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dc.contributor.advisorCastro, Filipe
dc.creatorFranca, Raphael
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-05T21:19:57Z
dc.date.available2018-02-05T21:19:57Z
dc.date.created2017-08
dc.date.issued2017-08-07
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/165993
dc.description.abstractLog boats or dugout canoes are the earliest known watercraft in the global archaeological record. In pre-Columbian Florida, dugout canoes were used as early as 6,000 years ago. To date, more than 400 log boats have been recorded from archaeological contexts in Florida. Despite their antiquity and clear importance to indigenous populations, variation in their morphology is not well understood. Established typologies of log boat morphology in pre-Columbian Florida are examined here through geo-statistical analyses. Grouping and cluster analyses were implemented within ESRI ArcGIS in order to build a better understanding of variation in log boat size, form, and location of use. Potential relations were created using available characteristics of individual log boat finds and tested using cluster and outlier analyses. Though some correlations were found, characteristic data remains too incomplete for further interpretation.en
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dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectDug out canoeen
dc.subjectlog boaten
dc.subjectindigenous maritime heritageen
dc.subjectpre-Columbian Floridaen
dc.subjectmaritime adaptationen
dc.titleA Geospatial Analysis of Pre-Columbian Florida Log Boatsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropologyen
thesis.degree.disciplineMaritime Archaeology and Conservationen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith, Cecilia
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCarlson, David
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dc.date.updated2018-02-05T21:19:57Z
local.etdauthor.orcid0000-0002-9992-8487


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