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  • Measurement and meaning of archaeological diversity

    Creator:
    Betz, Virginia Marie
    Abstract:
    Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity refers to both the number of artifact classes present (richness) and the proportional representation of classes (evenness). Numerical diversity indices measure one or both components. Archaeologists use assemblage diversity to infer behavior of prehistoric cultures. Archaeological inferences about behavior...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Courtland L. Smith Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity

  • Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

    Creator:
    Leaver, Jennifer Jensen
    Abstract:
    In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Redacted for privacy Redacted for privacy ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to thank Dr. Courtland Smith and

  • Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

    Creator:
    Burke, Erik P.
    Abstract:
    Reinhabitation is an approach to building local cultures and economies within industrial society. The food system is a vital starting point. What are the principles of reinhabitory food systems? What are the possibilities for a locally adapted food system in the Marys River region of western Oregon? I describe past...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: Courtland L. Smith Reinhabitation is an