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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Ethnohistory"”.
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Mexican identity in Clark County, Nevada: A visual ethnohistory, 1829-1960
Mexicans were present in southern Nevada since 1829 but their history is not well documented. Often their cultural identity was misrepresented in several Nevada histories. This thesis establishes a written and photographic documentation of the Mexican identity population in southern Nevada between …
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Territory and Tradition: The Ethnohistory of The Paez of Tierradentro, Colombia
The Paez, an indigenous group with a population of approximately 80,000, inhabit the Central Cordillera of the southern Colombian Andes. Historically, they originally lived in Tierradentro, on the eastern slopes of the range.
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The archaeology and ethnohistory of the Hasinai Caddo : material culture and the course of European contact
This dissertation compiles information related to Caddo archaeology and history and examines in detail the collections from various Historic Caddo sites and Spanish missions. The study uses materials from these sites, along with the archival records from early European expeditions and colonization …
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The dispossessed : an anthropological reconstruction of Lawa ethnohistory in the light of their relationship with the Tai
My thesis has three major components, two of which are conventionally ethnographic. The first is based on the Lua of Nan (Thailand) whom I lived with for five years (1978-1982) and emphasizes their matrifocality and matriliny (Part I). I then compare the Lua with other Lawa in Chiang Mai (Thailand) …
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The dispossessed : an anthropological reconstruction of Lawa ethnohistory in the light of their relationship with the Tai
My thesis has three major components, two of which are conventionally ethnographic. The first is based on the Lua of Nan (Thailand) whom I lived with for five years (1978-1982) and emphasizes their matrifocality and matriliny (Part I). I then compare the Lua with other Lawa in Chiang Mai (Thailand) …
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Nature and Culture in Prehistoric Amazonia : Using G.I.S. to reconstruct ancient ethnogenetic processes from archaeology, linguistics, geography, and ethnohistory
… analyzing data from archaeology, linguistics, ethnohistory, ethnography, and geography in a Geographical Information System (G.I.S.), it synthesizes large amounts of empirical data from several fields to facilitate long-term, macro-scale reconstructions of pre-Columbian socio-cultural processes …
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The pearl divers of Los Frailes: Archaeological and ethnohistorical explorations of sumptuary good trade and cosmology in the North and Central Andes
… understanding of both the archaeology and the ethnohistory of the North and Central Andes in the immediate pre-Contact period.
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The archaeological, linguistic and ethnohistorical evidence for the expansion of Arawakan into northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia
… sets are analyzed: archaeology, lingustics and ethnohistory. Once the patterns of distribution are modeled for each domain independently, an evaluation is made of the degrees of correspondence between each model. The resulting integrated model of Arawakan expansion stands in sharp contrast to …
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An Archaeological Model of the Construction of Monks Mound and Implications for the Development of the Cahokian Society (800 - 1400 A.D.)
… a few. Using analogies from the ethnography and ethnohistory of Dhegian Siouan speakers, I argue the Cahokian system likely contained both achieved and ascribed statuses mediated through a worldview that emphasized balance and integration of the whole. In the face of a growing population, this …
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Cree (Nêhiyawak) Mobility, Diplomacy, and Resistance in the Canada-US Borderlands, 1885 - 1917
… archival research, digital mapping (GIS), ethnohistory, and data analysis to track Indigenous movements and to analyze how the Cree navigated their status as “foreign” Indians. It focuses on Cree transnational mobility, diplomacy, and resistance from the events of 1885 at Frog Lake, …
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"There will be many stories": museum anthropology, collaboration, and the Tlicho
… interlinks applied anthropology, ethnography, ethnohistory, Indigenous archaeology, art, museums as places of interaction, and cultural revitalization, through the description of creative collaborative projects undertaken in partnership with Tli?cho? and other Dene elders, artists, and other …
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Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)
… but focusing on the twentieth century. Taking ethnohistory to most generally refer to the investigation of the social and cultural distinctiveness of historical consciousness, this thesis examines how perceptions and activities of the past shape interpretations of the present. Though this …
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Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)
… but focusing on the twentieth century. Taking ethnohistory to most generally refer to the investigation of the social and cultural distinctiveness of historical consciousness, this thesis examines how perceptions and activities of the past shape interpretations of the present. Though this …
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Sandoz Writing (Righting) History
… by extensive historical research, which employed ethnohistory, and detailed research notes to support her stories of both fiction and non-fiction. Her advocacy through her writing and personal efforts were important in shaping opinions in Nebraska and the United States. While Sandoz’s intricate …
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A theology of persecution and Christian endurance: Cain, Abel, and a ‘Black Book of Acts’ among the St. Thomas Moravians, 1732-1740
… of Cain and Abel, this theological approach to ethnohistory introduces a story-based premise to help parse the ongoing historical persecution of Christians and their ability to endure. It regards the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s supper as key elements in the community’s ability to endure …
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The Contested Ground of the "Peaceable Kingdom": Environmental Change and the Construction of Identity in Early Pennsylvania.
… the analytical methods of environmental history, ethnohistory, and ecocriticism, this dissertation demonstrates that environmental change was a vitally important factor in a series of conflicts among the various peoples of early Pennsylvania, and explores the ways that people changed their own …
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Working across cultures in indigenous science education
… to the role of culture broker, although the ethnohistory literature gave some insight. The influence of culture shock on westerners working in indigenous communities in the settler states was not particularly understood nor its relationship to identity learning explored. A qualitative …
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Ancestor Worship in the Middle Sicán Theocratic State
… architecture, iconography, bioarchaeology, and ethnohistory and ethnography in the Andes), this study gives primacy to the direct focus on the material residues and relational contexts and patterns of ritual activities and studies their change and stability through time in relation to other …
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