification stereomicroscopy in conjunction with an ocular reticle …