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Technological and functional variability of convergent tools from Nahr Ibrahim, Lebanon : behavioral implications for Levantine Mousterian technological organization
(1997-05)
Convergent tools are hallmarks of the Levantine Mousterian and have long been considered an important portion of the technology. Previous typological and technological analyses alluded to a variety of purposes for these ...
Contemporary public celebrations of the Day of the Dead in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas
(1999)
The Day of the Dead, a Mexican folk-catholic holiday annually observed on November second, is devoted to remembering and honoring deceased family members. Since the 1970s the holiday has become increasingly popular within ...
The Lake Champlain sailing canal boat
(2000-08)
The nineteenth century witnessed profound developments in North American inland vessel construction. The story of the steamboat is familiar, but other vessels have not received adequate attention. In particular, canal boats ...
The work of art : rock art and adaptation in the lower Pecos, Texas Archaic
(1998-12)
This dissertation presents a study of prehistoric, hunter-gatherer rock art in Lower Pecos River Region, located at the northeastern reaches of the Chihuahuan Desert within the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. ...
The development of Asian watercraft : from the prehistoric era to the advent of European colonization
(1998-05)
The development of Asian watercraft began with simple flotation devices: the log float, bundles of vegetation, inflated animal skins and pottery vessels. From these, developed skin boats, basket boats and, most fundamental ...
Dietary reconstruction and subsistence strategies of prehistoric hunter gatherers of the Texas Gulf Coast
(1997-12)
Ethnohistorical and archeological data sets from 13 shell-bearing midden sites were integrated to reconstruct the annual dietary regime and the subsistence strategies of hunting and gathering populations living along the ...
Chinese porcelain and seventeenth-century Port Royal, Jamaica
(1998-05)
This dissertation examines 17th-century Chinese porcelain found in Port Royal, Jamaica during the various land and underwater excavations carried out since the late 1950s. The focus of the study is on the artifacts recovered ...
Rock quarries and the manufacture, trade, and uses of stone tools and symbolic stones in the Central Highlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia : ethnoarchaeological perspectives
(1997-05)
From both ethnoarchaeological and ethnogenesis perspectives, the complete cycle of quarrying, manufacture, trade, and uses of stone tools and symbolic stones, and the creation of other kinds of material goods and associated ...
Community, household, and status at Hacienda Tabi, Yucatan, Mexico
(1998-12)
In the last quarter century, many studies have demonstrated how the archaeological record reflects known socioeconomic distinctions on plantation settlements in the American South and Caribbean. Despite the lack of empirical ...