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Showing 1 to 20 of 127 for “"settlement patterns"”.
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An analysis of historic period Chickasaw settlement patterns
… my thesis examines the Chickasaw Indian settlement patterns in northeast Mississippi from late prehistory through Indian removal in the early nineteenth century. It is suggested that the changes and social reorganization prompted by the contact between European and aboriginal cultures is …
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Analysis of archaeological settlement patterns in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan
… of this study is to analyze archaeological settlement patterns within Grasslands National Park using Geographic Information Systems. Grasslands National Park is located in southwestern Saskatchewan along the international border and is split into West and East Blocks. The Park is primarily …
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u.s. Immigration in the 1970's: Settlement Patterns and Processes
… (3) to document and explain the immigrant settlement pattern within the United States during the 1970's. In response to public concern over an upsurge in both legal and illegal immigration the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy was formed in 1978 to study the existing …
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The Settlement Patterns and Social Power of Cahokia's Hinterland Households
… there. These data are synthesized here in a settlement study of building, household, and village organization. During late prehistory (A.D. 950-1400) trends of change at small-scale settlements paralleled regional developments as rural households played new roles in the increasingly complex …
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Prehistoric settlement patterns in central Ulster : evidence from artifacts and sites
… as an undergraduate dissertation entitled ’The Settlement and Economy of the East Tyrone Region’ (Q.U.B.,1969). This provided a basic chart for a more detailed exploration of this almost virgin terrain in terms of prehistoric food supply and production. That study achieved much of what it set …
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An Economic Approach to Modeling Archaeological Settlement Patterns in Central Idaho
Archaeologists can gain a better understanding of subsistence strategies by analyzing the net advantage of exploiting certain resources over others across a large area with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and application of economic. GIS modeling is a powerful tool used by …
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Breeding territory settlement patterns and mate choice in a monochromatic tyrannid flycatcher
… this question by showing that territory settlement patterns occur "preemptively" on the breeding grounds along a habitat-quality gradient defined by red alder (Alnus ruba) and preferred nesting substrate (adventitious nest substrate) densities. Early arriving adult males excluded later …
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The seed pod : facilitating self organizing robust settlement patterns in developing countries
… the world develop systems in which individual settlements positively affect surrounding ecologies. The effect of sick ecologies and drained resources are most harshly felt by the poor in developing countries. The situation boils down to provision of an element which firstly provides the vital …
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A GIS Approach to Understanding Mississippian Settlement Patterns in the Central Illinois River Valley
… to help understand the regional distribution of settlement locations from the Mississippian Period (AD 1050-1450) in the central Illinois River Valley (CIRV) of west-central Illinois. Settlement distribution was examined in two contexts, first in the context of larger, more “metropolitan” site …
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Settlement patterns and their potential implications for livelihoods among Maasai pastoralists in northern Tanzania
… few contemporary studies have examined the patterns of settlement among mobile groups who are shifting to sedentary lifestyles and how these patterns may be related to socio-economic outcomes. This research examines settlement site selection by using GIS and remote sensing techniques to …
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Archeological Settlement Patterns in the Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico: Alternative Models of Prehistoric Adaptations
… evaluation of previous models for prehistoric settlement patterns in the region. They suggest two significant revisions to earlier interpretations of the local archeological sequence.
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Towards a spatial energy model: A theoretical comparison of accessibility and energy-use in regional settlement patterns
… relationship between the spatial arrangement of settlements and the use of energy within them for both transport and building services. The literature of scenarios of energy futures is reviewed, and three scenarios of future constraints on regional planning are adopted. The adopted scenarios …
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Settlement patterns, biology and collection of pueruli and early juveniles of the West Coast rock lobster Jasus lalandii
… was designed to locate a site of high postlarval settlement and to (1) investigate numbers available for collection (standing-stock), temporal patterns of settlement and their relationships with environmental conditions, postlarval size-distributions and growth, (2) test the relative efficacy of …
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Prehistoric and Proto-historic communities in the eastern Upper Chao Phraya River Valley, Thailand: Analysis of site chronology, settlement patterns, and land use
… as inadequate for understanding past societies. Settlement systems in Thailand that existed throughout the period of technological change incorporating the bronze and iron ages have not yet been investigated from a heterarchical viewpoint. The dissertation goal is to test heterarchical and …
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Two Cost Analyses in Resource Economics: The Public Service Costs of Alternative Land Settlement Patterns and Effluent Allowance Trading in Long Island Sound
… sewer costs to three sets of hypothetical land settlement scenarios. Each set shows the effect of one component of spatial form on cost. The results show that smaller lots, shorter distances between existing centers and less tract dispersion reduce public water and sewer costs. Lot size is found …
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Settlement patterns in the eastern coast of Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela : evaluation of existing settlements and model for a low income sector of El Menito new town
… part is the physical analysis of residential settlements in the Eastern Coast of Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela. The work is based on surveys, evaluations and comparisons of four identifiable housing systems of the area which are Old settlements, Oil Company Housing, Squatter Settlements and Public …
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