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Comparing Random and Nonrandom Spatial Patterns of Artifacts within Lithostratigraphic Unit 3 at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho

Creator:: Gregory, Alex R.
Abstract:: Archaeological investigations at the Cooper's Ferry site in Western Idaho have recovered cultural remains dating to 16,000 years ago, suggesting the oldest human occupation recorded in North America. However, many archaeologists have argued the initial peopling of North America occurred no earlier than the opening of an ice-free corridor between...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) ……………….. 174 G r e g o r y | 1 1. Introduction 1.1. The Archaeological Implications and

Central Desert Studies : Archaeological Survey and Excavation in Baja California, Mexico

Creator:: Willis, Samuel C.
Abstract:: This dissertation serves as a contribution to the study of the prehistory of the Central Desert region of Baja California, Mexico. Between 2007 and 2011, a trans-peninsular archaeological survey and excavation program―the Central Desert Early Prehistory Project (CDEPP)―was completed for a portion of the Baja California peninsula extending from the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; and, (c) Guerrero Negro-like triangular forms

Rural ceramic production, consumption, and exchange in late classic Oaxaca, Mexico : a view from Yaasuchi

Creator:: Pink, Jeremias
Abstract:: The Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico was home to one of the most intensively-studied archaic states in the New World. Centered at the hilltop city of Monte Albán, the Zapotec State first arose around 500 BC and eventually encompassed much of the present-day state of Oaxaca. But by the Late Classic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: collaboration. First and foremost, I owe a tremendous debt to Dr. R. Jason Sherman, who excavated the site

Assemblages and Adaptation: The Influence of Multispecies Social Networks on Small Farmers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Change in Oregon

Creator:: Parks, Melissa
Abstract:: This study explores how multispecies social networks influence small farmers' perceptions of and responses to climate change across Oregon. Local food sovereignty and food system resilience depend on a robust local food system in which small farms play a critical role. To maintain their viability, small farmers must adapt to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene

Creator:: Wind, Thad A.
Abstract:: How do fishing guides of the Cascade and Coast Range rivers negotiate the conflicting tensions between their client’s desire to experience the wild and the extractive nature based tourism of their role as fishing guides? How do they position their services relative to the environment and an imagined landscape that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Demystifying the Sensationalism of Human Trafficking: an Anthropological Study on the Systemic Exploitation of Migrant Labor in Tuscany, Italy

Creator:: Marconi, Veronica
Abstract:: In the last twenty years, human trafficking has gained attention in government agendas and media coverage, while anti-trafficking projects have burgeoned worldwide. Anti-trafficking efforts, however, have almost exclusively addressed the issue of sex trafficking with a focus on rescuing women, while overlooking other types of exploitation. This is noteworthy, given...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Latinx Students in Latinx Fraternities and Sororities

Creator:: Martinez, Clara L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to look at how Latinx fraternities and sororities influence a Latinx student’s identity development, academics, and their sense of belonging at a historically white university. A qualitative narrative study was utilized to understand the experiences of the four participants and their responses to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and supported members to attend graduate school. Delgado-Guerrero and Gloria (2013) learned from

Traditional Agriculture in Transition: Continuity and Change in Southwest China

Creator:: Li, Xiaoyue
Abstract:: This dissertation seeks to understand Yi farmers’ livelihoods in the midst of an agricultural transition in Yunnan, Southwest China. This dissertation examines a community’s traditional knowledge related to wild edible plants (WEPs), analyzes socio-ecological vulnerability and resilience in the face of agricultural transition from subsistence farming to cash cropping, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Social-Ecological Resilience. Ecological Sociology. 18:4. Saylor, Christina R., Alsharif, Kamal A

Tiers of Development: Technology, Education, and Black and Indigenous Life in Bocas del Toro, Panama

Creator:: Pleasant, Traben L.
Abstract:: This dissertation examines development and the implications of information and communication technology, particularly computers, on issues relating to education, labor, and the overall wellbeing of Black and indigenous people in Bocas del Toro, Panama. It details the Black and indigenous legacy of dependency in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: rental properties). Some foreigners might be part of what Thampy (2014, p. 140) calls “‘[r]esidential

The Politics of Population : A Transnational Feminist Analysis of India’s National Population Policy of 2000

Creator:: Rowe, Ashley
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to critically analyze whether India’s National Population Policy of 2000 represents a paradigm shift in terms of how the nation-state conceptualizes and address population growth through formal population policy. Analyzed through transnational feminist theory, this study employed political discourse analysis as the research method....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Comparing Random and Nonrandom Spatial Patterns of Artifacts within Lithostratigraphic Unit 3 at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho

Central Desert Studies : Archaeological Survey and Excavation in Baja California, Mexico

Rural ceramic production, consumption, and exchange in late classic Oaxaca, Mexico : a view from Yaasuchi

Assemblages and Adaptation: The Influence of Multispecies Social Networks on Small Farmers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Change in Oregon

Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene

Demystifying the Sensationalism of Human Trafficking: an Anthropological Study on the Systemic Exploitation of Migrant Labor in Tuscany, Italy

Latinx Students in Latinx Fraternities and Sororities

Traditional Agriculture in Transition: Continuity and Change in Southwest China

Tiers of Development: Technology, Education, and Black and Indigenous Life in Bocas del Toro, Panama

The Politics of Population : A Transnational Feminist Analysis of India’s National Population Policy of 2000

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