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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"archaeological survey"”.
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The Western Front in the Backyard: The archaeological survey of Camp Howze, Texas
… for thousands of German prisoners of war. This survey seeks to identify and document features related to the base to determine how the property has changed since it reverted back to private ownership, and to analyze how future archaeologists can determine the location of a World War II era …
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Archaeological Survey and Limited Testing at the Lincoln Trail Site (9bn17), Bryan County, Georgia
… Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Prior surface survey (ca. 1973, 2010) indicated an extensive artifact scatter and complex of shell middens in a marsh-edge environment, yet little was known of the site’s nature and no subsurface survey was conducted. 9BN17 was selected as a case study for a …
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Thermal Infrared Imaging for the Charity Hospital Cemetery Archaeological Survey: Implications for Further Geological Applications
… (TIR) imaging can be used to identify subsurface archaeological features buried as deep as 3 meters but the basis for his work has not been tested. In November of 2002, Bob Melia and I attempted to locate unmarked graves at the Charity Hospital Cemetery using TIR imaging. Unfortunately, shortly …
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Archaeological Survey of Historic Bath : Locating the Early Eighteenth-Century Colonial Settlements in North Carolina's First Town
… resided in the town. The goal of the large-scale archaeological survey presented in this thesis was to determine which lots were occupied in the early eighteenth century. This research employed a `presence/absence' type of analysis, using temporally-diagnostic ceramics as an indicator of early …
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The Pueblitos of Palluche Canyon: An Examination of the Ethnic Affiliation of the Pueblito Inhabitants and Results of Archaeological Survey at LA 9073, LA 10732 and LA 86895, New Mexico
… fact and the basis for most anthropological, archaeological, and historical reconstructions of Navajo history and cultural development.</p>
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Precision autonomous underwater navigation
… Despite the logistical cost, the standards of archaeological survey necessitate using fixed acoustic transponders - an instrumented navigation environment. This thesis focuses on the problems particular to operating precisely within such an environment by developing a design method and a …
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Estate by Estate: The Landscape of the 1733 St. Jan Slave Rebellion
<p>This historical archaeological investigation looks at the 1733 St. Jan Slave Rebellion in the Danish West Indies. This rebellion, which lasted for eight months, was approached via "Archaeology of Event" and was investigated using the archaeological survey, historical documentary analysis, and …
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THE BEAMING SUN: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPERIAL JAPANESE RADAR AGAINST UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT DURING THE BATTLE FOR SAIPAN
… thesis primarily utilizes archival research, archaeological survey, geographic information system (GIS) analysis, and predictive modeling to locate Japanese radar emplacements and downed US aircraft. The archival research includes obtaining Japanese and US radar technology documentation, US …
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Prehistoric Plant Procurement, Food Production, and Land Use in Southwestern Tamaulipas, Mexico
… collections from MacNeish's excavations and an archaeological survey near the Ocampo caves. Although most published sources acknowledge that wild plants comprised the majority of the local diet: especially during the early cultural phases), these sources often do not describe the species in …
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Dig In! The Historical Archaeology of Gendered Foodways in Sulphur, Nevada, 1909-1959
… on anthropological foodways research and archaeological gender work, I develop a model to investigate the spatial, temporal, and behavioral gendered components of the five steps in the foodways process: production, distribution, preparation, consumption, and disposal. Archaeological …
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Towards reconstructing cities with AI: a novel machine learning approach for automated archaeological surveying and preservation by learning canopy structures
Archaeological landscapes face increasing threats from climate change and human activity, necessitating scalable methods for site detection. LiDAR has revolutionized archaeological surveys by revealing features beneath dense vegetation, but manual interpretation remains labor-intensive. This study …
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Archaeological and Historical Research to Establish the Jasper County, Missouri Civil War Museum and Park
… historical research on the events and an archaeological survey of the park grounds. The survey yielded artifacts, including fired musket rounds, that improve our understanding of the attack at the Rader farm, will enhance the museum displays, and will assist in nominating the site for the …
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Medieval rural settlement: a study of Mid-Argyll, Scotland
… in Mid-Argyll which involved a combination of archaeological survey and historic geography. The techniques used included archaeological fieldwork, excavation, geophysical survey, and the consultation of historic maps, documentary evidence and aerial photographs. The area covered in this thesis …
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Social Organization and Environmental Patterning at Tel Abu Shusha: An Integrated Spatial Approach to Survey Archaeology
… Jezreel Valley of Palestine, is a large-scale archaeological site possibly identified as the cities of Biblical Gaba or Roman Gaba Hippaeon/Gaba Philippi. Surface archaeological survey of the surrounding area, conducted by the Jezreel Valley Regional Project during 2017, revealed extensive …
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The Jungle Tide: “Collapse” in Early Mediaeval Sri Lanka
… Sri Lanka, through explicit reference to the archaeological record. The study of Anuradhapura’s terminal period has been dominated by a reliance upon textual sources, resulting in a monocausal and politically charged narrative depicting an eleventh century invasion by the South Indian Colas as …
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Reappraising the Land Behind Baghdad: Using CORONA Satellite Imagery to Reassess the Archaeological Landscape of the Diyala Plain, Iraq
… CORONA spy satellite imagery is used to detect archaeological sites and relict canals in the Diyala Plain to the east of Baghdad, Iraq. This project seeks to improve upon the ground survey conducted there in the 1950s by providing better geographic control and discovering sites and canals that …
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Border Cave
… the infant burial (Border Cave 3) found in 1941 (Archaeological Survey File B 20/1/2) and recorded there and by Cooke et al.(1945) as lying below "an ash horizon at the very base of the overlying zone of 'advanced', industry", which Malan (1949a) subsequently termed the 'Epi-Pietersburg'. (c) To …
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