Browsing UW-L Archaeology Senior Theses by Issue Date
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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 ... -
Dating of La Quemada and theory of its development
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Geophysical prospection in the cade archaeological district of Vernon County, Wisconsin
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007)This thesis undertakes an intensive geophysical survey in order to test the archaeological applicability of the geophysical equipment available at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse while attempting to document ... -
Determination of period of cultural occupation at the Harriet Johnson Site (FS# 05-891)
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-04)This paper uses lithic analysis, floral analysis, and radiocarbon dating to determine the period of cultural occupation at the Harriet Johnson Site located in the Superior National Forest (SNF) of northeastern Minnesota ... -
Cultural complexity and the ceramics of Pirque Alto
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-04)This study's objective is to provide evidence that the different ceramic vessel forms present in the archaeological assemblage in Pirque Alto, Bolivia, during specific time periods were directly related to the sociopolitical ... -
Evaluation of the nature of Tiwanaku presence in the Cochabamba Valley of Bolivia : a ceramic analysis of the Pirque Alto Site (CP-11)
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)Some of the most important unanswered questions about Andean prehistory center around the expansive nature of the polities that dominated the area before European contact. Tiwanaku proves to leave an especially puzzling ... -
Contemporary analysis of the Valdivia, a formative period coastal Ecuadorian culture
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)The Valdivia culture of coastal Ecuador was a sophisticated Formative Period culture which is best known for being among the earliest ceramic makers in the whole of the Americas. Although it was discovered in 1956 by amateur ... -
Evolution of museology in Egypt : an international comparative study of ancient Egyptian exhibitions
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)This paper proposes that Egyptian museology and archaeology have been primarily shaped and influenced by foreigners. Because foreigners have dominated the presentation of ancient Egyptian history through archaeology and ... -
Are arid climates more likely to produce monotheistic religions : an archaeological and anthropological perspective
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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 ... -
Small mammal component of the Gottschall Rockshelter (47Ia80) : environmental reconstruction and an analysis of possible owl/raptor influenced taphonomic processes
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Origin and spread of rice cultivation within the Yangtze River Valley, southern China
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)The purpose of this paper is to provide a description of the origin and spread of rice cultivation within the Yangtze River Valley. The region of eastern China, particularly the Yangtze River is thought to be the point ... -
Analysis of archaeological sampling methods using the complete surface data from the Pirque Alto Site in Cochabamba, Bolivia
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-05)Sampling is an extremely important aspect of archaeological fieldwork, and it can significantly influence interpretation; therefore, the effects of these processes must be understood and controlled. Various experimental ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Past and present Egyptian views on pharaonic archaeology
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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 ... -
Applications of Chimu administrative architecture : an analysis of architectural form and function in the Moche Valley, Peru
(Archaeological Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007-06)Through the comparative analysis of the U-shaped structures called audiencias found at the Chim? capital city of Chan Chan in Peru and the contextual analysis of those structures to similar architectural forms and associative ... -
Effect of Christianity upon the British Celts
(2008-05)This paper studies both the spread of Celtic Christianity into Britain and the way in which the Celtic peoples reacted to the new religion. The study examines possible reasons for the Celts' acceptance of Christianity and ...