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OBJECT: TBD A Reflective Essay on the Nature of the yet-to-be-decided Object in Exhibition Design
(2021-11-07)In the year 2018 the Field Museum in Chicago, in response to the contemporary demands of inclusivity and decolonization, declared that it will redesign its Native American Hall. The developers and curators, in collaboration ... -
One Day at a Time, Four Decades Apart: An Analysis of the Doxic, Mimetic, and Diagnostic Performances in the Original and Rebooted Pilots of the Classic Norman Lear Show
(2024-05-07)In the modern era, it has become easier than ever to watch serial shows, whether they air on primetime television or are released on subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services. However, the lack of Latinx representation ... -
Osteological Analysis of Burials Recovered from the Schrage Site, (47FD581) Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin
(2020-11-13)In August of 2009, human remains were inadvertently disturbed during construction work associated with USH 151 in Calumetville, Wisconsin. One adult was present in partially disturbed contexts beneath the existing pavement ... -
Red Ocher Burial Variability: A Test of the Effect of Outsider Influence on the Conservation of Ritual Forms
(2020-11-13)Christopher Hays (2010) proposed that prehistoric ritual behavior is conservative by nature but can be changed by contact with outside groups. This hypothesis is tested using burial data from seven Red Ocher complex sites ... -
Reliability Study of Methods for Scoring a Non-Metric Human Osteological Trait
(2020-11-13)To gain meaningful insights from non-metric trait analysis in the field of human osteological study, issues of reliability and context need to be addressed, especially for the analysis of discrete cranial traits. A preliminary ... -
Shipwreck Artifacts from the S.S. Otago and the S.S. Tairoa as Symbols of Dominant Maritime Regional Identity Narratives in Southeastern New Zealand
(2020-11-05)This article considers the actions of social actors and organizations, who through engaging with artifacts from the wrecks of the nineteenth-century S.S. Otago and S.S. Tairoa, have helped affirm the dominance of shipwreck-based ... -
Stone Beads of Ancient Afghanistan: Stylistic and Technical Analysis
(2020-11-13)Afghanistan occupies a unique geographic position at the crossroads of Asia on the trade routes between east and west. Among the many objects that moved through Afghanistan, stone beads were among the most common. The study ... -
Subadult Growth Stunting at Schroeder Mounds (11He177): A Late Woodland Sample from Illinois
(2020-11-05)Constitutional growth delay in subadults may be caused by chronic illness, malnutrition, and/or undernutrition. Very little is known about the community health of the presumptive forager-farmers of the Late Woodland (~ AD ... -
Tactile Encounters and the Ephemerality of the Graffiti Image
(2020-11-05)The use of new materials such as stickers, posters, and stencils has transformed how graffiti (or if you prefer street art) is made in the public spaces of Barcelona. In this article, I explore the practice of graffiti in ... -
Tell Hadidi and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis: Are There Ceramic Geochemical Signatures?
(2020-11-03)X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis using a portable analyzer is a non-destructive technology with the potential to answer many questions about ancient ceramics. This paper presents the results of a preliminary study on a ... -
The Application of NextEngine Scanning Technology to Commingled Skeletal Analysis at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery: A Replicable Method for Restoring Individuality
(2020-11-05)The analysis and subsequent disentanglement of human skeletal elements from commingled or mixed burial contexts is an essential step in creating individual identifications of those individuals represented in these burials. ... -
The Boundaries of Watchdog Journalism at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(2020-11-05)In the early 21st century, daily newspapers across the United States struggled with how to respond to economic and technological pressures. Using ethnographic methods, this article explores one newspaper’s—the Milwaukee ... -
The Burials at Cheshmeh Ali and Rayy: The Excavations of Erich Schmidt 1934 – 1936
(2020-11-03)The Iranian site of Cheshmeh-Ali / Reyy was excavated in the 1930s by Erich Schmidt in association with the Oriental Institute and the University of Pennsylvania. Schmidt was simultaneously working on several other significant ... -
The Fall of Etowah, A.D. 1375: Warfare in the Iconographic Record
(2020-11-03)The Etowah site, located in Northwestern Georgia, was the home of a Mississippian period chiefdom that rose to prominence very rapidly during the Wilbanks phase. Using artifacts from the elite mortuary of Mound C, iconographers ... -
The Global Financial Crisis, Austerity, and Mental Health: The Case of Walker’s Wisconsin
(2020-11-05)A case study of health care in Wisconsin under Governor Walker is presented in order to explore some effects of austerity in the United States. The case study follows the trajectory of rhetoric employed by the Walker ... -
The Journey of a Hopewell Site Artifact: Bear Canine with Inlaid Pearl at the Milwaukee Public Museum
(2021-06-25)The archaeological excavations conducted by Warren K. Moorehead at the Hopewell site of Ross County, Ohio resulted in the removal of hundreds of thousands of ancient Native American objects. Crafted during the Middle ... -
The Multiple Temporalities of a Burial Monument: The Tumulus at Hrib
(2020-11-13)Tumuli are often analyzed as a coherent whole in the hope of discerning patterns that indicate social processes inhered in the monument. However, in the search for patterning too often the mound is analytically flattened, ...