Browsing by Subject "Archaeology"
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(2015-05-04)In 2010, the discovery of a wreck identified as HMS Solebay off Nevis’ southwest seacoast prompted an investigation by a graduate student from Texas A&M University and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, in collaboration ...
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(2022-10-27)“Heritage, Conservation & Archaeology,” the 17th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium at Texas A&M University, explored the intersection of archaeology, architecture, and heritage conservation as closely related fields ...
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(2021-06-23)This dissertation investigates the dynamics of climate and culture in the Great Basin of North America using multiproxy data derived from combustion features, coprolites, and sediment cores from Connley Caves and Paulina ...
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(2020-03-25)Lack of research currently limits our understanding factors for preservation of shipwrecks along with the impact of these wrecks on the deep environment. Technology capable of assisting archaeologists in the study of these ...
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(2017-05-09)Accurate documentation of cultural heritage material is essential to its study and interpretation by archaeologists. In order to continually refine the documentation process, technological advances are incorporated into ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)This research presents an interpretation of palynological and macrobotanical data to determine room function for specific rooms in the NAN Ranch Ruin occupied from A.D. 750 to 1150 in southern New Mexico. The presence of ...
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(2009-06-02)Geoarchaeological investigations were conducted in the Middle Río Negro Valley in the northern portion of Patagonia, Argentina from 2004-2005. This project worked in conjunction with archaeological investigations in this ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)The purpose of this thesis is to present the morphological and chemical analyses of the lithic assemblage recovered from Aganoa Village (AS-22-43), Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Implications were found that include the ...
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(2021-07-29)Nautical archaeologists over many decades have uncovered a plethora of Mediterranean shipwrecks from different periods. Debates about how shipbuilders organized, designed, and constructed ships developed alongside the ...
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(2009-06-02)Prehistoric quarries in America are poorly understood and thus problematical to take into account when making inferences about past behavior. A microwear analysis of Clovis blades from the 2000 Texas A&M University excavations ...
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(K.T. Glowacki, 2010)Excavations at the archaeological site of Kavousi Vronda in eastern Crete brought to light a small rural settlement dating to the LM IIIC period (12th-early 11th centuries B.C.). At the time of abandonment, the settlement ...
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(2013-09-30)ABSTRACT Multisensor Geophysical Fusion for Improved Sub-surface Imaging at Camptown Cemetery, Brenham, Texas. (May 2014) Tate Gregory Meehan Department of Geology and Geophysics Texas A&M University Research Advisor: ...
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(2015-12-16)Cattle in ancient Egypt were a measure of wealth and prestige, and as such figured prominently in tomb art, inscriptions, and even literature. Elite titles and roles such as “Overseer of Cattle” were granted to high ranking ...
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(2019-10-30)This thesis describes the research undertaken to determine the origins of bricks recovered during the underwater excavations of Port Royal, Jamaica, conducted from 1981-1990. To evaluate where these bricks were made, X-ray ...
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(American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2003)This article presents a previously unpublished document relief discovered during excavations on the north slope of the Acropolis of Athens in 1937. Although fragmentary, this relief contributes to the corpus of 4th-century ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)In 1973, researchers from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) were led to the site of a wrecked ship by sponge diver Mehmet A??k??n, near his hometown of Bozburun, Turkey. During further monitoring over the following ...
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(2014-05-06)Recent advances in the archaeology of the Samoan Islands have forced us to reconsider the generally accepted phylogenetic model for the chronology of cultural change in prehistoric Samoa. In this dissertation I use new ...
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(2018-07-27)The 1770s was a formative decade for the United States, most famously for the declaration of the colonies’ independence from Great Britain, but this era also saw the formation of the nation’s first navy. At the forefront ...
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(2015-08-11)This dissertation investigates the evolution of Paleoindian adaptations during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition in the Midsouth United States. Evidence suggests that lithic technologies became more regionalized over ...
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From 2014 to 2016, researchers from Texas A&M University carried out an investigation of a submerged archaeological site in Lake Champlain, Vermont. The site, Shelburne Shipyard, contained four steamboat wrecks from the ...