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Late Paleo-Indian Period Lithic Economies, Mobility, And Group Organization In Wisconsin, Ethan Adam Epstein Dec 2016

Late Paleo-Indian Period Lithic Economies, Mobility, And Group Organization In Wisconsin, Ethan Adam Epstein

Theses and Dissertations

The following dissertation focuses upon the organization of Pleistocene / Holocene period lithic technology in Wisconsin circa 10,000 – 10,500 years before present. Lithic debitage and flaked stone tools from the Plainview/Agate Basin components of the Heyrman I site (47DR381), the Dalles site (47IA374), and the Kelly North Tract site at Carcajou Point (47JE02) comprise the data set. These Wisconsin sites are located within a post glacial Great Lakes dune environment, an inland drainage/riverine environment, and an inland wetland/lacustrine environment. An assemblage approach is used to examine the structure of each site’s lithic economy. This broad approach to lithic organization …


The Importance Of Nature: An Investigation On How Geography Influences Well-Being, Christina Cobb Oct 2016

The Importance Of Nature: An Investigation On How Geography Influences Well-Being, Christina Cobb

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The objective of this community service project (CSP) was to study how a community’s location, specifically within nature, influences their well-being. I hoped to see how the community’s location, within Chapada Diamantina national park, influences the many ways health is promoted, and how these ways are affected by their location within nature. This project was built upon a review of the literature, which found that there is a theoretical basis for the notion that contact with nature is beneficial, a term deemed Biophilia. There is a robust body of academic research that highlights the health benefits deriving from contact …


1924, Soil Survey Of King City Area, California Sep 2016

1924, Soil Survey Of King City Area, California

State and Federal Documents Relating to Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties

1924 report by E. J. Carpenter, A. E. Kocher and F. O. Youngs on the King City area of Monterey, California, including location and boundaries, climate, agriculture and the classes of soil.


1925, Soil Survey Of The Salinas Area, California, E. J. Carpenter And Stanley W. Cosby Aug 2016

1925, Soil Survey Of The Salinas Area, California, E. J. Carpenter And Stanley W. Cosby

State and Federal Documents Relating to Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties

The 1925 reports describes the area surveyed, the climate, agriculture, soils, irrigation and drainage of the Salinas Valley. The report was prepared by E. J. Carpenter, United States Department of Agriculture and Stanley W. Cosby, University of California. The report covers the greater part of the area previously addressed in the Lapham and Heileman 1901 soil survey report.