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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Belize"”.
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Continuity in Change: Settlement in the Upper Belize Valley, Belize
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Pan Africanist Praxis Ina Belize
… slavery, colonization and neocolonialism in Belize. As such, three manuscripts are offered to outline the historical narrative of Belizean Pan Africanism, autoethnographic insights for the study of Pan Africanism, and the sociopolitical context that contemporary Pan Africanism in Belize rises …
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Cayes, Coral, Tourism and Ethnicity in Belize
… as a primary objective for the government of Belize, Central America. This study examines two villages Seine Bight and Placencia located on a peninsula occupied by separate ethnic groups (Garifuna and Creole) that is located on a peninsula in Southern Belize. Seine Bight and Placencia are …
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Inclusion and Teaching Students with Disabilities in Belize
… of teachers in the southern districts of Belize to meet the educational needs of students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Despite the Belize Ministry of Education’s 2016 licensure requirement for all teachers, there is no national mandate for ongoing professional …
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Fission-Fusion Dynamics in Spider Monkeys in Belize
… monkeys at Runaway Creek Nature Reserve in Belize from January 2008 until September 2013. I found that most subgroups were small (1-3 individuals), contained only adult females, and changed membership every 30-40 minutes. Habitat-wide fruit availability showed a weak relationship with …
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Nature and Culture Among the Maya in Rural Belize
… with special emphasis on the Q’eqchi’ Maya of Belize. The theories of symbolism, animism, and totemism, help to explain how and why nature is so essential to the Maya way of life. Throughout this thesis, I will explore such intricacies ascribed to the Maya’s worldview on nature and culture, as …
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Education and Multi-cultural cohesion in Belize, 1931 - 1981
… with the British neglect of education in Belize and the emergence of increased tensions between church and state, from the twin catalysts for social change of the 1931 hurricane and economic depression until independence in 1981. This conflict has revealed a contradictory web of power …
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The Chipped Stone Tool Industries of Blackman Eddy, Belize
… significant finds at the site of Blackman Eddy, Belize, is a series of superimposed structures that date between 1200 B.C.-A.D. 600 (calibrated). Because it was continuously occupied for over 1800 years, this site provides a unique opportunity to examine long-term socio-economic changes in the …
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A resource management strategy for the Belize barrier reef system
… perspective in managing natural resources of the Belize barrier reef system was examined. The small country of Belize in Central America is struggling to increase its economic development and growth. It has an excellent natural resource base, the most dramatic component being the extensive barrier …
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Rethinking the female body : gender and nation in Zee Edgell's Belize
… who challenge destructive gender ideologies in Belize, Central America. My analysis focusses on the roles women's bodies play in their oppression, resistance and transformations of consciousness. The aim is to discover where sexual and political issues intersect, parallel or reinforce each other …
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Cognitive development and the acquisition of semantic knowledge in Northern Belize
… of semantic knowledge conducted in Corozal Town, Belize. Historical and ethnographic accounts of the area precede this presentation. A research sample of children between the ages of 5 and 17 (N= 90) was selected from among Spanish and Belizean Creole speaking children. This sample was comprised …
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Densities, habitat-use, and mesopredator release of the ocelot in Belize
… I investigated the ecology of ocelots in Belize and examined the role of mesopredator release in the neotropical carnivore guild to determine if ocelots are limited by competition with jaguars and pumas. I conducted remote camera surveys and sampled habitat within four protected areas: …
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Evaluation of an Early Classic Round Structure at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
… excavations. The site of Santa Rita Corozal, Belize offers one of the few examples of an Early Classic Period round structure (Structure 135) in the Maya region, one that is distinctive in its timing and architectural form. This thesis seeks to compare Structure 135 with the patterns of round …
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Chetumal's Dragonglass: Postclassic Obsidian Production and Exchange at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
… ancient exchange and production. Northern Belize has largely been absent from discussions of Postclassic Mesoamerican economies. The limited amount of obsidian research that has been done is unable to draw comparisons to the region's primary site during this period, Santa Rita Corozal. This …
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The formation of a colonial society : Belize, from conquest to Crown Colony
… development of the British Settlement at Belize in its formative period from the seventeenth century to the establishment of Crown Colony rule in 1871. The connections between the political economy and the social structure of the Settlement are the primary focus of the study.Initially …
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Evaluating biosecurity law and regulation in developing countries: case studies from Belize
… well as successes, of Biosecurity frameworks in Belize. The methodology adopted to achieve this was grounded theory. Key characteristics of this were a departure from the traditional legal-centralist approach and the investigation issues at the ground level, through consultation with a broad …
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Type II diabetes and the embodiment of development in post-colonial Belize
… forms of development on a Maya reservation in Belize, C.A. The global diabetes pandemic is estimated to affect 10% of the world’s population, with 80% of diabetes related deaths occurring in developing countries. Belize is especially hard hit by this epidemic, with 15-32% of the population …
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