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Analyzing The Prevalence And Severity Of Cribra Orbitalia In Bronze Age Arabia, Urvi Kaul, Brittany Clark, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Jaime M. Ullinger

Year 2: AABA 2022 – Denver, CO

Background: The Umm an-Nar period (ca. 2700-2000 BCE) in southeastern Arabia was marked by the intensification of oasis agriculture and a corresponding shift to sedentism. Cribra orbitalia lesions from tombs Unar 1 and Unar 2 (Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, UAE) were observed for rates of nonspecific stress during this period of transition. We hypothesized that due to increased reliance on agriculture beginning around 2200 BCE, Unar 1 individuals would have a higher prevalence of active cribra orbitalia.

Methods: Given the commingled and fragmentary nature of these collections, we first scored percentage of orbit present in 25% increments. Scorable orbits (defined …

Pvn-Drw-Op 664-Test Pits-Sections-2022, Edward Schortman

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A Transition From Tradition: Employing Ta3 And Traditional Age & Sex Estimation Methods To Study Paleodemography In Umm An-Nar Arabia, Alyssa Bolster, Hannah Jeanlouis, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Jaime M. Ullinger

Year 2: AABA 2022 – Denver, CO

Background: Transition Analysis 3 (TA3) has enormous potential for the study of commingled skeletal material. Previous demographic analyses on commingled remains from Umm an-Nar (2700-2000 BCE) tombs Unar 1 and Unar 2 at the site of Shimal (Ras al-Khaimah, UAE) placed the majority of individuals in a generalized “adult” category using dental eruption. We hypothesized that we would identify more older adults (50+) in both tombs using TA3, and that more would be found in Unar 2, prior to the intensification of agriculture and regional aridification.

Methods: Commingled and fragmentary skeletal fragments (pubic symphyses (n=51), humeri (n=85), femora (n=194)) were …

Estimating Age From Fetal And Young Nonadults From Basilar Portions At Umm An-Nar Tombs From The Uae, Rachael Orkin, Christian Berends, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Jaime M. Ullinger

Year 2: AABA 2022 – Denver, CO

Background: The Umm an-Nar period (2700-2000 BCE) was a time of significant change in southeastern Arabia, prompted by agricultural shifts and seen in shifting social and mortuary practices. Communal tombs Unar 1 and Unar 2 from the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates), which date to the end of the third millennium BCE, contained commingled, cremated, and fragmented skeletons, a common mortuary pattern in this period.

Methods: Unfused basilar portions of nonadult occipital bones were examined to assess tomb membership and inclusion of young individuals. Three methods were used to analyze age, and measurements taken included sagittal length and …

Legal Aid Amid Bureaucracy, Amanda Reinke, Nicole Bevilacqua

Faculty Articles

Disaster lawyers navigate bureaucratic impediments to insuranceclaims and settlement and federal recovery and relief, and they actas third-party facilitators for disaster-affected clients to help enable theirsurvival efforts. The roles of such lawyers in navigating paperwork andbureaucratic processes on behalf of survivors, while assisting them inmeeting basic daily needs, has become seen as being integral to recoveryin these processes. We utilise findings from semi-structured interviewswith disaster law practitioners working with disaster survivors in thesouth-eastern United States (SEUS) to examine the bureaucratic socio-legallife of disasters. We marshal bureaucratic violence literature to analysedisaster law practitioners’ perspectives of the socio-legal nature ofdisasters in the …

Paleoethnobotanical Investigation Of Pre-Columbian Archaeological Site 8br158, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida., Jennifer I. Moreno Palacios

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Starch grain residue analysis was conducted on 18 artifacts collected in 2021 from the archaeological site 8BR158 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This paleoethnobotanical analysis investigates plant use by the pre-historic inhabitants of the Central Coast of Florida where there is a lack of archaeobotanical research. The starches recovered from the archaeological artifacts were studied in order to identify plants used for culinary and/or medicinal purposes. Wild plants commonly found in Florida, such as acorn (Quercus), were identified in this study that were used for food resources. Domesticated plants such as maize and beans were also …

Crafting Up A Narrative: An Ethnographic Study Of Fair Trade Marketing Practices And The Representation Of Female Handicraft Producers, Jessica Bradley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Unlike the exploitative supply chains that exist under neoliberal globalization, where the social conditions of their supply chain are largely hidden; fair trade attempts to reveal the conditions of their supply chains through transparent marketing practices. Transparency is often presented in the form of storytelling wherein fair trade organizations (FTOs) reveal intimate details of the artisans they partner with to educate consumers on the interrelations of their product supply chains. I wanted to explore the implications of sharing artisan stories to further sales of the handicrafts they produced. How does sharing intimate stories of artisans formulate the perceptions Western consumers …

Pvn-Lot-306-Zf-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-123-Xd-002, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-171-Ak-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn Op 123xa, 123xb, 123xc, 123xd, 123xe, 123xf,123xh, 123zd, 123ze, 123zi Ceramic Analyses Sheets 2022, Patricia Urban

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Pvn-Lot-664-E-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-306-Zj-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-663-H-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-665-C-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-228-B-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-027-Ze-002, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-661-C-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-306-Zi-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-306-Zc-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Drw-Op 663-Site Plan-Test Pits-Sections-2022, Edward Schortman

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Pvn-Drw-Op 661-Test Pits-Site Plan-Mte-Sections-2022, Edward Schortman

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Pvn-Drw-Op 228-Test Pits-Section And Mte-2022, Edward Schortman

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Pvn-Drw-Op 123-Test Pits-Sections-2022, Edward Schortman

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Pvn-Drw-Op 27-Test Pits-Sections-2022, Edward Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-664-I-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-663-F-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-664-B-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-664-B-002, Edward Mark Schortman

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Pvn-Lot-663-I-001, Edward Mark Schortman

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