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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"Anthropology, Archaeology"”.
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From tin trunk to world-wide memory : the making of the Bleek collection
… philology, "native studies", folklore and anthropology, archaeology and rock art interpretation. In more recent times, the Bleek collection provides a case study of the archive reconstituted for the new nation, serving not only as a site for the recovery of lost or hidden histories, but …
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Synoikism : people, power and poleis
… coming within the ambit of several disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, geography, history and sociology in particular. Therefore the thesis aims at synthesis as well as analysis; synoikism is intended to refer to the union of disciplinary perspectives as well as the union of communities which …
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Scars of an Empire: A Juxtaposition of Duncan Campbell Scott and Jacques Soustelle
… institutions concerning the history of French anthropology, archaeology and ethnology during Soustelle’s lifetime. Employing a transnational approach in comparative intellectual history this dissertation puts Canada into a global conversation about legacies of settler colonialism and European …
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Emyr Estyn Evans and the cultural identity of Northern Ireland 1929-1969
… examined as he effortlessly weaves Geography, Anthropology, Archaeology and Folklife Studies, demonstrating their fundamental role in the development of his theories of regional cultural identity and its importance in the study of not only Geography, but also within the wider social sciences. …
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Investigation of Late Woodland cultural changes at the Bridgeport site (1JA574), Alabama
This thesis examines Late Woodland cultural changes in northeast Alabama at the Bridgeport site, 1JA574, specifically the switch from ceramic stylistic homogeneity and social consensus in the Middle Woodland (A.D. 100-400/500) to increased ceramic stylistic heterogeneity and social differentiation …
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Places publiques de proconsulaire : catalogue raisonné des places publiques de douze villes d'Afrique proconsulaire.
Cette these est un catalogue raisonne des places publiques de douze villes d'Afrique Proconsulaire. Le travail est divise en deux parties. La premiere, qui comprend les chapitres 1 et 2, est une analyse des donnees archeologiques et historiques que nous possedons de ces places publiques. Le …
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Visualizing the Cultural Transition in Bithynia (1300--1402): Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism
Chapter Six recapitulated the evidence gathered in each chapter in order to elaborate on the new identity represented by new architectural forms and a new urban order in Bithynia.
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Reconstructing the Merovingian Cemetery of Butte Des Gargans, Houdan, France: The Documents of Auguste Moutie and Paul Guegan Considered With the Collections of the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures and the Musee d'Art Et d'Histoire De Dreux
From the artifacts remaining and the details gleaned from the Moutie manuscript it is evident that this cemetery was in continuous use, probably by Gallo-Romans and also laeti from the fourth to the seventh centuries, and follows the patterns known in rural cemeteries in the Paris basin. Appendices …
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Later Stone Age Lithic Raw Material Use at Lukenya Hill, Kenya
Excavations carried out at GvJm62 in 1994 are reported and the site's formation processes are examined through stratigraphic and sedimentological study. Raw material and typology in lithic assemblages from GvJm62 and from sites GvJm16, GvJm19, GvJm22, and GvJm46 are described and compared. Electron …
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Symbolic, Cognitive, and Technological Dimensions of Orr Phase Oneota Ceramics
The analysis of ceramics can provide a wide range of information about the contexts in which they were made and used. This analysis demonstrates the potential inherent in investigating social issues through the application of comprehensive analytical techniques to Oneota tradition ceramics. A …
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Components of Acheulean Lithic Assemblage Variability at Olorgesailie, Kenya
The data presented here suggest that factors other than style generated inter- and intra-assemblage variability. In other words, distinct cultural traditions are not observed within or between Olorgesailie assemblages. Because most variability is attributed to raw material and resharpening …
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The Cupisnique Culture in the Formative Period World of the Central Andes, Peru
It has been one of the major issues in Andean Archaeology: which is earlier, Chavin or Cupisnique? Recent field surveys have yielded substantial amounts of radiocarbon dates, demonstrating that many coastal sites which used to be categorized as Chavin sites are earlier than Chavin. A close …
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Trafico De Caravanas, Interaccion Interregional Y Cambio Cultural en La Prehistoria Tardia Del Desierto De Atacama
It is proposed that a complementary approach be taken to study the Revolving Mobility Model, one focused on both the regional and local level rather than cultural subareas, on actors and their traffic behavior rather than the products being traded by caravans, on the caravan routes ad spaces …
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Sustaining Civilizations: An Examination of Pastoral Production in Three Complex Societies
The development of this model suggests that in societies with low social and economic complexity that pastoral production will be generalized, with very little focus on any single domestic species or product. In the case of the Mesopotamian State, the tributary economy demands a highly specialized …
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Fishing, Farming, and Animal Husbandry in the Early and Middle Neolithic of the Middle Yellow River Valley, China
The significance of this research lies in that millet agricultural origin in this region is C4 agricultural origin, and the best analogue to millet agricultural origin in this region is maize production at higher latitude in eastern North America in Late Woodland period. Second, fishing had …
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Conflict and Culture Change in the Late Prehistoric and Early Historic American Midcontinent
Beginning in the early 1600s, populations were destabilized by the indirect effects of European contact. With new incentives and new weapons (i.e., firearms), old enemies took advantage of weaknesses brought on by disease and famine to wage wars of annihilation. Algonquian and Iroquoian tribes …
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Cultural Pluralism and Complexity: Analyzing a Cahokian Ritual Outpost
In this study I use micro-scale evidence of day to day living and macroscale regional comparisons, to suggest that toward the end of the Lohmann phase (A.D. 1050-1100), a series of administrative centers were founded in order to more fully integrate upland people into the Cahokian sphere. This in …
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The Zapotec Presence at Teotihuacan, Mexico: Political Ethnicity and Domestic Identity
"This dissertation addresses questions about the Oaxaca Barrio at Teotihuacan, Mexico, emphasizing the social process of migration and the community's social organization. The 2003 excavation of Structure TL5, located on the western edge of the city, exposed the remains of a Zapotec-style temple, …
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War and Social Life in Prehispanic Peru: Ritual, Defense, and Communities at the Fortress of Acaray, Huaura Valley
This is a study of ritual, war, and how those frame the construction of communities. Excavations at the fortress of Acaray in the Huaura Valley, Peru yielded evidence for conflict and ritual activities associated with two major time periods: the Early Horizon (ca. 900-200 B.C.) and the Late …
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Festivales De Muerte: Pampa Chica Y Los Origenes De La Civilizacion en Los Andes Centrales
I present that data, analysis and interpretations in ten chapters. Chapter 1 and Chapter 10 are the Introduction and the Conclusions, respectively. Chapter 2 is a critical review of anthropological theories about the relationship between death, ritual, and power and an exploration of this …
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