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Mapping The Lake Michigan Tri-Modal Corridor, David Lemberg
Mapping The Lake Michigan Tri-Modal Corridor, David Lemberg
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)
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Sweet Memories: Confectionary And History In Japan, Jon Holtzman
Sweet Memories: Confectionary And History In Japan, Jon Holtzman
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)
This project examined practices, attitudes and memories surrounding confectionary as a lens on historical consciousness in contemporary Japan. Building on a growing scholarly literature that shows food and eating practices to be a potent arena key developments in recent history through the lens of sweets, considering practices that have remained relatively stable and those which have seen considerable change as Japanese society has itself undergone radical transformations.
Morphometric Analysis Of Acetabular Rim Shape Among Ancient Mongolian Pastoralists, Jacqueline T. Eng, Andrew Baker, Pingbo Tang, Shannon Thompson, Jamie M. Gomez
Morphometric Analysis Of Acetabular Rim Shape Among Ancient Mongolian Pastoralists, Jacqueline T. Eng, Andrew Baker, Pingbo Tang, Shannon Thompson, Jamie M. Gomez
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)
The adoption of nomadic pastoralism may have marked new physiological stresses to the hip for the bipedally-adapted human rider. Relatively few studies have examined differences in acetabular shape resulting from long-term equestrianism. Steppe populations of Mongolia began a nomadic pastoral lifestyle during the Late Bronze Age, which has persisted to the present day, with whole communities of men, women, and children riding horses as part of their lifeway.