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The Woodlands: Archeological Investigations At The Sam Houston Home, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, John W. Clark Jr.

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The following report prepared by John W. Clark, Jr. presents the findings made during archeological excavations carried out at the site of Sam Houston's horne, "The Woodlands," in Huntsville, Texas. The primary aim of the excavations was to search for evidence of the original alignment and character of the Houston Horne in order to assist efforts to restore the structure to its original configurations. Of particular concern were the original location of the house, the character of the original chimneys and a determination of the presence or absence of a front porch. This mission was only partially successful due to …

3-Archaeological Evaluation Of The M-66 Right-Of-Way, From M-46 In Montcalm County To M-20 In Mecosta County, Michigan, William Cremin, R. David Hoxie

Archaeological Technical Reports

Following negotiation of a contract (dated 2 Jul 80) between the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Michigan History Division, Michigan Department of State, and Western Michigan University, authorizing archaeological investigation of the M-66 right-of-way between the Villages of Six Lakes and Remus, Michigan, a team of archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology undertook both on-site examination of the project area and a thorough literature/ documents search in order to determine whether road improvement activities would adversely impact significant cultural resources. There follows a report of our research program, together with a series of recommendations based upon our findings.

It should …

43-Carbonized Plant Residues From Five Sites In The White Walnut Creek Research Area, Consolidation Coal Company's Burning Star Mine No. 2, Perry County, Il, William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

The White Walnut Creek research area consists of approximately 1437 ha in eight sections of T5S, R2W, Perry County, Illinois. Physiographically speaking, the study area lies within the southern portion of the till plains region known as the Mt. Vernon Hill Country and is characterized by mature topography as reflected in gentl~ rolling hills and broad alluvial valleys. Floristically, this drainage is part of the Oak-Hickory Forest Region of the Western Mesophytic Forest as defined by Braun (1950).

6-Settlement Pattern Survey In Allegan County, Michigan: 1979 Field Season, Elizabeth B. Garland, Deborah Rhead

Archaeological Reports

The 1979 Settlement Pattern Survey (SPS 79) in Allegan County, Michigan observed and recorded a total of 74 prehistoric sites which revealed 10 identifiable components. The majority of sites were small lithic scatters which did not yield culturally diagnostic artifacts. In general the results of this field season conformed with expectations based upon soils, landform and drainage patterns in the survey universe. This report describes and evaluates the significance of the archaeologi ca 1 data recovered.

Ua12/2/77 Newsletter, Kappa Alpha Order

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.

Benign Uses Of Wildlife, Victor B. Scheffer

Conservation Collection

During the Age of Environmental Awareness, which dawned in the late 1960's, Americans turned to using wild animals more benignly (or in ways harmless both to individuals and populations) and less exploitatively. The evidence includes: new federal legislation reflecting a public shift toward benign uses, growth of interest in 'nongame' wildlife, growth of interest in wildlife watching (rate of increase in number of camera safaris estimated at 32% per annum in 7 recent years), growth in membership of animal-interest organizations (rate of increase estimated at 7.7% per annum in 15 recent years), and growth of interest in animal rights. Per …

The Ministry Of Agriculture's Involvement With Animal Welfare, Roy Moss

Agribusiness Collection

Keeping livestock healthy is primarily the responsibility of owners. Indeed, if they did not do so they would certainly not make a profit. Advice on the prevention, treatment and possible cure of disease is the responsibility of the veterinary surgeon. Prevention of physical damage to animals and their adoption of abnormal behavior caused by confinement which prevents them from exercising their inherited behavioral patterns is the joint responsibility of the ethologist, the technologist who designs the confinement system and ancillary equipment, the livestock husbandry specialist, the veterinary surgeon and the owner. If society also decides that there is a need …

History And Development Of Federal Animal Welfare Regulations, Pierre A. Chaloux, Max B. Heppner

Laws and Legislation Collection

In recent years, Congress has passed a number of laws that direct various government agencies to safeguard animal welfare. Our own agency has been involved principally in enforcing the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, and therefore we will limit this discussion to these two laws.

The Animal Welfare Act was passed in 1966 and amended in 1970 and 1976. The Act uses a system of licensing and registration to regulate a number of nonfarm businesses and organizations. These groups are required to provide humane care and treatment to regulated animals, which include hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, …

The Psychological Relationship Between Dairy Cows And Dairy Cowmen And Its Implications For Animal Welfare, Martin F. Seabrook

Human and Animal Bonding Collection

While no one could ever say that the conditions for animals and people were ideal in the days of hand milking, the question of animal welfare was less pressing as man was at ease and in balance and harmony with nature. Only as units became larger, and machine milking took the place of the cowman's or dairy maid's hand, did we have to worry about whether man was exploiting this animal species.

Attitudes Of Secondary School Students In Israel Toward The Use Of Living Organisms In The Study Of Biology, Pinchas Tamir, Aliza Hamo

Attitudes Towards Animals Collection

The study deals with attitudes and views of 456 Israeli students in grades 7, 9, and 11 regarding the use of living animals in research and biology instruction. It was found that most students are interested in studying Jive animals through direct observation and experiment and feel that this kind of learning is superior to learning from secondary sources. At the same time, however, most students exhibit concern for and affection toward living organisms in general and higher animals, especially pets and "beneficial" animals, in particular. The need to consider both sides of the issue is highlighted, and practical implications …

41-Phase One Archaeological Survey Of The Leighton Township Facilities Plan, Green Lake Segment. (Project No. 7873), Leighton Township, Allegan County, William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

Pursuant to a letter dated 11 Apr 80 from Mr. Bruce F. Kadzban, Moore and Bruggink, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, authorizing an archaeological survey of a proposed sewer system corridor around Green Lake in Leighton Township, Allegan County, Michigan, a team of archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University undertook on-site assessment of the project area in order to ascertain whether the construction activities would impact cultural resources. There follows a report of fieldwork, together with appropriate background information, conducted on 21-22 Apr 80 and the recommendations based upon our findings.

47-An Archaeological Survey Of The Grand Ravine Senior Housing, Inc. Property, City Of Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

Pursuant to the receipt of letters (dated 10 Oct 80) from Mr. T.E. Malila, President, Grand Ravine Senior Housing, Inc. and Mr. Larry Snyder, Housing Consultant, H&W Properties, Inc., agent for Grand Ravine Senior Housing, Inc., authorizing an archaeological survey of a tract of land located in the City of Allegan, Michigan, archaeologists from Western Michigan University undertook on-site evaluation of the property in order to determine whether activities related to the construction of housing units would impact cultural resources. There follows a report of fieldwork, together with appropriate background information, conducted on 21 Oct 80 and recommendations based upon …

Nepal Studies Association Bulletin, No. 21, Nepal Studies Association, Donald A. Messerschmidt

Nepal Studies Association Newsletter

No abstract provided.

44-Archaeological Survey Of The Proposed Expansion Of Facilities At Lexington Green Park, Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Elizabeth B. Garland

Reports of Investigations

This project was undertaken in response to a request for an archaeological survey from Mr. John E. :Hodges, Block Grant Administrator, for the City of Portage. The request was made in a telephone call from Mr. Hodges to Dr. Elizabeth Garland of the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University, on May 15, 1980.

46-Archaeological Survey Of Relocation Portions Of The Climax-Fulton Road Reconstruction Project, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Elizabeth B. Garland, Paul W. Mcallister

Reports of Investigations

This project was undertaken in response to a request by Mr. Ronald Copping of the Kalamazoo County Road Commission, under terms of a written agreement between the Principal Investigator and the Road Commission which was accepted on October 14, 1980. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the existence of historic or prehistoric sites in those portions of the Climax-Fulton Road Reconstruction Project which involve relocation of the existing 66 foot right-of-way. Field work was carried out on October 18, 1980.

42-Archaeological Survey Of Proposed New Bridge--C.R. 687--Crossing The Paw Paw River In Section 10 Of Hartford Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, Elizabeth B. Garland

Reports of Investigations

This project was undertaken in response to a request for an archaeological survey of the area to be impacted from Mr. Paul J. Kaiser, Van Buren County Highway Engineer. A letter to this effect was received by Dr. R. J. Smith, Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Western Michigan University, dated May 6, 1980. A Plan of Site map was also forwarded to Dr. Smith by R. S. Scott Associates, Inc. of Alpena, Michigan.

An agreement to do the survey was made in a phone call from Dr. Elizabeth Garland to Mr. Kaiser on May 9, 1980. The survey …

45-Archaeological Survey Of The Three Oaks Manor Project, Berrien County, Michigan, Elizabeth B. Garland

Reports of Investigations

This project was undertaken in response to a te 1 ephone request by Mr. Jeff A. Gardner of Lakewood Management Company, Kalamazoo, on July 22, 1980, following some preliminary telephone conversations and correspondence< during June-July.

The field work was carried out on Saturday, July 26, 1980.

7-An Archaeological Survey Of The Thornapple River Basin, Barry County Michigan: Phase One Completion Report, William M. Cremin, Paul W. Mcallister

Archaeological Reports

• Archaeological Research in the Thornapple Drainage of Barry County
• The Project Area
• Previous Archaeological Research in Barry County
• Research Objectives for Phase One
• Assessment of Current Land Use Patterns
• Evaluation of Data in the State Site Files and Information Provided by Landowners/ Collectors and Local Institutions
• Limited Surface Reconnaissance in Selected Portions of the Basin and the County
• Description of Sites Recorded and Catalog of Surface Collections
• Interpretations and Conclusions
• Comments on Management of Cultural Resources and Future Research Needs
• Catalog of Artifactual Material from the Survey
• References Cited
• Thornapple Basin Survey, Barry County, Michigan
• Thornapple Basin Survey: Previously Recorded …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 29, No. 2, Ivy Kemp Yost, John D. Kendig, William Munro, Howell J. Heaney, Carter W. Craigie, Beth Ann Twiss

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Landis Store Story
• In This Place: Manheim 1866
• "Kiss Me, I'm Italian": The Italian Market Festival, Philadelphia Photo Essay
• A Century of Early American Children's Books in German, 1738-1837
• Grange and Harvest Home Picnics in Chester County
• Peter Muhlenberg Slept Here
• Kartze G'dichte: Short Poems

25 Year Index To Pennsylvania Folklife (Including The Pennsylvania Dutchman And The Dutchman): Volumes 1-25, 1949-1976, Judith E. Fryer, Bernadine T. Collin

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine Indexes

• Introduction
• Index to Pennsylvania Folklife (including The Dutchman) volumes 1-25
• Surname Index to Genealogy and Immigration Articles in Pennsylvania Folklife (including The Dutchman) volumes 1-25

On The Central Asian Paleolithic: Reply To Recent Comments, Richard S. Davis, V. A. Ranov

Anthropology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Sibyl 1980, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

The Interaction Of Behavior Variables In The Development Of Dominance Relations, Patricia Draper

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Dominance interactions among individuals undoubtedly have both a biological basis and evolutionary significance. Literature on these topics has been copiously cited elsewhere in this book and will not be repeated here. Sex differences in behaviors which separately and together culminate in the ability of an individual to win agonistic encounters are also documented both for human and nonhuman primates. Less attention has been paid, however, to the process by which sex differences in the propensity to behave in a given way interact with socialization experiences of children to produce the familiar usual pattern of male dominance. This chapter proposes to …

Social Organization And Water Control Among The Borana Of Southern Ethiopia, Johan. Helland

Institute for Development Anthropology Papers

The long-term success of pastoral production systems depends on the adjustment of the human and livestock populations, which are potentially expanding, to the range resource, which is finite. Among the Borana of southern Ethiopia, this adjustment has been achieved through a complex socio-political system controlling human reproduction and the maintenance and use of dry-season wells. A complex system of generation classes, known as Gada, helps limit population expansion, and access to water during the dry season is controlled by well councils whose membership and function are based on a flexible, but well defined, system of traditional rules.

A Review Of The Initial Coalescent Variant, Greg Fox

Nebraska Anthropologist

The Initial Coalescent Variant of the Middle Missouri Sub-area (Lehmer 1971) poses many problems for archeologists working with the culture history of the Central/Northern Plains Areas. The Initial Coalescent should not, however, be considered as strictly confined to the localities of the Big Bend Dam and Pierre, South Dakota, as Lehmer (1971) suggests. Manifestations of this cultural complex can be found as far away as the Niobrara River valley in Boyd County, Nebraska at the Lynch Site (25BD1) (Caldwell 1966). This site has been grouped with the prototype Initial Coalescent site, the Arzberger Site (39HU6), into a taxonomic unit known …

Cultural Ecology: A Brief Overview, Michael C. Gunn

Nebraska Anthropologist

Cultural ecology is based on the interaction of culture, man and environment. To the understanding of this relationship the present paper discusses the origin and development of cultural ecology, the various applications and techniques of cultural ecology by the anthropological discipline, and finally, criticisms and future goals of an ecological anthropology.

Ecology is not an anthropological subdiscipline, nor is it even a standardized approach in anthropology. Ecology may be defined as the science dealing with the study of entire assemblages of living organisms and their physical milieus, which together constitute integrated systems. More simply, ecology is the study of the …

The Nebraska Anthropologist Volume 5 (1980) Contents

Nebraska Anthropologist

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............ i

LIST OF FIGURES ............ iv

A REVIEW OF THE INITIAL COALESCENT VARIANT (Greg Fox) ............ 1

Taxonomic Identifications ............ 1

The Sites ............ 2

The Arzberger Site (39HU6) ............ 3

The Black Partizan Site (39LM2l8) ............ 4

The Crow Creek Site (39BFl) ............ 4

The Talking Crow Site (39BF3) ............ 6

Archeological Origin Myths ............ 7

Dating the Initial Coalescent Variant ............ 11

Central Plains and Middle Missouri Tradition Traits ............ 12

Central Plains Tradition Trait Contributions ............ 13

Middle Missouri Tradition Cultural Traits ............ 14

Summary ............ 15

References Cited ............ 16

CULTURAL ECOLOGY: A BRIEF …

Ethnoarchaeology -- A Bibliography, Pat Halama

Nebraska Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

The Huff Site A Reconstruction Of Past Lifeways, Emery Ladean Mehrer

Nebraska Anthropologist

The purpose of this paper is to construct, from available literature, the possible social structure of the inhabitants of the Huff Site (32MO11). Although archeology is termed as the study of the human past, with its objectives being construction of cultural chronology, reconstruction of past lifeways, and discovery of processes that underlie and condition human behavior, I feel that many times these objectives are either overlooked or only in part covered. This paper will serve as an example of possible inferences which can be made from archeological and historical data. Some inferences or hypotheses which are made in this paper …

Connoisseurs Of Caviar, Mona Thopson

Nebraska Anthropologist

Most of the published works concerning the Woodland burial mound complex of the Rainy River District of northern Minnesota and contiguous Ontario pertain to defining the culture history of this region. More specifically, they have focused on the intra and inter site variability of ceramic types (Wilford 1955, Stoltman 1973, 1974, Lugenbeal 1978). These studies have defined a detailed culture history of the Middle (Laurel) and Late Woodland (Blackduck) phases of this region. Currently, the information which has been published on the burial mound complex have shed little light on the economic, social and political systems of the prehistoric peoples …