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Daily Activity Patterns Among People Interred In Umm An-Nar Communal Tombs From Southeastern Arabia, Jaime Ullinger, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Laura Allen, Janeth Cabanas, Sarah Caminito, Maddy Hull, Angelique Lindberg, Caden Rijal, Abby Sargent, Sarajane Smith-Escudero
Daily Activity Patterns Among People Interred In Umm An-Nar Communal Tombs From Southeastern Arabia, Jaime Ullinger, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Laura Allen, Janeth Cabanas, Sarah Caminito, Maddy Hull, Angelique Lindberg, Caden Rijal, Abby Sargent, Sarajane Smith-Escudero
Year 3: AABA 2023 – Reno, NV
No abstract provided.
Examining Temporal Bones For Evidence Of Pearl Diving In Prehistoric Arabia, Maddy Hull, Caden Rijal, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Jaime Ullinger
Examining Temporal Bones For Evidence Of Pearl Diving In Prehistoric Arabia, Maddy Hull, Caden Rijal, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Jaime Ullinger
Year 3: AABA 2023 – Reno, NV
No abstract provided.
Mni And Sex Estimation In Two Umm An-Nar Tombs From The Uae, Jaime M. Ullinger, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Chaylee Arellano, Quentin Burke, Victoria Calvin, Charlie Downey, Rachel Heil, Alyssa Mcgrath, Silvio Ernesto Mirabal Torres, Jeremy Simmons
Mni And Sex Estimation In Two Umm An-Nar Tombs From The Uae, Jaime M. Ullinger, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Chaylee Arellano, Quentin Burke, Victoria Calvin, Charlie Downey, Rachel Heil, Alyssa Mcgrath, Silvio Ernesto Mirabal Torres, Jeremy Simmons
Year 1: AAPA 2021 – virtual
Commingled tombs are often overlooked in bioarchaeological studies because of the difficult nature of analysis, despite their prevalence across the ancient world. Tombs Unar 1 (U1) and Unar 2 (U2), located in the United Arab Emirates, date to the Umm an-Nar period (2700-2000 BCE), when people witnessed shifts in mortuary practices likely reflective of broader changes in subsistence and social organization. A collaborative project that trains undergraduates in anthropological research has examined tomb membership for U1 and U2 by estimating MNI and sex. Despite early descriptions of U1 and U2 holding similar numbers of individuals, this project found that MNI …
Sex Estimation For Early Bronze Age Arabian Tombs Using The Temporal Bone, Victoria Calvin, Jeremy Simmons, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Jaime M. Ullinger
Sex Estimation For Early Bronze Age Arabian Tombs Using The Temporal Bone, Victoria Calvin, Jeremy Simmons, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Jaime M. Ullinger
Year 1: AAPA 2021 – virtual
Background: The Umm an-Nar period (2700-2000 BCE) in the United Arab Emirates was marked by the appearance of settlements, oasis agriculture, and fortification towers, suggesting increasing stratification. Conversely, mortuary practices indicate equality based on commingling of community members. Based on other tombs in the region, it was hypothesized that sex ratios would not differ between tombs Unar 1 (U1; 2400-2200 BCE) and Unar 2 (U2; 2300-2100 BCE).
Methods: Sex was estimated using robusticity of the mastoid process and the lateral angle of the internal auditory meatus for the temporal bone. As cremation was part of the mortuary ritual and could …