Browsing UW-L Archaeology Senior Theses by Subject "Archaeology -- Methodology."
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Analysis of stylistic attributes on Oneota pottery from the Pammel Creek site, La Crosse, Wisconsin
(2011)This study examines the shell tempered Oneota pottery from the Pammel Creek site in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Oneota lived in the area from A.D. 1300-1650. This investigation analyzed trail markings on Oneota ceramics to ... -
Caves, plazas, and Gods: the impact of geomorphology on Taino utilization of ceremonial sites
(2011)The Classic Taino culture was spread across Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. Their shamanistic religious beliefs included spirits and gods, referred to as zemis, which were tied into the landscape. Geology had influence on not ... -
Egyptian brewing : the production of beer based on archaeological evidence
(2009-05)Production of beer in ancient Egypt was an important daily activity. Beer was an essential part of the nutrition of the ancient Egyptian as well as important in religious life. Beer production dates back to at least the ... -
Experimenting with plumbatae and observations on their behavior
(2010)This study looked at the behavior of the plumbata, a unique Roman throwing weapon. This was done through the replication of weapon heads, shafts, and flights based off of previous research and through the incorporation of ... -
Fabric, form, function: anomalous tempers in fineware ceramics from El-Mahasna, Egypt
(2010)During the 1995-2000 seasons of the el-Mahasna Archaeological Project in Egypt, a small proportion of the recovered fineware sherd assemblage was identified as having been manufactured using anomalous tempers relative to ... -
Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt: inter-cultural influences in Naukratis
(2012)This study analyzes the interactions between Greek colonists and native Egyptians at the site of Naukratis through the material remains found there. Initial excavations by Petrie and Gardener are discussed as well as recent ... -
Hot rock boiling with granite, sandstone, and siltstone from Sawyer County, Wisconsin
(2009-05)Indigenous people used heated rock to cook food in earth ovens by dropping hot rocks into containers and by using hot rock as a griddle. These cooking methods were likely widespread in prehistoric societies throughout the ... -
Impact of a militaristic society: a study on the Hittites
(2012)The purpose of this study is to better understand the relationship between the military, the economy, and the societal collapse of the Hittites, a militaristic society. The Hittite empire suffered from many problems near ... -
Inca architecture : the function of a building in relation to its form
(2011)This thesis provides research and information on various architectural constructions at four Inca sites in the Sacred and Urubamba Valleys of Peru: Cuzco, Saqsaywaman, Ollantaytambo, and Machu Picchu. It evaluates the ... -
An international comparison of cultural resource management systems
(2010)This study compares the cultural resource management systems of two nations; the United States and England. The purpose of the study is to determine if any methods used in one nation could be implemented in the other to ... -
Intersite and intrasite analysis of Mississippian sites of the Northern Hinterlands
(2010)Over the past one hundred and fifty years scholars interested in the past have pondered over the settlements of Mississippian peoples throughout the Midwestern United States. Many excavations and studies have been undertaken ... -
Mesolithic health and subsistence at Langhnaj and Mahadaha, India
(2012)The late Mesolithic period in India saw the emergence of agriculture in the Harappan civilization. From here agriculture spread east and south replacing hunting and gathering. Health throughout the world changed as agriculture ... -
Nubian a-group and Egyptian Naqada trade relations in the predynastic
(2012)The archaeological study of interregional trade provides the unique opportunity to reconstruct not only the foreign relations of cultures that are no longer in existence, but also how these relations evolved over extended ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Stones, bones, and antler tines : a comparison of midwest arrow points
(2013)Cultures in the Midwest such as the Mississippian and Oneota crafted projectiles from raw materials ranging from local stone to exotic materials, bone and antler. This thesis is a study of differences in the nature of raw ... -
Strategic middlemen: ?b Monongahela, Mohawk, and Meskwaki settlements in a trade landscape
(2012)North America was home to a vast set of trade networks both prehistorically and historically. In several instances key passages within these networks were controlled by societies who acted as middlemen. This position allowed ... -
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 ... -
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 ...