Field Notes. Volume 04
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Volume 3 and Volume 4 were originally published together. They have been separated into two volumes here in order to maintain the order of volumes.
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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 ... -
Throw Me a Bone! Modeling Meat Sharing Behaviors in Western Great Basin Households During the Late Archaic
(2020-11-13)Sharing is a common hunter-gatherer behavior, especially as it applies to faunal resources. Ethnoarchaeologists have documented the archaeological visibility of sharing behaviors. Methods exist by which to infer sharing ... -
Going AWOL: Alternative Responses to PTSD Stigma in the U.S. Military
(2020-11-13)The psychiatric costs of war have contributed to an ‘epidemic of suicide’ linked to PTSD among United States military service personnel. Current research identifies ‘self-stigma as the barrier to care’ and dominant thinking ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence and its Sensitivity to Thermally Induced Changes in Clay Bodies
(2020-11-13)The use of portable X-Ray fluorescence spectrometry in the study of prehistoric ceramics has gained popularity recently due to the many benefits of this technology. Portable Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluourescence (XRF) is ... -
Mapping Moral Landscapes: Cartographies of Ascent and Descent in the Narratives of Pro-Life Activists
(2020-11-13)The Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973 brought to the fore of public consciousness in the United States two dominant stances on the issue of abortion (i.e. pro-life and pro-choice), each organized around a rhetoric ... -
Almost There: A Portrait of Peter Anton: Cultural reproduction, attitudes, and meaning in the category of outsider art
(2020-11-13)An analysis of the debate surrounding the art exhibit Almost There: A Portrait of Peter Anton at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in 2010 reveals sets of actors with competing interests and claims on the ...
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