Browsing UW-L Archaeology Senior Theses by Author "Tiffany, Joseph"
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Absent ice patches and the continued reliability of caribou as a resource to prehistoric hunters throughout the Holocene
Koszalinski, Holly Lynn (2011)Ice patches have recently exploded as a new field of research in archaeology and as a vital source to understanding prehistory. The uniqueness of ice patch archaeology lies within the preservation of organic materials ... -
Analysis of Kratz Creek, Neale, and McClaughry Mound groups
Taft, Seth Donald Alfred Norman (2013)Samuel Barrett and Ethan Hawkes excavated the Kratz Creek Mound group in the summer of Samuel Barrett and Ethan Hawkes excavated the Kratz Creek Mound group in the summer of 1917. Later on in the summer of 1925, Will McKern ... -
Analysis of Oneota storage pits at the lower sand lake site (47LC45)
Schweitzer, Lindsey Ann (2011)This research focuses on the examination of Oneota storage pits from Locality 3 at the Lower Sand Lake site (47Lc45) which was excavated in the summer of 2009. Seven features were identified as storage pits and analyzed ... -
Architectural analysis of the Moqi Inca site
Vaughan, Shawn (2013)In the Andes region of South America grew one of the largest and most powerful empires in the history of the world, the Inca. These master architects, planners, logisticians, and warriors expanded rapidly from the ... -
Assessment of acculturation in Deadwood South Dakota's Chinese community from 1877-1930
DeBack, Shane Phillip (2010)This thesis takes a look at the notion of acculturation and the extent to which it was taking place in the Chinese community of Deadwood South Dakota from 1877-1930. I have used as a primary source the Deadwood Chinatown ... -
The changing importance of horses within the Celtic society
Jennings, Lisa M. (2011)Based on archaeological evidence, horses have been utilized, initially as a food source, by humans since the Upper Paleolithic. It was not until ca. 2500 B.C. when horses in Europe were domesticated for draft animals and ... -
DISCOVERING IKLAINA, IS IT A DISTRICT CAPITAL OF THE PALACE OF NESTOR?
Streeton, Amy Lee (2011)This paper aims to discover if the site of Iklaina near Pylos, Greece is a district capital to the Palace of Nestor. This paper looks at the background from which the Palace of Nestor came to be and the Linear B clay tablets ... -
Examining representations of the great Irish famine : the contribution of rural household archeaology
Lorence, Megan Elizabeth (2013)The Great Irish Famine, 1845-1852, has been the focus of significant historical research, but less archaeological investigations. This study examines the Famine through rural house sites occupied before, during, and ... -
Greek and Etruscan influences
Klicko, Ethan David (2013)This paper is written to explore the change the Etruscans experienced by the Greeks, in regards to pottery and art forms. It will be centered on the change between early Etruscan pottery and the Villanovan period, to later ... -
Hopewell panpipe, music, art, and expression : an exploration of music in hopewell culture
Reis, Robert Lawrence (2013)Copper played an important symbolic role in the Hopewell Interaction Sphere, and was used in a number of ritual items, ranging from effigies to panpipes. The role of panpipes in Hopewell is not clear; panpipes have only ... -
Norse cultural reaction to climate change during the little ice age and their societal collapse in Greenland
Young, Christina Renee (2013)This study aims to understand the adaptations of the Norse Greenlanders to climate change in their new home. In hopes of understanding the changes thoroughly, a multi-disciplinary study will be used. The aim of this study ... -
Punctate analysis using Oneota ceramics from La Crosse, Wisconsin
Oberreuter, Sheila M. (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 ... -
Shipwrecked sailing vessels of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan
Gulseth, Chad Michael (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 ... -
The trade and exchange of ceramics across the medieval middle east during the crusader period : a study of acre and jaffa
Neberman, Michael James (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 ...