Browsing UW-L Archaeology Senior Theses by Title
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Paleopathological interpretation of trepanima pallidum in 18th century crypt assemblages from Christ Church, St. Luke & St. George, London
(2010)This paper covers both the osteological and paleopathological interpretation of three crypt assemblages from Christ Church, St Luke and St George London. Each of the three sites had varying numbers of individuals analyzed. ... -
Past and present Egyptian views on pharaonic archaeology
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The possible initial period origins of the Chavin Jaguar motif
(2010)For years, the focus of study in the Chavin culture has been on their influence on later cultures. This study is meant to look into the influences that cultures in the Initial Period may have had on the Chavin, in ... -
Practices of preservation in the Goosetown neighborhood
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)Goosetown Neighborhood is one of the oldest working class neighborhoods in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Archaeological investigations into La Crosse's past have revealed a long and interesting history. During a redevelopment ... -
Punctate analysis using Oneota ceramics from La Crosse, Wisconsin
(2010)The Oneota material culture is found throughout the Upper Midwest, clustering around certain areas that supply vital resources, one of these areas being the modern day city of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The La Crosse locality ... -
Punctate variation among the La Crosse area Oneota ceramics after the 1500s
(2016-09-16)In observing the ceramic assemblage of State Road (LC34176) at the Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center, I identified unrecognized stylistic variations among the decorated sherds present. While other studies have ... -
Regional variation in Hopewell copper use
(2012)The Hopewell complex arose in the Middle Woodland period around 2000 years ago in the Midwest United States. Conical burial mounds, elaborate artifacts, and acquisition of exotic materials characterized Hopewell. Questions ... -
Religion and Spanish colonialism in the Phillipines
(2013)The indigenous Filipinos had religions of their own long before the arrival of the Spanish. After nearly four-hundred years of Spanish contact in the Philippines, the Filipinos appeared to have adopted Catholicism from ... -
The reuse of monastic materials in post-dissolution contexts at Thornton Abbey
(2013)During the Reformation Period in England, many monasteries were dissolved as a way to remove the Catholic influence from the country. Building materials were removed from the empty monasteries and reused to build new ... -
A review of archaeological public outreach programs : interpreting the past and educating the public about archaeology
(2013)Popular media has had a significant impact on the way the public perceives and interprets the modern discipline of archaeology. As a result, it has become increasingly important for archaeologists to understand how the ... -
Revisiting Seville : the significance of house-yard burials at the Seville Plantation, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica
(2009-05)The phenomenon of African slave house-yard burials in Jamaica is a rare occurrence. Archaeological excavations in the 1990s on the Seville Plantation site uncovered four separate house-yard burials typical of a distinct ... -
The role of Hellenistic Tell Es-Sweyhat: cultural variation between the core and fringe within the seleucid upper Euphrates
(2012)Cultural interaction and diffusion is a multi-faceted phenomenon, which occurs varyingly in different contexts. The site of Tell es-Sweyhat, located in modern Syria, off the east bank of the Euphrates River, was occupied ... -
Shipwrecked sailing vessels of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan
(2010)There are literally thousands of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Near the eastern coast of Wisconsin, hundreds of these wrecks lay on the bottom of Lake Michigan. This paper examines the shipwrecked sailing vessels of ... -
Shipwrecked? Defining the St. Augustine storm wreck
(2013)This is a comparative study of the storm wreck site in St. Augustine, Fl. The purpose of this study is to better define what kind of site the storm wreck is. I looked at three different types of maritime sites; shipwreck, ... -
Significance of classic Maya ceramic vessels in feasting
(2009-05)Within the past few years, many Maya archaeologists have addressed the significance of feasting in ancient Maya society and the way in which this ritual can be identified through the use of special ceramic vessels. The use ... -
Small mammal component of the Gottschall Rockshelter (47Ia80) : environmental reconstruction and an analysis of possible owl/raptor influenced taphonomic processes
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Solar alignments and the ritual structures of neolithic Orkney
(2012)The Neolithic period arrived around 4000 B.C. in Britain, along with pottery, domestication of animals and plants, and a burial mound tradition from Continental Europe. This tradition quickly spread throughout the British ... -
South American camelids in Central Andean religious practices
(2010)This paper focuses on using ethno-historic and ethnographic sources in order to determine if these works are able to assist with interpreting what is found archaeologically. It looks at the uses of South American camelids ... -
Special burial practices for suicide in North America
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)Extensive previous research has been done to compare methods of burial between societies, but little has been done to observe variation within a society as relating to one method of death: suicide. This paper will focus ... -
Stasis in the population of Metaponto : analysis of environment, health, and political unrest
(2013)The Greek colony of Metaponto offers an invaluable insight to the study of both rural and urban populations. Analysis of population is an important study to be able to examine social, political, and economic impacts ...