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Occam's Razor Vol. 2 - Full (2012)
Use Of The First Rib In The Age-At-Death Assessment Of Adult Female Skeletal Remains, Zachary A. Sullivan
Use Of The First Rib In The Age-At-Death Assessment Of Adult Female Skeletal Remains, Zachary A. Sullivan
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The accurate assessment of age-at-death from skeletal remains is a key factor in both forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology. Several methods of determining age at death are currently employed that utilize the age specific changes of several anatomical regions of the skeleton. However, as skeletal remains are often incomplete, it is useful to develop new methods based on previously unevaluated anatomy. This makes it more likely that sets of incomplete skeletal remains may include some feature that can be used to determine age-at-death. DiGangi et al. (2009) proposed that three anatomical regions of the first rib demonstrate age-correlated changes that can …
Late-Holocene Mammal Use In The Salish Sea: A Case Study From The Cherry Point Site (45wh1), Northwestern Washington, Matthew A. (Matthew Adam) Dubeau
Late-Holocene Mammal Use In The Salish Sea: A Case Study From The Cherry Point Site (45wh1), Northwestern Washington, Matthew A. (Matthew Adam) Dubeau
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Mammal remains from the Cherry Point site (45WH1) are analyzed to provide information about the nature of prehistoric mammal use in coastal sites in the Gulf of Georgia region from the Locarno Beach period (3,500 to 2,000 BP) to European contact (250 BP). Expectations regarding the taxonomic structure of the 45WH1 mammalian assemblage in the context of regional patterns are developed and evaluated. Specific hypotheses relating to the transition from a generalized forager lifeway to a highly developed marine collector adaptation are tested. Thirty-four test cuts (2 x 2 meter excavation units), or approximately half of the cuts excavated at …
Identity And Icons: Conflict And Consequences Surrounding The University Of North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" Name And Logo, Jorelle Grover
Identity And Icons: Conflict And Consequences Surrounding The University Of North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" Name And Logo, Jorelle Grover
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Controversy surrounds the University of North Dakota's (UND) logo and nickname, The Fighting Sioux, generating a conflict with the neighboring American Indian tribe [Native American], the Standing Rock Sioux, dating back to the 1960's (Phillips and Rice 2010:511). Previous research done on this topic left a large discrepancy regarding the concept of cultural identity attached to the conflict, developments that have taken placed since 2005, and more recent developments. The question I examine is why this issue incorporates such differing opinions. I examined the concept that the root of this controversy lies within cultural identities which are linked to the …
Resiliency Strategies In Transnational Families: Case Study With Highland Guatemalan Women, Katie M. Fawell
Resiliency Strategies In Transnational Families: Case Study With Highland Guatemalan Women, Katie M. Fawell
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The Maya from highland Guatemala are now involved in transnational migration that separates families. Most commonly men migrate first to the United States, leaving women and children behind. This leads to new challenges for women and children in Guatemala who must adapt to male absent households. One such community that faces these challenges is Aguacatán, Guatemala. The women in the Guatemalan homeland community, Aguacatán, are often married to men who have immigrated to the United States. Whatcom County, Washington is the destination for many families from Aguacatán due to both conflict within Guatemala and the need for families to give …
Walking With Wapiti: Measuring Late Holocene Climatic Variability Through Cervus Elaphus Abundance And Stable Isotope Analysis In The Gulf Of Georgia Region, Angus M. D. (Angus Michael David) Tierney
Walking With Wapiti: Measuring Late Holocene Climatic Variability Through Cervus Elaphus Abundance And Stable Isotope Analysis In The Gulf Of Georgia Region, Angus M. D. (Angus Michael David) Tierney
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Native hunters of the Northwest Coast valued the local wapiti subspecies (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) greater than any other land animals as a source of both food and raw materials for tools. Wapiti population size depends on the quantity and quality of their preferred foods: easily digestible, high protein plants that occur most abundantly in meadows and thickets, particularly after spring and summer rains. Changing climate regimes affected the productivity of these foods but there is disagreement about whether climate periods with long dry summers helped or hindered wapiti populations on the Northwest Coast. Lepofsky et al. (2005) suggests wapiti abundance …
Environmental Stress In The Correctional Workplace, Jeff Brummel
Environmental Stress In The Correctional Workplace, Jeff Brummel
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Experiencing stress in the work environment is common for most occupations, and some occupations experience more work-related stress than others. Environmental factors including lighting, temperature, air quality and noise, can affect workers' stress levels in subtle ways often overlooked during typical workrelated stress evaluations. The present study examines the relationship between these environmental factors and their effects on the stress levels of corrections officers. Survey respondents (N=45) evaluated two correctional facilities in the Pacific Northwest for environmental quality and the incidence of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) symptoms such as headache, fatigue, nausea, lethargy and other health-related issues. Baseline environmental measurements …
11,000 Years On The Rogue River: Prehistoric Occupation Of The Stratton Creek Site (35jo21), Josephine County, Oregon, Catherin M. (Catherin Maria) Bialas
11,000 Years On The Rogue River: Prehistoric Occupation Of The Stratton Creek Site (35jo21), Josephine County, Oregon, Catherin M. (Catherin Maria) Bialas
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This thesis presents results of analysis of materials from 35JO21, a deep stratified site on an elevated terrace on the Rogue River. An excavation by Oregon State University in 1992 revealed stratified cultural deposits to over three meters below the surface with some projectile point types that had been dated elsewhere to 8,000 years ago. No radiometric dates were obtained, however, and only a brief report was prepared. The goal of this thesis was to perform the necessary analyses to define site components and to confirm or disconfirm the proposed early age of the deepest material. Existing stratigraphic profiles were …
Finding Common Ground: When The Hippie Counterculture Immigrated To A Rural Redwood Community, Lisa Gruwell Spicer
Finding Common Ground: When The Hippie Counterculture Immigrated To A Rural Redwood Community, Lisa Gruwell Spicer
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Youth of the 1960s took a collective stand against the establishment, challenging hegemonic forces intent on turning an informed citizenry into mere consumers; hypocrisy from the highest levels of government (Harrington 1962) was challenged by students, college enrollment was unprecedented (Roszak 1968). Unable to cause change at the top, scores of young people dropped out of mainstream culture in search of a better way to live (Miller 1991). Back-to-the-landers are the surviving members of the counterculture movement (Jacob 1997). Different from Sixties' political radicals or utopian commune hippies, the back-to-the-land movement is evidence of counterculture success and provides an ideological …