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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 ...