Browsing UW-L Archaeology Senior Theses by Title
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Terrestrial and aquatic mollusks as environmental indicators at the Brogley Rockshelter, Grant County, Wisconsin
(2008-05)The Brogley rockshelter (47Gt156) is an archaeological site located in southwestern Wisconsin's Driftless Area. It has both an Archaic and Woodland human occupation which, after excavation, resulted in the discovery of a ... -
Tiwanaku ceramic style and its influence on theory, interpretation, and conclusions of Andean archaeologists
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007)This paper investigates the interpretation of ceramic style in the context of Andean Archaeology. I will focus specifically on the ceramics of the Tiwanaku people that occupied the Lake Titicaca Basin for nearly a thousand ... -
The trade and exchange of ceramics across the medieval middle east during the crusader period : a study of acre and jaffa
(2013)In 1096, the Crusaders set out to for the Levant region in the Middle East in hopes of taking the Holy Land from the Muslim population that resided there. Once the Crusaders settled in the eastern Mediterranean, trade and ... -
Trade or migration? A Study of red-black burnished ware at Tell Qarqur, Syria
(2010)Both trade and migration have been used by archaeologists to explain change in material culture. In particular, archaeologists have interpreted changes in the types of ceramics recovered at archaeological sites as evidence ... -
Trends in prehistoric grayware of the American Southwest as represented by the Chaco Canyon assemblage from Basketmaker III to Pueblo III
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)The advent of pottery about A.D. 400 among the ancestral Puebloans of Chaco Canyon marked a cultural shift to a more sedentary lifestyle. Chaco Canyon itself flourished from A.D. 1100 until A.D. 1300 when it fell to a ... -
Underwater imaging on the Great Lakes to locate deep wrecks
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)Commercial Shipping on the Great Lakes began in 1679 with the arrival of the Griffon; the history of Great Lakes shipwrecks began with this same ship in the same year when she failed to reach port after setting sail out ... -
Unity in numbers : the archaeology of the demimonde (1840-1917)
(2008-05)Prostitution served as a logical economic career choice for women in the nineteenth century due to a lack of prosperous labor options. It offered the hope of a modest economic status and autonomy for women despite the ... -
Use of forensic archaeology to investigate genocide
(2008-05)The discipline of forensic archaeology is an essential component in the investigation of genocide. A forensic archaeologist is trained in grave recognition, excavation, and the identification of human remains. They are ... -
Using pXRF and ICP-MS analyses to create a calibration curve for silicified sandstones in the upper mississippi river valley (UMRV)
(2016-09-16)Silicified sandstones are commonly found in lithic assemblages at sites in, and around, the Upper Mississippi River Valley (UMRV). This study resulted in compositionally characterizing three silicified sandstones (Arcadia ... -
Utilizing a private collection to explain the variation present in turn of the century wrenches, spark plugs, and corn huskers
(2012)This study focuses on three broad categories of a turn of the century farming collection containing more than 40,000 total items. The three categories examined in this study include: wrenches, spark plugs, and corn huskers. ... -
Viking social structure and gender roles in Scandinavia based on burials and grave goods
(2012)The Vikings have always been a mysterious culture particularly the women who lived in that time and the questions that surround them. This paper looks to answer some inquiries by examining specific burials and the meanings ... -
Violence and trauma in the Wari heartland : a study of one civilization's treatment of their people
(2013)The Wari civilization lasted from A.D. 600 ? 1000, in central Peru. They conquered other cultures during their reign, and their power spread from their capital city, Huari. However, little data has been compared to ... -
Violence in the midcontinent : a comparative analysis of Oneota interactions with mississippian and central plains populations
(2016-09-16)Oneota is a name given to groups of Native Americans with a shared material culture originating in the upper midwest around AD 900. Within a few hundred years, objects representing Oneota culture extended from indiana to ... -
Waste, water and worms: the sanitation and treatment of water and parasitic infections in York, England
(2011)The history of public health is commonly seen as beginning in the 1800s after the industrial revolution, but archaeology has allowed for components of public health to be examined for populations that existed well before ... -
What they really think : the Coulee Region's knowledge and opinions of archaeology
(2013)Archaeologists like to think of themselves as stewards of the past; protecting it for the current and future generations (McDavid 2010:36; Stottman 2010:1-3). It is hard to know, however, what the public thinks of ... -
Woodland occupation of the Lower Sand Lake Site (47Lc45-1), La Crosse, Wisconsin
(2009-05)The Lower Sand Lake Site (47Lc45) was first excavated in 1984 by archaeologists from the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center (MVAC) with additional excavations during the 2008 field season, by MVAC archaeologists and ...