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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Archaeological Methods"”.
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Archaeological Methods for Assessing Prehistoric Fermentation
… for recognizing fermentation in the archaeological record. Ethnographic correlates, organic residue / lipid analyses, ancient DNA, palynology, and starch analysis have been used to detect evidence of brewing. Also presented are results of two experiments in fermentation microfossil …
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Using Archaeological Methods in Cemetery Surveys with Emphasis on the Application of Lidar
… of information obtained by all the survey methods supports this result. In conclusion, while LiDAR is a new and effective tool in the archaeologist's toolbox. Like any technology it has constraints. While it may prove to be useful, it should be used in conjunction with other methods to …
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The Perseverance of Play: An Archaeological Analysis of Residential Blocks with Preschools at the Amache National Historic Site
… facility located in Granada, Colorado. Through archaeological methods, GIS analysis, oral histories, and archival research, I analyzed the landscape and material culture of the five residential blocks within Amache that had designated preschools. I then compared these blocks with preschools to …
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A Comparison of Presence Only Suitability Models to Accurately Identify Prehistoric Agricultural Fields in Western New Mexico Through Remote Sensing
… difficult to locate with standard field-based archaeological methods. Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems methods were applied to develop suitability models that will identify ideal environments for ak chin style agricultural fields based on a small training data sample. Three …
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People, Places, and Plants: An Appraisal of Subsistence, Technology and Sedentism in the Eastern Woodlands
… this study uses quantitative and qualitative archaeological data to 1. Provide a general survey of the changes in human botanical diet from the Hocking Valley, Ohio, for the Late Archaic through Middle Woodland Periods, 2. Determine the relative correlation between investments in food …
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An archaeological investigation of the Kirfi area, northern Nigeria: craft, identity and landscape
… doctoral research presents the first sustained archaeological investigation of Kirfi, Bauchi state, northern Nigeria. As part of this work, test pits were excavated at three sites and research was carried out into modern craft practices. These yielded good chronological sequence and allowed the …
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The Show Must Go On: Legacies of Ancient Theater in Middle Byzantine Visual Culture (ca. 843–1204)
… studies, combined with art historical and archaeological methods. I reveal, for the first time, the profound role theater played in Byzantine culture as a primary mechanism through which imperial power and elite identity were created, retained, and performed.</p> <p>In the first half of the …
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Spatially Immersive Networked Composites: A Media Archaeology of the Photogrammetric Imagethrough Glitch Practice
… art making in this research. New forms of Media Archaeological methods are employed, focusing on glitch practices that explore this evolving technology. Under certain conditions, peculiar errors and aberrations occur. These attributes reveal a glimpse of the image’s materiality by showing …
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A Historical Archaeology of Whisky in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. c.1500-1850
… as a<br/>combination of historical and archaeological methods is utilised throughout the thesis<br/>to investigate two core research questions. It uses geographically diverse case-studies<br/>to investigate the archaeology related to whisky distilling in different areas of …
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An archaeology of artisan identities and global relationships: Case studies of 19th and early 20th century weavers and carvers from Pohnpei and Kosrae, Micronesia
… in the nineteenth century using archaeological methods and theory? To answer, I draw inspiration from post-colonial principles, feminist archaeological theory and the social learning literature to propose a new archaeological approach: the Archaeology of Shared Experiences. The …
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The role of geophytes in stone age hunter-gatherer subsistence and human evolution in the greater cape floristic region
… Cape Floristic Region (GCFR), where significant archaeological evidence of the evolution of human modernity has been identified in the Middle Stone Age (MSA). It is thought that the resources available in this region during this time period fuelled the progression and development of complex …