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A New Method for the Analysis of Human Hair : A Morphological Case Study of Five Sample Populations

Creator:

Weitzel, Misty A.

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Hair is an important piece of evidence in forensic and archaeological investigations. Analysis of the morphological features of hair has been reported since at least the early 1800's. However, many questions still remain unanswered such as, how can human groups (or local populations) be analyzed and possibly distinguished from each...

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Masters Thesis

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An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Creator:

Fluharty, Suzanne M.

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This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...

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Dissertation
Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

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Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.

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Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...

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Masters Thesis