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Intrasite Feature Analysis of the Crescent Bay Hunt Club Site
(2020-11-03)The Crescent Bay Hunt Club Site (47JE904) is a Developmental Oneota site located on Lake Koshkonong in southeast Wisconsin. This site was occupied circa A.D. 1200 to 1400. Feature remains representing two wigwam style ... -
Death Anxiety in Elderly Communities (Retirement-Nursing Homes): Participant Observations, Interviews, and Analysis
(2020-11-03)Fascinating are projects that explore microcosms in society which remain for individuals largely unknown and hidden until changing personal circumstances render those microcosms visible. The circumstances with which this ... -
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 ... -
Interdisciplinary and Intercultural (Mis)understanding: An Ethnography of Communication
(2020-11-03)The following paper examines communication between members of a research team during a two-day meeting in April 2007. The interdisciplinary research team, which was focused on sustainable development in Romania, included ... -
Comprehending Amma: The Influence of Linguistic Ideology Upon A Contemporary Godperson
(2020-11-03)This paper examines the significance of differing linguistic ideologies present within the international religious following of contemporary Indian godperson, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. With particular reference to ... -
It's All Greek to Me: Classical Influences on Georgian and Federal Architectural Styles in the American Colonies
(2020-11-03)When the British established colonies in North America, they brought with them their cultural practices and ideals, which can be seen in the architectural styles present in the New World. It is generally accepted that both ... -
An Overview of Variation in Archaeologically Observed Mortuary Practices: A Case Study Examining Grave Placement, Headstone Type and Epitaph Content in Two Slave Cemeteries
(2020-11-03)Numerous explanations for archaeologically observed variation in the treatment of the dead have been posited by archaeologists, including but not limited to differentiation in rank, social organization, philosophical-religious ... -
The North American Fur Trade World System
(2020-11-03)The fur trade played an important role in determining the nature of the European-Native American relations. It acted as the framework for a developing world system, in which the European powers eventually formed multiple ... -
I Am No Man: A Study of Warrior Women in the Archaeological Record
(2020-11-03)The study of gender in archaeology has become a prominent aspect of archaeological theory and the contributions of women in ancient societies are an every growing topic. This paper addresses one such category within this ... -
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 ... -
Triangle Points and the Upper Mississippians: Oneota and Fort Ancient Typologies
(2020-11-03)The Fort Ancient and Oneota cultures have long been noted for their similarities. It is my intent to analyze the stone tools from two sites crossculturally to determine whether these similarities exist beyond the superficial ... -
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 ... -
Neolithic Cultural Hybridity: Social Entanglements and the Development of Hybrid Culture in the Western Mediterranean
(2020-11-03)With the advent and spread of food production technology, Mediterranean populations altered their lifeways, individually adapting to local environments in order to best accommodate the cultigens they would come to rely ... -
The Toggle & Indigenous Iron Age Glass Production in Ireland
(2020-11-03)The study of beads in archaeological contexts is a significant part of the reconstruction of material culture, used for tracing trade contacts, and in the study of ornament as a visual language (Cohn 1959: 77). As portable ... -
A New Look at an Old Collection: A Preliminary Analysis of Lithic Debitage from the Bluff Crest of Starved Rock
(2020-11-03)A common problem in archaeology is the constant shortage of time, money, and personnel necessary to process the extraordinary amount of artifacts that accompanies the excavation of heavily occupied prehistoric sites such ... -
Ideology in Historic Cemeteries: A Case Study from St. Paul,OR
(2020-11-03)A cultural landscape and material culture analysis of the two historic cemeteries in St. Paul, Oregon has recently shed light on the various social and cultural forces that shaped the ‘deathscape’ of this small rural ... -
Female Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Sexual Skin Color Variability
(2020-11-04)Many primate species use colorful signals to communicate sexual receptivity, rank, pregnancy, health, and developmental maturity. Reproductive coloration may not be limited to signaling sexual receptivity or pregnancy, but ... -
Field Notes: Volume 1, Number 1: Front Matter
(2020-11-04)Front matter, table of contents, and contributor information for Volume 1, Number 1. -
Field Notes: Volume 2, Number 1: Front Matter
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Integrating Geographic Information into the Analysis of the Genetic Distribution of South African Vervet Monkeys
(2020-11-04)This project uses the program Geneland to reanalyze McAuliffe’s (2008) thesis data on genetic variability in three South African vervet monkey populations (Polokwane, Oribi and Blyde). Using information on the geographic ...