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Maya Cave Art Survey At Nueve Cerros, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Gregory T. Schwab May 2013

Maya Cave Art Survey At Nueve Cerros, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Gregory T. Schwab

Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management

This final paper is original research developed and executed as a thesis study for the degree of Master of Science in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology at Saint Cloud State University (SCSU). ln addition to SCSU, this project operated in west-central Guatemala under the auspices of Proyecto Salinas de los Nueve Cerros [Salt Plain of the Nine Hills Project] from January until April of 2011. The purpose oftbis study was to record Nueve Cerros cave art, analyze its content, and go on to interpret its potential meanings and significance. Field survey recorded a significant cave art assemblage dispersed between three decorated …


Rethinking Hudson-Meng: A Taphonomic Analysis Of The Faunal Assemblage From 25sx115, Sioux County, Nebraska, Diana M. Barg May 2013

Rethinking Hudson-Meng: A Taphonomic Analysis Of The Faunal Assemblage From 25sx115, Sioux County, Nebraska, Diana M. Barg

Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management

Hudson-Meng (25SX115), located in the Oglala National Grassland, Sioux County, Nebraska, is a multi-component Cody complex site that was used for the procurement of bison between 10,500 and 11,250 years ago. The site was excavated in the 1970s and 1990s, which led to many, at times divergent, interpretations of the site’s origin and use by Cody complex peoples. Excavations between 2006 and 2012 have led to new evidence and interpretations regarding multiple episodes of site use. The faunal assemblage recovered from the most recent excavations was used for zooarchaeological and taphonomic studies, and is reported here. The identification of taphonomic …