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Carr, Chloe (Fa 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and research paper for Folklife Archives Project 782. This collection features information and a research paper about the 53rd annual Pope County Deer Festival held in Golconda, Illinois, which is sponsored by the local Rotary Club. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Chloe Carr for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Barbee, Candace (Fa 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and research paper for Folklife Archives Project 781. This collection features information and a research paper about Reid's Livery Winery near Alvaton, Warren County, Kentucky. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Candace Barbee for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Zibart, Abby (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid, research paper, and transcripts for Folklife Archives Project 780. This collection features information and a research paper about legend-tripping conducted at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Abby Zibart for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Interview With Jack G. Montgomery (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Jack G. Montgomery by Abby Zibart about legend-tripping at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky.

Interview With Ellyn I. Kerchenski (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Ellyn I. Kerchenski by Abby Zibart about legend-tripping at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky.

Interview With Kenton L. Winiger (Fa 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Kenton L. Winiger by Sara E. Carrico about family farms and farming in south central Kentucky.

Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Ecological Knowledge Of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands: Implications For Conservation And Sustainable Resource Use In Two Southern Nevada Protected Areas, Brian John Lefler

Dissertations and Theses

Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) have inhabited the southern Great Basin for thousands of years, and consider Nuvagantu (where snow sits) in the Spring Mountains landscape to be the locus of their creation as a people. Their ancestral territory spans parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California. My research identifies and describes the heterogeneous character of Nuwuvi ecological knowledge (NEK) of piñon-juniper woodland ecosystems within two federal protected areas (PAs) in southeastern Nevada, the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) and the Desert National Wildlife Refuge (DNWR), as remembered and practiced to varying degrees by 22 select Nuwuvi knowledge holders. I focus …

Asantewaa, Nana Yaa (Fa 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives 702. This collection features an audio application on cassette tape for an apprenticeship grant from the Kentucky Arts Council through the "Folk Arts Apprenticeship" program for Nana Yaa Asantewaa, an African American storyteller.

Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, 1992-1993 (Fa 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives 701. This collection contains VHS video tapes of two apprenticeship matches and proposals from banjo and fiddle players.

Collapse Of An Ecological Network In Ancient Egypt, Justin Yeakel, Mathias Pires, Lars Rudolf, Nathaniel Dominy

Dartmouth Scholarship

The dynamics of ecosystem collapse are fundamental to determining how and why biological communities change through time, as well as the potential effects of extinctions on ecosystems. Here, we integrate depictions of mammals from Egyptian antiquity with direct lines of paleontological and archeological evidence to infer local extinctions and community dynamics over a 6,000-y span. The unprecedented temporal resolution of this dataset enables examination of how the tandem effects of human population growth and climate change can disrupt mammalian communities. We show that the extinctions of mammals in Egypt were nonrandom and that destabilizing changes in community composition coincided with …

Kinney, Noah And Charlie Kinney - Interviews (Fa 696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 696. This collection features audio of three interviews conducted by Robert Gates with Noah and Charlie Kinney as part of the Kentucky Folklife Project.

Mitchell, Jennie (Fa 778), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 778. This collection features photographs taken of Parsons Country Store located in Huntsville, Alabama. The collection was created by Western Kentucky University student Jennie Mitchell as a requirement for the "Intro to Folk Studies" course.

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort - Sampler Video (Fa 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 698. This collection features a video sampler of folk musicians presented by the Kentucky Folklife Program about the Kentucky Folklife Festival. The featured artists were participants in the Kentucky Tour of Folk Music.

Making Of A Master Exhibit (Fa 700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 700. This collection features information and documentation about the "Making of a Master" exhibit which opened on 15 September 2011 at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort - Promotional Videos (Fa 699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archvies Project 699. This collection features video tapes about folklife in Kentucky. The videos were part of the promotion and advertisement process for the Kentucky Folklife Festival.

Osolnik, Rude - Interview (Fa 697), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 697. This collection features an audio interview conducted on 18 March 1997 by Larry Morrisey with Rude Osolnik, a noted woodworker and professor of industrial arts at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.

Diversity In Human Behavioral Ecology, Raymond B. Hames

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

As befitting an evolutionary approach to the study of human behavior, the papers in this special issue of Human Nature cover a diversity of topics in modern and traditional societies. They include the goals of hunting in foraging societies, social bias, cooperative breeding, the impact of war on women, leadership, and social mobility. In combination these contributions demonstrate the utility of selectionist’s thinking on a wide variety of topics. While many of the contributions employ standard evolutionary biological approaches such as kin selection, cooperative breeding and the Trivers- Willard model, others examine important human issues such as the problems of …

Punk Archaeology, William Caraher, Kostis Kourelis, Andrew Reinhard

Digital Press Books

Punk Archaeology is a irreverent and relevant movement in archaeology, and these papers provide a comprehensive anti-manifesto.

Guest Editor's Introduction, Jayeel S.; Cornelio

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Smiths Fork Archaeological Site (23cl223), Smiths Fork Campground, Clay County, Mo, William Mcfarlane, Miranda Suri

Anthropology Papers and Presentations

Previous survey and excavation identified 23CL223 (the Smith's Fork archaeological site) as a possible Steed-Kisker phase household with intact sub-plow zone deosits and multiple loci of cultural activity, including a pit feature and a hearth. Our work was designed to explore the potential this site held for shedding light on Steed-Kisker lifeways by expanding excavations beyond the previously noted pit feature. To this end, we systematically excavated six 1m x 1m units, which revealed extensive disturbance from modern farming activities that may have damaged or destroyed in situ evidence of a Steed-Kisker house. A total of 55 artifacts, consisting of …

Bilingual Typography: Study Of The Linguistic Landscape Of Jeddah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Shayna Tova Blum

Faculty and Staff Publications

Abstract: With the rise of globalization and the spread of Western culture across the globe, the use of English as an “international” language is often represented in bilingual and multilingual typographic signage. Throughout the Middle East North Africa and the Gulf region, the integration of Arabic and Latin letterforms is commonly viewed within the signage of storefronts, street signs, advertising billboards, and informational materials. This paper explores the use of bilingual/multilingual typography within the linguistic landscape of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Kaelin Rapport - Histological Techniques For The Sex Determination Of Skeletonized Human Remains, Kaelin Rapport

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program 2014

Determining the sex of skeletons is problematic in forensic and bio-archaeological research. Past studies demonstrate that bone cells can sometimes contain preserved sex chromosomal material in ancient samples. The sex chromosomes in skeletal remains may allow determination of sex in non-adults. The problem is explored by making 20μ thin sections stained with hematoxylin eosin. The dye highlights inactive X chromosomes (Barr Bodies) of females. The presence of the Barr Body is an indicator of female with an accuracy of greater than 99.9. This approach to identification of sex in unknown skeletons has been demonstrated with remains of individuals deceased as …

Issue 65, Autumn 2014, Society Of Bead Researchers

The Bead Forum: Newsletter of the Society of Bead Researchers

International Conference: Baltic Amber Across Time and Borders, by Karlis Karklins.

Geophysical Survey Of Wisconsin Burial Site Bou-0017 Freedom Moravian Cemetery, Peter N. Peregrine

Archaeological Reports

No abstract provided.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V10n3, Fall 2014, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Member Only Website Log-in

--ICTM-ISTS Math Science Fall Conference

--New IAS Program Coordinator

--New REAP Grant

--New Academy Website

--Iowa Science Foundation

--Recognizing Excellence

--Events and Deadlines

--Excellence in Science Teaching Award

A Dynamic Blend: The Study Of Traditional Ghanaian Dance In Connection With American Hip-Hop And Tap, Hanna Stubblefield-Tave

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

• Objective: The goal of this study is to explore the composition of dance that blends traditional Ghanaian dance with movements from American hip-hop and tap. In order to achieve this goal, the objectives were:

i. To study traditional dances from West Africa, especially Ghana, including the movements, histories, and meanings

ii. To learn about the process of choreographing traditional dances for the stage, particularly as dances from other cultures are blended in

iii. To investigate the risks and rewards of the cultural exchange and transformation that occur when traditional dance is mixed with other forms

• Methodology: Research involved learning several …

Once Upon Our Time: The Ancient Art Of Storytelling In A Contemporary West Africa, Harlee Keller

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Storytelling is an art form that has been flourishing in Senegal since the country’s origin. Traditionally, storytelling was a communal endeavor, oral and interactive. As modernity crept up on Senegal storytelling began to change, oral tradition only partially surviving in rural settings, almost completely obsolete in big cities. I am particularly interested in how Wolof tales and oral storytelling are surviving in a modernizing Senegal. I think that storytelling is a form of cultural education for children and adults alike, and that preservation is dire for the survival of this art. I will discuss story structure, content and the opinions …

Working With Clay, Rosemary A. Joyce, Julia A. Hendon, Jeanne Lopiparo

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Evidence from sites in the lower Ulua valley of north-central Honduras, occupied between a.d. 500 and 1000, provides new insight into the connections between households, craft production, and the role of objects in maintaining social relations within and across households. Production of pottery vessels, figurines, and other items in a household context has been documented at several sites in the valley, including Cerro Palenque, Travesía, Campo Dos, and Campo Pineda. Differences in raw materials, in what was made, and in the size and design of firing facilities allow us to explore how crafting with clay created communities of practice made …

Differences In Cultural Perception In Websites, Andrew Allen

Open Access Theses

The goal of this research was to determine what elements of websites are tied to the value of individualism and collectivism when viewed by two different national cultures. The research determined whether two participant groups (United States or Chinese) looked at the same or different website elements when experiencing the website. The Website Experience Analysis protocol was used to create a questionnaire that the students filled out as they experienced the website, allowing the researcher to determine what elements of the website they were experiencing when focusing on a particular cultural or organization-public relation value. This research found that culture …

Rough Hands: Family Conceptions Of Rural Morocco’S Agricultural Labor, A Case Study, Leah Kahler

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Conceptions of success for people in any capitalist context are tangled with social hierarchies of work. The rural women of Morocco have been specifically singled out as the objects discourses about their domestic and agricultural work, agency, gender identity and role, and their use of private and public space ownership. This project will examine the justifications, conceptions, and satisfaction with rural-agricultural work in a small-scale family farm in Morocco’s Al Hoceima province. Using the case study approach, I will live with a family in Sidi Bouafif and work alongside the family for an eight-day fieldwork period. Through participant observation and …