Browsing UW-L Archaeology Senior Theses by Title
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Iconography of the gorgons on temple decoration in Sicily and western Greece
(2010)This paper provides a concise analysis of the Gorgon image as it has been featured on temples throughout the Greek world. The Gorgons, also known as Medusa and her two sisters, were common decorative motifs on temples ... -
Identifying mortuary ritual and ancestor veneration : a spatial analysis of the tombs at Hualcayan
(2013)This study is an investigation of the ritual activity associated with ancestor veneration in the Peruvian Andes through a survey of eighty tombs at the site of Hualcayan, located in the Callejon de Huaylas. The location ... -
Impact of a militaristic society: a study on the Hittites
(2012)The purpose of this study is to better understand the relationship between the military, the economy, and the societal collapse of the Hittites, a militaristic society. The Hittite empire suffered from many problems near ... -
Impact of crusader castles upon European western castles in the Middle Ages
(2009-05)During the Middle Ages, the period from roughly AD 1000-1450, the structure of castles changed greatly from wooden motte and bailey to stone keeps and defenses within stone city walls. The reason for the change was largely ... -
Inca architecture : the function of a building in relation to its form
(2011)This thesis provides research and information on various architectural constructions at four Inca sites in the Sacred and Urubamba Valleys of Peru: Cuzco, Saqsaywaman, Ollantaytambo, and Machu Picchu. It evaluates the ... -
Indigenous knowledge : a look at the Ma?ori in a modern day education system
(2013)The Ma?ori people are a prevalent indigenous group who play an exceptionally interesting part in the modern day education system of New Zealand. This study looks at three different Ma?ori education initiatives and programs ... -
An international comparison of cultural resource management systems
(2010)This study compares the cultural resource management systems of two nations; the United States and England. The purpose of the study is to determine if any methods used in one nation could be implemented in the other to ... -
An interpretation of building structures and their implications for social stratification at the site of Ban Non Wat, Thailand : a GIS analysis of prehistoric post-holes
(2010)In order to understand prehistoric behaviors through the field of archaeology, it may first be necessary to determine the social structure, as well as the political and economic growth of that society over time. Culture ... -
Intersite and intrasite analysis of Mississippian sites of the Northern Hinterlands
(2010)Over the past one hundred and fifty years scholars interested in the past have pondered over the settlements of Mississippian peoples throughout the Midwestern United States. Many excavations and studies have been undertaken ... -
The Israelites in Egypt : an archaeological outlook on the biblical Exodus tradition
(2011)During the past few decades the reliability of historical texts, especially the Bible, has been questioned by scholars and archaeologists. This paper analyzes indirect archaeological and historical evidence from Egypt and ... -
Late prehistoric bone marrow extraction : a case study in western Wisconsin
(2009-05)The Swennes Upper Garden Terrace site (47Lc333) in La Crosse County, Wisconsin has been the location of multiple excavations by the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 1995. ... -
Lithic analysis of Cade 3 (47Ve630) in Vernon County, Wisconsin
(2008-05)Cade 3 is one of several archaeological sites located within the Cade National Register Archaeological District, located in the Bad Axe River Valley in Vernon County, Wisconsin. This site was partially excavated in the ... -
Looking for the past in the present : ethnoarchaeology of plant utilization in rural Bolivia
(2009-05)Ethnoarchaeology is a still developing field of anthropology, where the methods of ethnography and archaeology are combined to interpret archaeological findings and generate and test hypotheses. Ethnobotany is the study ... -
A macroscopic analysis of lithics from the eastern Driftless : what is local?
(2016-09-16)Lithic sourcing is a common practice used by archaeologists in order to investigate mobility and trade. The lithic material available within the Driftless Area of Wisconsin exhibits a wide degree of variation in color, ... -
Mass burials of the Holocaust
(2013)During the Holocaust, an estimated six million Jews as well as other groups, were killed and disposed of in mass graves. While archaeological investigations have been done at Holocaust sites, none of them have included a ... -
Mayan medicine : rituals and plant use by Mayan ah-men
(2013)Mayan civilization is a great example of a culture that was able to live off of the land and thrive using the resources around them. This paper looks at ah-men healers in Classic Mayan societies. It examines the plants ... -
Mechanics of bipedalism : an exploration of skeletal morphology and force plate analysis
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)There are several theories on how humans learned to walk, and while these all address the adaptations needed for walking, none adequately describes how our early ancestors developed the mechanism to walk. Our earliest ... -
Mesolithic health and subsistence at Langhnaj and Mahadaha, India
(2012)The late Mesolithic period in India saw the emergence of agriculture in the Harappan civilization. From here agriculture spread east and south replacing hunting and gathering. Health throughout the world changed as agriculture ... -
The missing link: an examination of skin clothing production of north central plains Native Americans
(2011)Deer hides are one of the most commonly used materials for clothing production among the prehistoric Northern Great Plains peoples. Richard Michael Gramly?s 1977 article, Deerskins and Hunting Territories: Competition for ... -
Mithraism : archaeological evidence of the spread and change of a Roman cult religion
(2008-05)The cult of Mithraism is generally well-known in circles concerning Roman history and archaeology. The set of beliefs embodied by this cult transformed very rapidly when adopted by the Romans. This adoption most likely ...