The Trade Beads Of Fort Rivière Tremblante, A North West
Company Post On The Upper Assiniboine, Saskatchewan,
2021
Syracuse University
The Trade Beads Of Fort Rivière Tremblante, A North West Company Post On The Upper Assiniboine, Saskatchewan, Karlis Karklins
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
The archaeological investigation of Fort Rivière Tremblante, a North West Company post that operated from 1791 to 1798 in what is now southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, yielded 20,119 glass beads representing 63 varieties, as well as seven wampum. While the bulk of the collection is composed of drawn seed beads, it also contains an exceptional variety of fancy wound beads. A comparison with bead assemblages recovered from other contemporary fur trade sites in western Canada reveals that both the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company carried much the same bead inventory in the region around the turn of the …
Migrating Genes: Using Adna And Archaeological Data To Explain Migration In The Casas Grandes Region Of Northern Mexico,
2021
Brigham Young University - Provo
Migrating Genes: Using Adna And Archaeological Data To Explain Migration In The Casas Grandes Region Of Northern Mexico, Meradeth Snow, Michael T. Searcy
Faculty Publications
Migration as an archaeological topic has addressed huge distances, such as the colonization of the Americas, as well as smaller regions, such as the peopling of specific sites. The use of genetics as a medium to enhance our understanding of population movement can be an asset. There are potential pitfalls, however, such as the misrepresentation of DNA ranging across the landscape without human vectors or motivations. Genetic data must be interpreted through the lens of all available data from the site and surrounding region in order to understand how it its into the potential for human migration. These ideas will …
Ceramic Analysis Of The 2019 Excavations Of Ely (44le12) Mound Site, Lee County, Virginia,
2021
University of Mississippi
Ceramic Analysis Of The 2019 Excavations Of Ely (44le12) Mound Site, Lee County, Virginia, Shannon Medah Wooten
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The Mississippian frontier in southwestern Virginia is a relatively unexplored area. This area was occupied by Mississippian and Radford locals, creating a crossroads between the two groups. The Ely Mound site is a Mississippian frontier site that can help understand the influence of Mississippian and Radford cultures on the development of chiefdoms. This thesis will analyze the ceramics from the mound test unit and shovel test survey of the 2019 excavation at Ely located in Lee County, Virginia. The temper patterns were used to understand the date and use of the site. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze …
Book Review Of Elite Burial Practices And Processes Of Urbanization At Gabii: The Non-Adult Tombs From Area D Of The Gabii Project Excavations, Edited By Marcello Mogetta,
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Book Review Of Elite Burial Practices And Processes Of Urbanization At Gabii: The Non-Adult Tombs From Area D Of The Gabii Project Excavations, Edited By Marcello Mogetta, Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
Mogetta’s richly illustrated and very well produced edited volume includes contributions covering all the major approaches to understanding the 8 infant and young child burials that have been discovered in association with excavations at Area D at Gabii in Lazio, Italy. Area D is identified as “a residential compound that was abandoned c.500” BCE (19).
Two Stripe ("Two Path") Wampum Belts: Different Tropes For A Single Decorative Theme,
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Two Stripe ("Two Path") Wampum Belts: Different Tropes For A Single Decorative Theme, Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Dutch And The Wiechquaeskeck: Shifting Allliances In The Seventeenth Century,
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
The Dutch And The Wiechquaeskeck: Shifting Allliances In The Seventeenth Century, Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Fort New Gothenburg And The Printzhof: The First Center Of Swedish Government In Pennsylvania,
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Fort New Gothenburg And The Printzhof: The First Center Of Swedish Government In Pennsylvania, Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Origins Of The Unusual Stature Of The Susquehannock: Skeletal Remains From The Murray Garden Site (36br2),
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Origins Of The Unusual Stature Of The Susquehannock: Skeletal Remains From The Murray Garden Site (36br2), Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Book Review Of The Powhatan Landscape: An Archaeological History Of The Algonquian Chesapeake By Martin D. Gallivan,
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Book Review Of The Powhatan Landscape: An Archaeological History Of The Algonquian Chesapeake By Martin D. Gallivan, Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Beaver Valley Cave, Delaware (7nc-B-002): A Review Of Published Records,
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Beaver Valley Cave, Delaware (7nc-B-002): A Review Of Published Records, Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Native American Ceramic Pipe Fragments From Great Tinicum Island (36de3) In The Delaware River Below Philadelphia: With A Brief Review Of Related Regional Literature,
2021
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Native American Ceramic Pipe Fragments From Great Tinicum Island (36de3) In The Delaware River Below Philadelphia: With A Brief Review Of Related Regional Literature, Marshall Joseph Becker
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Fish Weirs Et Alia: A Gis Based Use-Analysis Of Artificial, Pre-Columbian Earthworks In West Central Llanos De Mojos, Bolivia,
2021
University of Central Florida
Fish Weirs Et Alia: A Gis Based Use-Analysis Of Artificial, Pre-Columbian Earthworks In West Central Llanos De Mojos, Bolivia, Charlotte A. Robinson
Honors Undergraduate Theses
This study employed a GIS-based use-analysis on a network of recently mapped pre-Columbian earthworks lying on the west side of a Bolivian floodplain. This wetland region, called Llanos de Mojos, is home to many different types of artificial mounds that served different roles for the ancient communities who constructed them thousands of years ago. This new set of features, which was mapped by volunteers of the Proyecto Sistemas Informaticas Geograficas y Arqueologicas del Beni (ProSIGAB) was purported to be a network of fish weirs, linear earthworks built in rivers or floodplains that are designed to trap fish by exploiting seasonal …
Paleoethnobotanical Analysis Of Maya Ceramic Residues From Holtun, Guatemala,
2021
University of Central Florida
Paleoethnobotanical Analysis Of Maya Ceramic Residues From Holtun, Guatemala, Kimberly Batres
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
To the Maya, plant-based foods were not just important for sustenance but also had ritual meaning that was especially emphasized when placed in graves and caches. Food offered during ritual performances created a reciprocal relationship between living individuals, their ancestors, and the gods. The following thesis examines seven ceramic sherds associated with burial and cache offerings of individuals from the lowland Maya site of Holtun, Guatemala, that were found to have contained food offerings. Starch analysis, a method used to determine plant taxa on a microscopic level was performed on the ceramic vessels along with various experimental molecular spectroscopic procedures. …
The Kiwanis Site: A Multi-Method Geophysical Approach To Investigating Mound Features,
2021
Minnesota State University, Mankato
The Kiwanis Site: A Multi-Method Geophysical Approach To Investigating Mound Features, Luke Burds
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
Subtle mound-like landforms can be genetically ambiguous features within a landscape. A variety of geomorphological and anthropological processes can result in these equifinal forms being difficult to interpret. Being able to reliably and noninvasively differentiate them is important for legal as well as cultural and spiritual reasons. A suite of non-invasive geophysical methods were thus used on mounds at the Kiwanis site in western Wisconsin in order to determine if culturally diagnostic indicators could be recorded in geophysical data. Genesis of these mounds is ambiguous given the presence of aeolian landforms in immediate proximity. As a control, the same geophysical …
The Rise And Fall Of Wiñaymarka: Rethinking Cultural And Environmental Interactions In The Southern Basin Of Lake Titicaca,
2021
Dickinson College
The Rise And Fall Of Wiñaymarka: Rethinking Cultural And Environmental Interactions In The Southern Basin Of Lake Titicaca, Maria C. Bruno, José M. Capriles, Christine A. Hastorf, Sherilyn C. Fritz, D. Marie Weide, Alejandra I. Domic, Paul A. Baker
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications
Investigations of how past human societies managed during times of major climate change can inform our understanding of potential human responses to ongoing environmental change. In this study, we evaluate the impact of environmental variation on human communities over the last four millennia in the southern Lake Titicaca basin of the Andes, known as Lake Wiñaymarka. Refined paleoenvironmental reconstructions from new diatom-based reconstructions of lake level together with archaeological evidence of animal and plant resource use from sites on the Taraco Peninsula, Bolivia, reveal frequent climate and lake-level changes within major cultural phases. We posit that climate fluctuations alone do …
Ant-3700 - Introduction To Anthropology,
2021
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Ant-3700 - Introduction To Anthropology, Igor Pashkovskiy
Open Educational Resources
Movement away from the textbook model has potential to foster equitable access to course materials as well as reduce textbook costs for students. As such, transition to a zero cost/OER classroom included the curation of open access scholarly literature to cover the four-field approach presently taught in introductory anthropology courses.
Private Struggles In Public Spaces: Documenting Covid-19 Material Culture And Landscapes,
2021
CUNY Brooklyn College
Private Struggles In Public Spaces: Documenting Covid-19 Material Culture And Landscapes, Kelly Britt
Publications and Research
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every facet of our world, including some of the most fundamental forms of human behavior and our conception of the social. Everyday activities now pose a risk to individuals and to society as a whole. This radical shift in how we live has produced a wide array of material responses across the globe. This photo essay seeks to open up dialogue and ask questions about the numerous forms of COVID-19 materiality and altered landscapes that the authors have chronicled, witnessed, documented and cataloged in their communities, using archaeological and ethnographic methods. This materiality includes …
Ancient Maya Rural Settlement Patterns, Household Cooperation, And Regional Subsistence Interdependency In The Río Bec Area: Contributions From G-Liht,
2021
University of Kentucky
Ancient Maya Rural Settlement Patterns, Household Cooperation, And Regional Subsistence Interdependency In The Río Bec Area: Contributions From G-Liht, Scott R. Hutson, Nicholas P. Dunning, Bruce Cook, Thomas Ruhl, Nicolas C. Barth, Daniel Conley
Anthropology Faculty Publications
Research on intensive agricultural features contributes to the social relations of farming, including the means by which farmers mobilize labor and the possible destination of surplus. Lidar provides high-resolution data on ancient houses and agricultural features at a regional scale. This paper uses lidar data from NASA’s G-LiHT airborne imager to derive insights about rural demography, interhousehold cooperation, and subsistence interdependency among the ancient Maya. We assess the differences in intensity of agricultural investment in rural and urban areas of the Río Bec region of southern Campeche and Quintana Roo, Mexico, leading to inferences about regional food exchange and complex …
An Analysis Of Tachylyte And Other Volcanic Glasses In Washington Archaeology,
2021
Central Washington University
An Analysis Of Tachylyte And Other Volcanic Glasses In Washington Archaeology, Mallory M. Triplett
All Master's Theses
Within archaeological literature, a discussion of volcanic toolstones from Washington State is uncommon. Washington’s volcanic glass landscape is relatively sparse, with low-quality sources scattered within and on the east side of the Cascades, including tachylyte, obsidian, and vitrophyric obsidian. Tachylyte is a volcanic glass that forms within low-silica, basalt flows while obsidian comes from high-silica, usually rhyolitic, eruptions. Vitrophyric is a textural term used to describe an igneous rock that has a glassy groundmass with conspicuously large crystals. The low-quality and dispersed nature of these toolstones are reflected in Washington’s archaeological record by the more common occurrence of out-of-state volcanic …
Evaluating The Analytical Contribution Of 1/8-Inch (0.32 Centimeter) Lithic Debitage At The Sunrise Ridge Borrow Pit Site (45pi408),
2021
Central Washington University
Evaluating The Analytical Contribution Of 1/8-Inch (0.32 Centimeter) Lithic Debitage At The Sunrise Ridge Borrow Pit Site (45pi408), David R. Davis
All Master's Theses
Due to a relatively recent trend toward universal use of screens with ⅛-inch (0.32 cm) mesh-sized openings, archaeologists in the Pacific Northwest have expressed concerns regarding the overall utility of collection and analysis of 0.32 cm (⅛-inch) mesh-sized lithic debitage. Recovering and analyzing these small-sized artifacts is a time-intensive endeavor that adds costs to fieldwork and laboratory tasks. The information potential from attribute analysis of 0.32 cm (⅛-inch) mesh-sized lithic debitage when a site’s lithic assemblage consists of mainly debitage is largely missing from the programmatic literature. The Sunrise Ridge Borrow Pit Site (45PI408), located on the slopes of Mount …
