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The Shape Of Diversity: A Morphometric Analysis Of Late Archaic Bifaces From Lamoka Lake, Samuel M. Bourcy

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

The general assumption of Late Archaic peoples in the Northeast is that they were one homogeneous culture group, but through the study of Lamoka Lake bifaces found at the Lamoka Lake Site, as well as applying the concepts of community of practice, I have shown that tool shape variation could indicate distinct social groups. Using computer software to digitally outline bifaces I compared the shape of over 400 bifaces from Lamoka Lake and statistically analyzed their morphologies in order to provide material correlates of social diversity. Whether this morphological variation is representative of the conscious or unconscious design choices made …

Stress And Frailty In Medieval Prussia: Interpretations From Skeletal Remains At Bezławki, Katherine E. Gaddis

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Health is routinely studied in living populations using quantifiable measurements such as allostatic load and frailty. In recent years, particularly since the introduction of the osteological paradox, there has been increased interest among bioarchaeologists in how these concepts can be applied to the study of health in past populations. Although health is not directly observable in skeletal remains, assessment of frailty can be useful for understanding the implications of long-term exposures to stress on well-being and mortality. This study builds upon past research in this area by incorporating commonly observed indicators of physiological stress, such as dental disease and osteoarthritis, …

The Origin Of Dark Mats At The Sunrise Ridge Borrow Pit Site (45pi408) Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, Sean Stcherbinine

All Master's Theses

The Sunrise Ridge Borrow Pit Site is a precontact archaeological site located in the upland forest soils of Mount Rainier National Park. Site stratigraphy is complicated, consisting of tephra deposits from mostly known origins that are intercalated with dark sediments of unknown origin, referred to here as dark mats. Precontact occupation has been split previously into two components based on the ambiguous depositional history of the dark mats, notably their unknown parent material, depositional environment, and relationship with adjacent tephra strata. Stratigraphic samples from excavation units, features, and one off-site excavation unit was used to investigate these data gaps. Grain …

Solar Alignment And The Irish Passage Tomb Tradition, Frank Prendergast

Book/Book Chapter

A succinct and very useful, illustrated, explanatory guide to the phenomenon of solar alignment in the irish Passage Tomb tradition. Includes a listing of where to visit the 15 known astronomically aligned passage tombs in the 32 counties.

Written by Dr Frank Prendergast who is now Emeritus at the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he researches Irish prehistoric monuments and their landscapes from a cultural astronomy perspective. His current interests and publications are on the meaning of the dark sky in the prehistoric past and on the conservation of archaeological landscapes from light pollution.

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Archaeological Investigations At The Old Manse, 2016-2017, Concord, Massachusetts, Alexandra Crowder, John M. Steinberg, Brian N. Damiata, Christa M. Beranek

Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research Publications

Two phases of archaeological investigations were conducted at the Old Manse in Concord, MA, in advance of a proposed visitor center and other construction activity at the property. In 2016, a geophysical survey was carried out over the parking lot and in the area east of the historic barn location. Although subsequent test excavations had been proposed for the same areas, these were not carried out because the construction project was put on hold. In 2017, five shovel test pits and one excavation unit were excavated in an area west of the current garden in an area that was proposed …

Respect The Land - It’S Like Part Of Us: A Traditional Use Study Of Inland Dena’Ina Ties To The Chulitna River & Sixmile Lake Basins, Lake Clark National Park And Preserve, Douglas Deur, Karen Evanoff, Jamie Hebert

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

For countless generations, Lake Clark has been home to the inland Dena’ina people. This unique and vast fresh-water lake complex sits at the intersection of sprawling tundra, taiga, and jagged cordillera, dotted with villages. Here, village life has been sustained by herds of caribou, shorelines populated by moose and beaver, vast runs of salmon ascending from Bristol Bay, and other natural assets. But the area’s uniqueness extends beyond its abundant natural resources. Also unique is the National Park Service (NPS) unit that has occupied the region known as Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LACL) in recent decades.

The study …

Analysis Of Prehistoric Ceramics From A Fourteenth-Century Native American House, Carter Robinson Site (44le10), Lee County, Virginia, Emily J. Warner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Chiefdoms located on the frontier of the Mississippian world have not been examined in great detail, yet they have the potential to provide evidence for the emergence of hierarchy and the interaction of hierarchical and egalitarian societies. Frontiers can help identify the emergence and maintenance of power in southeastern chiefdoms. Carter Robinson (44le10) is a frontier site that can help understand the degree of interaction between hierarchical and non-hierarchical groups nearby. This thesis will analyze the ceramics at structure 6 based on the 2015 excavation at Carter Robinson located in Lee County, Virginia. The use of attribute and morphological analyses …

Cantonment Belle Fontaine 1805-1826 The First U.S. Fort West Of The Mississippi River, David L. Browman

Books and Monographs

A brief summary extrapolated from various unpublished archaeological and archival reports detailing the results of five seasons of test excavations from 1992 to 1997 at this National Register of Historic Places property. Some sections, as indicated, may include information from research report analysis data by former Washington University students Jennifer Bonarek, Rachel Boyarsky, Marco Brewer, Tiffany Bruckert, Ellen Chapman, Myla Coffie, Laura Downing, Jennifer Fee, Kelly Gelpi, Rui Guan, Ronald Hampton, Joe Harl, Emily Hollinger, Mary Holst, Lauren Hosek. Lauren Hunter, Alexandra Jensen, Bobby Kahlon, Stephanie Kain, Ian Kalish, Sarah Keast, Meghan Kenny, Joanna Kovalski, Catherine Koziol, Amy Kramer, Aimee …

Table Of Contents (V. 30, 2018)

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

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To Produce “A Pleasing Effect:” Taíno Shell And Stone Cibas And Spanish Cuentas In The Early Colonial Caribbean, Joanna Ostapkowicz

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

This article serves as an introduction to the use of beads – both indigenous and European – in surviving examples of body ornaments of the early colonial period Caribbean: a cemí/belt in the collections of Rome’s Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “L. Pigorini,” a belt from the Weltmuseum Wien, and a cache of beads in a wooden vessel from the collections of the Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico. These artifacts offer insights into how the Taíno may have adopted newly introduced foreign goods, aligning them to their own aesthetics and world view. Glass beads, acquired via …

Book Reviews And End Matter

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Not Just for Show: The Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork and Personal Ornaments, by Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Clive Bonsall, and Alice M. Choyke (eds.), reviewed by Karlis Karklins. The Art & Tradition of Beadwork, by Marsha C. Bol, reviewed by Valerie Hector. Stone Beads of South and Southeast Asia: Archaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections, by Alok Kumar Kanungo (ed.), reviewed by Karlis Karklins. Beads in the World, by Kazunobu Ikeya (ed.), reviewed by Margot Thompson. Journal: Borneo International Beads Conference 2017, by Heidi Munan and Anita MacGillivray (eds.), reviewed by Louise M. Macul.

Pvn-Lot-43af-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-31cg-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-31cd, Ce-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-21 Al, Am, An, Ao, As, At-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-21 Ah-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Lot-27ad-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvc-Lot-14ae-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvc-Lot-14ad-Multiple, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Drw Subop 31cg Section Test Pit, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Drw Subop 31cb Detailed Plan Test Pit, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Drw Subop 21ac, 21ad Detailed Plan Str Ah-18, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Drw Op 21 Preliminary Plan Str Ah-18, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Drw Op 21 Detailed General Plan Str Ah-18, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Drw Detailed Plan Subop 27ad Test Pit, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn Op 31ca, 31cb, 31cc, 31ce Ceramic Analysessheets 2018, Patricia Urban

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn 001 Schortman Field Notes 2018 02, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvc Subop 14aa Detailed Plan 02 Str 13, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvc Drw Subop 18bc Plan Str 92, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvc Drw Subop 14ae Section Str 13-Sub2, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

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