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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Ethnoarchaeology"”.
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Mayan Metate Ethnoarchaeology
<p>Manos and metates are ubiquitous at archaeological sites in Mesoamerica. Unfortunately, grinding stones are understudied, and thus, not much is understood about them. Understanding that archaeology is based on the use of analogy to infer past life-ways, little work has been done to create …
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Comidas de la Tierra: an ethnoarchaeology of earth ovens
Earth ovens are one of the most common cooking features encountered by archaeologists. This dissertation is an ethnoarchaeological effort to provide baseline information for linking the material remains with the human behaviors associated with earth oven use. Specifically, I examine the social, …
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Ethnoarchaeology of the Incense Trade in Tigray, northern highland Ethiopia
Since ancient times, frankincense and myrrh have been traded across Northeast Africa, the Near East and circulated through the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. The incense trade is almost invisible, and little is known of how incense was produced, distributed, and consumed within …
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Relationships and Reciprocity: a Collaborative Approach to Ethnoarchaeology of the Choctaw (Chahta) Homeland
The Choctaw Ancestral Homeland is an understudied research area in archaeology with even less work done in collaboration with Indigenous descendant communities (both resident and removed). This project was in collaboration with descendant Choctaw communities to produce a body of research useful to …
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Linking the Past with the Present: Exploring Ethnoarchaeology and Sharing Stories in Weipa, Cape York, Queensland
Abstract Fieldwork for this thesis was undertaken in the Country of the Ndrrua'ngaith / Wathayn people on the Weipa Peninsula, western Cape York, far north Queensland, Australia. My research formed part of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project (LP110100180) Enhancing Cultural …
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Linking the Past with the Present: Exploring Ethnoarchaeology and Sharing Stories in Weipa, Cape York, Queensland
Abstract Fieldwork for this thesis was undertaken in the Country of the Ndrrua'ngaith / Wathayn people on the Weipa Peninsula, western Cape York, far north Queensland, Australia. My research formed part of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project (LP110100180) Enhancing Cultural …
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Integrating anthropology in pursuit of the Byzantine period glass industry in northern Israel
… past. The research deals with the application of ethnoarchaeology, excavation, experimental archaeology, archaeometry and physical anthropology to an archaeological case study in an integrated manner. The case study in question is the production and distribution of glass in the Galilee region of …
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Etnoarcheologia dei Paesaggi Pastorali nelle Alpi: Strategie Insediative Stagionali d'Alta Quota in Trentino
… field with many unresolved theoretical problems. Ethnoarchaeology of pastoralism seems to be a good method to provide a behavioural framework for predictive modelling, and the interaction with quantitative approaches may be worthwhile to improve the ethnoarchaeological methods and theory as well. …
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The Materiality of Mobile Pastoralism: Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives from Samburu, Kenya
<p>This thesis represents the first comprehensive ethnoarchaeological study to date on the material culture of African mobile pastoralism, a way of life economically, culturally, and ideologically centered on the herding of livestock. In Africa, tens of millions of people today still rely on …
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Constructing community and cosmos : a bioarchaeological analysis of Wisconsin Effigy Mound mortuary practices and mound construction
ABSTRACTCONSTRUCTING COMMUNITY AND COSMOS: A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WISCONSIN EFFIGY MOUND MORTUARY PRACTICES AND MOUND CONSTRUCTIONByWendy Lee Lackey-CornelisonThis dissertation presents an analysis of the mounds, human skeletal remains, grave goods, and ritual paraphernalia interred within …
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Contrasting epistemologies in the use of natural dyes, Central Highlands of Chiapas
Mexico is an ecologically diverse area with a variety of natural resources used by its inhabitants since millenniums before our common era. In the southwest of the country, the ecosystem of the Central Highlands of the state of Chiapas is no exception, where a few textile craftswomen transform …