Browsing UW-L Archaeology Senior Theses by Subject "Archaeology -- Methodology."
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Mesolithic health and subsistence at Langhnaj and Mahadaha, India
(2012)The late Mesolithic period in India saw the emergence of agriculture in the Harappan civilization. From here agriculture spread east and south replacing hunting and gathering. Health throughout the world changed as agriculture ... -
Nubian a-group and Egyptian Naqada trade relations in the predynastic
(2012)The archaeological study of interregional trade provides the unique opportunity to reconstruct not only the foreign relations of cultures that are no longer in existence, but also how these relations evolved over extended ... -
The possible initial period origins of the Chavin Jaguar motif
(2010)For years, the focus of study in the Chavin culture has been on their influence on later cultures. This study is meant to look into the influences that cultures in the Initial Period may have had on the Chavin, in ... -
Shipwrecked sailing vessels of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan
(2010)There are literally thousands of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Near the eastern coast of Wisconsin, hundreds of these wrecks lay on the bottom of Lake Michigan. This paper examines the shipwrecked sailing vessels of ... -
Stones, bones, and antler tines : a comparison of midwest arrow points
(2013)Cultures in the Midwest such as the Mississippian and Oneota crafted projectiles from raw materials ranging from local stone to exotic materials, bone and antler. This thesis is a study of differences in the nature of raw ... -
Strategic middlemen: ?b Monongahela, Mohawk, and Meskwaki settlements in a trade landscape
(2012)North America was home to a vast set of trade networks both prehistorically and historically. In several instances key passages within these networks were controlled by societies who acted as middlemen. This position allowed ... -
Viking social structure and gender roles in Scandinavia based on burials and grave goods
(2012)The Vikings have always been a mysterious culture particularly the women who lived in that time and the questions that surround them. This paper looks to answer some inquiries by examining specific burials and the meanings ... -
Waste, water and worms: the sanitation and treatment of water and parasitic infections in York, England
(2011)The history of public health is commonly seen as beginning in the 1800s after the industrial revolution, but archaeology has allowed for components of public health to be examined for populations that existed well before ...