Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Pre-Columbian"”.
-
Ancient DNA from pre-Columbian South America
Ancient DNA (aDNA) research in the Americas represents a genetic strategy to investigate demographic and historical events of populations in the continent with the added bonus of having a direct and temporal perspective. This thesis aims to explore human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diversity from a …
-
The Old World in the New: theories of pre-Columbian contact in science and society, 1860–1920: theories of pre-Columbian contact in science and society, 1860–1920
… various late nineteenth-century conceptions of pre-Columbian contact between the Old World and the New. Such ideas were not particularly aberrant. They grew out of and more often than not reflected the sociointellectual and geographical circumstances in which those who proposed them worked and …
-
The identification of natural dyes in pre-Columbian Andean textiles by mass spectrometry.
Thesis. 1977. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemistry.
-
Fluorine Dating Of Human Bone At The Pre-Columbian Maya Cemetery Of Caves Branch Rockshelter, Belize
… containing at least 400 burials from the late Preclassic to the Postclassic periods. The intensive use and reuse of the site has disturbed the burial matrices, making it difficult to seriate the burials. Fluorine dating analyzes the amount of fluorine that has accumulated in bone over time. In …
-
Geochemical and mineralogical analysis of pre-Columbian stone tools from La Piedra Pintada, Baja California Sur, Mexico
… Mexico. Among the resources used by the canyon's prehistoric inhabitants were lithic materials suitable for the production of flaked stone tools. To help better define the spatial scale of resource procurement by the canyon's prehistoric population elemental analysis of samples collected from the …
-
An investigation of the mechanical and physical properties of copper-silver alloys and the use of these alloys in Pre-Columbian America
… central to the metallurgies that developed among prehistoric societies of the Andean zone and Western Mexico. These properties include their range of malleability, the microstructures behind their toughness, and the recrystallization and annealing behaviors that led to their development of …
-
An analysis of Pre-Columbian balsa raft design to determine the suitability of such rafts for ancient maritime trade between Ecuador and Mexico
… via maritime routes. However, no remains of pre-columbian rafts have been found in West Mexico. This thesis uses mechanical and materials engineering analysis to determine whether these craft could have sailed from Ecuador to Mexico. Using historical accounts of the rafts as a data set, this …
-
Investigating the use of coca and other psychoactive plants in Pre-Columbian mummies from Chile and Peru. An analytical investigation into the feasibility of testing ancient hair for drug compounds.
… for BZE, suggestive that access to coca was widespread. This project presents a synthesis of the archaeological evidence for the use of various psychoactive plants in Andes. Also presented is the first report of the detection of bufotenine in ancient hair samples and additional data contributing …
-
Architectural fusion and indigenous ideology in early colonial Mexico: a case study of Teposcolula, Oaxaca, 1535-1580, demonstrating cultural transmission and transformation through negotiation and consent in planning a new urban environment
… and resettling their community from its pre-Columbian mountain-top redoubt. The effect of changes in the total formal environment on the indigenous mental world is examined using a holistic approach suggested by the interpretation of Focillon and Kubler outlined in the Introduction. …
-
Nature and Culture in Prehistoric Amazonia : Using G.I.S. to reconstruct ancient ethnogenetic processes from archaeology, linguistics, geography, and ethnohistory
… the socio-cultural and linguistic development of pre-Columbian Amazonia, with a particular focus on the period between 500 BC and AD 1500. In assembling and analyzing data from archaeology, linguistics, ethnohistory, ethnography, and geography in a Geographical Information System (G.I.S.), it …
-
Diego Rivera: constructing a myth
… was a master of creating visual languages to express his ideas and beliefs. Throughout his life, he actively sought to define Mexican culture and his life through his art and his writing. Much of how he is remembered today: visionary, rebel, lover; and how Mexico is known to the world: exotic, …
-
Archaeology of Void Spaces
… the identification of ancient activity areas at Pre-Columbian sites in Antigua that range across time periods, geographic regions, site types with a variety of features, and various states of preservation. These findings have important implications for identifying and reconstructing places full …
-
La soledad en Clen anos de soledad de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
… The historical context of the novel and pre-Columbian myths form part of the analysis due to their role in understanding solitude as described by García Márquez. The Introduction to the thesis presents the author’s perspective on solitude– he equates it to anti-solidarity–underlining that …
-
Moche social boundaries and settlement dynamics at Cerro Castillo (c. AD 600-1000), Nepeña Valley, Peru Volume 1
This dissertation explores the pre-Columbian occupation at Cerro Castillo, a coastal settlement in the Nepeña Valley, Peru. The study examines the site’s internal organisation as well as its relationship with regional cultural phenomena during its most important period of occupation (circa AD …
-
Pilgrimage and the construction of Cahokia: a view from the emerald site
… and pilgrimage centers in the development of the pre-Columbian city of Cahokia (A.D. 1050-1350) by examining archaeological data from the Emerald site, a large multi-mound center 24 km east of Cahokia. The goals of this project are to determine whether the Emerald site was a pilgrimage center …
-
Exploring new work: a personal reflection art critique in the world of prints
… to certain Futurist artists and elements of pre-Columbian Aztec and Mayan artwork. I will discuss briefly technical processes and emphasize visual concepts. In viewing several examples of my own prints and exploring the makeup of these pieces, one can better understand the delicate balance …
-
Project Management Plan to Develop an Annual "Day of the Dead" Community Exhibition and Celebration at the American Museum of Ceramic Art
… to their communities. Pomona, California, represents an example of this trend with sixty-one percent of its community being classified as Hispanic. This project studies how introducing “Day of the Dead”, a Pre-Columbian tradition brought to the United States in the 1970s, into the programming …
-
The Creation of Metropolitan Amazonia: Genetic Consequences of Migration and Urbanization
… city of Yurimaguas. The site of extensive pre-Columbian and modern migratory fluctuation, contemporary Yurimaguas is characterized by considerable population diversity. Individually unique migratory and demographic profiles were combined with population genetic methodology to cultivate a …
-
A Possible Ehecatl Figure from West Mexico
… on a particularly sophisticated example of Pre-Columbian West Mexican ceramic sculpture from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: a dancing figure with a complex zoomorphic headdress. Late Pre-Classic Colima, the figure's culture of origin, is poorly understood due to its severely compromised …
Page 1 of 2