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June 2016 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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University Of Montana Commencement Program, 2016, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Commencement Programs, 1898-2020

Commencement program from the University of Montana.

Minutes From The May 5, 2016 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the May 5, 2016 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

Montana Kaimin, April 27, 2016, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Disaster Relief: A Monitoring & Evaluation Framework For Kopan Monastery, Shiva-Nandan Arens

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The April 2015 Nepal earthquake was the largest such event since 1934. It killed thousands, injured tens of thousands, and left an estimated two million homeless. The property damage was estimated to be equivalent to 25% of Nepal’s GDP. The chaos caused by the earthquake was soon compounded by a complex political gridlock and resulting blockade, which has only recently been resolved. In this catastrophic setting, the non-governmental organization response was difficult to coordinate, and occurred with reduced capacity due to inadequate or total lack of access to resources. Kopan Monastery temporarily shifted the locus of its work to the …

Togiak Archaeological Site Hair Samples- What Species?, Clare Super

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The Molecular Anthropology lab at UMT will conduct DNA analysis on ancient hairs to determine what species they came from. Dr. Kristen Barnett, an anthropology postdoctoral scholar, obtained these samples from the Old Togiak archaeological site, the location of the half mile long remains of an ancient village on the southwest coast of Bristol Bay, Alaska. The site contains 62 house mounds and has been studied using surface/subsurface mapping technology and thirty-six core samples. In ten of those core samples, eleven unidentified hairs were found. I will be assisting in mitochondrial DNA analysis of the hairs, focusing at first on …

Faunal Analysis Of Togiak Archaeological And Paleoecological Project: How Ecology Affects Indigenous Subsistence Practices In The Arctic Wetlands, Dougless Skinner

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The Togiak Archeological and Paleoecological Project (TAPP) is an initiative to learn about the ancient life-ways of the Yup'ik indigenous peoples of Togiak, Alaska. TAPP is a collaborative project driven by the Togiak community and their interests in understanding and documenting their own past lifeways at the Old Togiak Village. Thirty-five core samples were collected from a series of pre-colonial house structures at the Old Togiak Site in the summer of 2015 and analyzed at the University of Montana. Faunal remains recovered from the cores were examined during this time along with stone tools, botanical remains, pollen, and a variety …

Cladistically Modeling Oldowan Assemblages: Preliminary Insights And Issues, Corey L. Johnson

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Phylogenetics are useful for modeling cultural evolutionary relationships between taxa and can be used to reveal patterns of change reflected in the archaeological record. Lithic technology represents an ideal subject for phylogenetic analyses of culture because of its ubiquitous use in hunter-gatherer and early hominin populations, its ecological and memetic malleability, and the vast literature regarding the roughly 3.3 million-year-old lithic archaeological record. The Lower Paleolithic (~3.3-0.6 Ma) archaeological record provides important insight into early hominin evolution and behavior regarding landscape use, migration, and cognitive complexity. Although Lower Paleolithic stone-tools are less morphologically diverse than subsequent technologies, a considerable amount …

Creating The Campesino: United States’ Influence On Agrarian Reform During The 1952-1953 Bolivian National Revolution, Carly J. Campbell

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Throughout 1952 and 1953, Bolivia experienced a violent National Revolution. The Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR) rose to power on the platform of universal suffrage, nationalization of tin mines, and the breakup of Bolivia’s traditional agricultural system. On August 2, 1953, President Estenssoro of the MNR signed Agrarian Reform into law before a crowd of indigenous leaders, who celebrated the victorious moment. In appearances, the new government had fulfilled its promise of land redistribution, enfranchising the long-oppressed indigenous population.

However, the underlying presence of the United States convoluted reform. Unlike many other Latin American countries during the post-WWII era, the new …

Umcur 2016 Program Pdf

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The original program includes the general schedule as well as individual poster and presentation schedules and abstracts.

A Comparison Of The Utility Of Craniometric And Dental Morphological Data For Assessing Biodistance And Sex-Differential Migration In The Pacific Islands, Brittney A. Eubank

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Genetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome sequences yield contrasting pictures of the movement of peoples into the Pacific Islands, with mtDNA suggesting rapid migration and a lack of admixture with indigenous Melanesian populations, and the Y-chromosome data maintaining a higher level of admixture due to a slower rate of migration. A possible explanation for this discrepancy is the matrilocal residency pattern practiced by early Pacific settlers, in which Melanesian men were brought into settler communities to intermarry with local women. If matrilocal residency was practiced, male populations will exhibit higher within-groups variance and lower between-group variance than female populations. …

The Bridge River Dogs: Interpreting Adna And Stable Isotope Analysis Collected From Dog Remains, Emilia Tifental

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Excavations at the Bridge River site have been on-going since 2003, increasing our understanding of the communities that inhabited the Middle Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, over 1,000 years ago. The most recent excavation at Housepit 54 in the summer of 2014 supplied further data regarding relationships between people and their dogs. Dogs are well documented in the Middle Fraser Canyon through both archaeological excavations and traditional knowledge. A household's possession of a dog has been linked to other prestigious materials, and therefore been interpreted as an indicator of wealth and status. The present study was aimed at further investigation of …

Locating The Nez Perce Trail In Carbon County, Montana, Amy M. Miller

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

The Nez Perce National Historic Trail (NPNHT), used by Chief Joseph and “Non-Treaty Nez Perce” during the Nez Perce War of 1877, reaches from Wallowa Lake, Oregon to the Canadian border near Chinook, Montana. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Billings, Montana Field Office, the University of Montana (UM), and the Montana State University-Billings (MSU-B) surveyed a region where the Nez Perce Trail passed through lands that are currently managed by BLM’s Billings Field Office. This presentation will focus on the methods used to locate this section of the NPNHT and the outcomes of the findings. Fieldwork included pedestrian survey …

Minutes From The April 14, 2016 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the April 14, 2016 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

Honorable Mentions, Contributors, Back Cover

The Oval

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April 2016 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Umarts, Spring 2016, University Of Montana--Missoula. College Of Visual And Performing Arts

Arts Events Calendar, 1962-2018

Calendar of arts events for spring 2016 at the University of Montana’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Montana Kaimin, March 23-29, 2016, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

March 2016 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Minutes From The February 11, 2016 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the February 11, 2016 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

Montana Kaimin, February 3-9, 2016, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Documents From The February 3, 2016 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

The agenda, minutes, and roll call tally sheet from the February 3, 2016 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Comx 561.01: Communication Research Methods: Qualitative, Betsy Wackernagel Bach

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

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Final Budgeting Minutes-Fy 17, Kenzie Lombardi

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

ASUM Senate Final Budgeting Minutes FY17. These minutes were taken during the Spring 2016 Final Budgeting meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Anty 415.01: Emergence Of Modern Humans, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Anty 413.01: Forensic And Mortuary Archaeology, Corey Ragsdale

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Anty 101h.02: Anthropology And The Human Experience, David Garry Kerr

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Anty 353.01: Paleoindian Archaeology, Douglas H. Macdonald

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Ling 270s.01: Introduction To Linguistics, Mizuki Miyashita

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bmkt 337.01: Consumer Behavior, Carol L. Bruneau

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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