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A Re-Evaluation Of The San Juan Basket Maker Culture And Possible Relationships To Non-Ceramic Group, Charles H. Mcnutt

Anthropology ETDs

In summary, the purpose of this study may be stated as follows: by utilizing intensive and comparative archaeological data and also reasonable inference derived from ethnologic data, it is hoped that there can be presented a more precise and refined picture of the various groups of people whose material-culture remains are considered representative of the Basket Maker culture. It is the further intention of this study to examine critically the postulated development of such groups into later "culture horizons" classified as early Pueblo.

Aspects Of Rio Grande Pueblo Cultural Stability., Octavio Romano

Anthropology ETDs

In summary, this study is undertaken to answer three questions. One, how much information about specific elements is revealed in the documentary sources? Two, so these elements occur today; if so, where? Three, from the data, what can be inferred about Pueblo cultural stability?

The Material Culture Of The Tasmanian Aborigines And Its Relationship To That Of Australia, Thomas B. Hughes

Anthropology ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to present a description of the material culture of the aborigines of Tasmania, (2) to study the relationship of this culture to those of the mainland Australia, and (3) to investigate evidence of prior occupation of the Australian continent by the ancestors of the Tasmanians.

Ceramics Of The Temple Of The Inscriptions, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico., Barbara C. Rands

Anthropology ETDs

This paper is concerned mainly with the portion of the ceramics which came from beside and within the pyramid of the Temple of the Inscriptions, one of the major structures in the central area of Palenque. It was inside this pyramid that a rich and unique tomb was found in 1952. The opening of the sealed tomb, which lay at the bottom of a long interior staircase, has been described in several articles.

Pottery Of The Mesa Verde And The Pueblo Area North Of The San Juan, Leland J. Abel

Anthropology ETDs

The Mesa Verde is a pinyon-and juniper-covered plateau about 180 square miles in area, located north of the San Juan River in southwestern Colorado. The Plateau ranges in elevation between 6,500 and 8,500 feet, sloping gently from north to south with its surface eroded into a number of deep, sandstone-walled canyons. Within these canyons lies one of the greatest concentrations of cliff dwellings in the Southwest.

The West That's Gone, Alma Cochran Kidd

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This is the saga of WIlliam Cochran and his parents-wire-recorded interviews of his experiences told to his daughter, who has arranged the material in orderly sequence, but kept his language.

He came west where the buffalo were, in the wild, rough 70’s, and on farther west to the cattle range in the 80’s. These were days when families moved to take up homesteads in the face of hardship and disappointments.

Bill followed civilization west and learned the cattle business. He tells of his experiences. He paints a huge canvas of people he knew - Indians, murderers, robbers, horse thieves, and …

The Consideration Of A Possible Heretical Trend Developing In The Religious Philosophy Of The Latter-Day Saint People Of A Given Geographical Area, A. Burt Horsley

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation and research project has been to discover the answers to certain problems connected with the religious philosophy of the Latter-day Saint people of a given geographical area, through appropriate research methods and procedures. The problems to be answered are as follows:
(1) What is the philosophy of religion of these people as it pertains to predestination and fatalism?
(2) Does the philosophy of these people tend to be fatalistic, especially as it is reflected in their concept of the role of fate or God or providence in certain life and death situations?
(3) What is …