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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 ...
Analysis of stylistic attributes on Oneota pottery from the Pammel Creek site, La Crosse, Wisconsin
(2011)
This study examines the shell tempered Oneota pottery from the Pammel Creek site in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Oneota lived in the area from A.D. 1300-1650. This investigation analyzed trail markings on Oneota ceramics to ...
Impact of a militaristic society: a study on the Hittites
(2012)
The purpose of this study is to better understand the relationship between the military, the economy, and the societal collapse of the Hittites, a militaristic society. The Hittite empire suffered from many problems near ...
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 ...
Using protein residue analysis and other methods to determine scraper function and bison influence at La Crosse locality sites in southwestern Wisconsin
(2010)
A recurring question concerning Oneota archaeology at the La Crosse locality of southwestern Wisconsin is how bison scapulas are procured. More directly, do the scapulas and other bison skeletal elements found at La Crosse ...
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 ...
Experimenting with plumbatae and observations on their behavior
(2010)
This study looked at the behavior of the plumbata, a unique Roman throwing weapon. This was done through the replication of weapon heads, shafts, and flights based off of previous research and through the incorporation of ...
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 ...
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 ...
An international comparison of cultural resource management systems
(2010)
This study compares the cultural resource management systems of two nations; the United States and England. The purpose of the study is to determine if any methods used in one nation could be implemented in the other to ...