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Craniofacial Structure, Aging And Dental Function: Their Relationships In Adult Human Skeletal Series, Mark Frances Guagliardo

Doctoral Dissertations

Five human skeletal series were examined to discern if post-adolescent aging, as measured by dental attrition, has significant effects on the morphometrics of the skull. Definite age-related changes were found in the crania of the European, Melanesian and Arikara Indian collections studied. A statistical approach unique to the subject area showed that both size and shape of the adult skull changed with age. Some of the more pronounced aging effects included forward projection of the face, widening of interorbital dimensions, flattening of the frontal bone in profile, retraction of the subnasal region relative to the zygomatic bones, and increases in …

Diet, Anthropometric Characteristics, And Diabetes-Related Attitudes And Knowledge Among Women Residing In The Eastern Cherokee Township Of Snowbird, Rhonda Dale Terry

Doctoral Dissertations

The goal of this study was to gather, analyze, and interpret assessment data related to the problem of diabetes within the Eastern Cherokee township of Snowbird. Information was obtained from 105 Snowbird women, ages 18 to 87, during the spring of 1982. The three specific aims of the study along with related findings are summarized below.

The first specific aim was to assess selected aspects of household and individual food behavior. The 71 women in charge of obtaining and preparing food in each home were interviewed concerning household food behavior, and each subject’s previous day’s intake of food and nutritional …

Assimilation Of Korean-Americans In Vancouver, Washington, Dennis Chaseong Park

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This paper is a study in the assimilation of Korean-Americans in Vancouver, Washington. The objectives of the study are to: 1. Evaluate the applicability of the concept of the "melting pot"; 2. Locate the factors that affect this process; and 3. Measure the degree of assimilation in orientation to American life. Generally speaking, one's ethnic loyalty and self-identity affect his lifestyle and choice of reference group.

The data were gathered with the use of a questionnaire with open-ended questions. Informants were asked to state their feelings on many topics such as language fluency, preference for traditional Korean foods, knowledge of …

Craniometric Relationships Among Plains Indians: Culture-Historical And Evolutionary Implications, Patrick J. Key

Doctoral Dissertations

This study presents a broad picture of Plains Indian biological relationships on the basis of craniometric data. It employs a sample of 860 individuals distributed temporally from the Paleo-Indian Period into historic times and distributed geographically among the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.

The sample was analyzed within a culture-historical framework utilizing a variety of statistical methodologies: some conventional, some implemented here in the face of small samples and unbalanced designs.

The results show strong evidence of biological continuity on the Plains stretching from the Paleo-Indian Period, through the Plains Archaic Period and into …

A Biocultural Approach To The Skeletal Biology Of The Dallas People From Toqua, Kenneth R. Parham

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to present osteological information for the skeletal remains from Toqua, a Late Mississippian site representative of the Dallas Focus, and to assess these data from a biocultural perspective. Analytical considerations included aspects of paleodemography (examination of mortality by life table analysis), metrics and morphology (measurements and indices, stature, and cranial deformation), and paleopathology (porotic hyperostosis, periosteal reactions, and other pathological conditions that were simply described).

Analyses were conducted for the total skeletal series (N=439) in order to assess general conditions of mortality and morbidity for the population as a whole and along age and …

The Ledbetter Landing Site: A Study Of Late Archaic Mortuary Patterning, Katherine French Higgins

Masters Theses

The Ledbetter Landing site (9BN25) is placed in its environmental context and its archaeological background is discussed. The archaeological studies of the subsistence/settlement patterning for the Ledbetter Phase in the Western Valley physiographic province are also investigated, and some of the results of these studies are found to be suspect. The application of mortuary patterning analysis to determine the type of social organization at a site is discussed in general terms. It is hypothesized that the Ledbetter Landing site's Late Archaic, Stratum 2 burials should reflect an essentially egalitarian social organization. This is tested by examining the significant associations among …

Significance Evaluation And Research Potential Of Prehistoric Sites In Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming, Christopher A. Cojeen

Masters Theses

Known and potential prehistoric archeological sites in Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming are examined and problems involved in significance evaluation are discussed. Emphasis is placed upon the need to develop research strategies to contend with two frequently encountered site types -- lithic scatters and stone circles. Some archeologists (Frison 1978; Tibesar et al. 1987) have suggested that further research on these site types would contribute substantially to an understanding to an understanding of High Plains prehistory. In conclusion, a recent attempt to develop a conceptual basis for prehistoric study in Thunder Basin National Grassland is discussed, and some regional …

Pastoral Production Systems In Eastern Africa: A Comparative Analysis, Stephen Speranza

Masters Theses

This thesis aims at examining variations in pastoral production systems of some Eastern African pastoral societies. It explores interactive models for such variations which focus on specific ecological, socioeconomic and social-structural factors of pastoral production per se. These models highlight some of the factors which create differing degrees of homogeneity or heterogeneity among Eastern African pastoral societies in general.

This problem is of intrinsic interest in anthropology because of the general lack of consensus as to the major factors related to pastoral variations in Eastern Africa or more importantly, in determining which factors are directly responsible for influencing modes of …

Ua12/2/7/1 Panhellenic Rush, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Audiotape regarding Panhellenic Rush by Jo Anne Cox.

Insect Activity And Its Relationship To Decay Rates Of Human Cadavers In East Tennessee, William C. Rodriguez Iii

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to collect data on the specific insects which are found in association with decaying human cadavers. Four nude unembalmed human cadavers were each placed, at various times of the year, within a decay research facility located in an open wooded area. Data were collected daily throughout the entire decay cycle on the various insect populations which frequented each cadaver. Analysis of the data shows that there is a direct correlation between the rate of decay and the activity of carrion insect families found in association with a decaying cadaver. Application of this entomological and …

An Analysis Of The Aboriginal Ceramic Artifacts From Chota-Tanasee, An Eighteenth Century Overhill Cherokee Town, James Frederick Bates

Masters Theses

The Chota-Tanasee (40MR2-40MR62) ceramic analysis incorporates all aboriginal ceramics recovered during seven excavation seasons at the site. The total ceramic assemblage consists of 154,444 artifacts. Ceramics indicate that the site was utilized sporatically from the Early Woodland Period to proto-historic times. Throughout the eighteenth century the site was intensively occupied by the historic Overhill Cherokee.

A descriptive classification system is developed which is used to define 55 ceramic types and residual categories primarily on the basis of temper and surface treatment attributes. Discrete attributes are further utilized to describe vessel and rim sherd morphology.

The distribution of the various ceramic …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Kathryn E. Johnson, Ray Snyder, Ann Snyder, Clovis Bolen, Ramona Bolen, Donald Thompson, Louise Thompson, Brenda Hanna, Gail M. Hartmann, Richard Shaner, Lysbeth W. Clark, Theodore W. Jentsch, Peter Paulsen, Richard C. Bond

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Of Baskets and Basket Makers
• Egg Decorating at the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Spatterware
• Scrimshaw
• Folk Musical Instruments at the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Puppets: Fun at the Festival
• Festival Focus
• Folk Festival Programs
• Festival Focus on Quilts
• The Kutztown Folk Festival's Calico Seamstresses
• Summer Drinks of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Folk Festival's Lace Maker
• The Country Cemetery: Connection Between Past and Present
• Coopering
• The Dialect of the Pennsylvania Dutch

Annual Report 1981, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

Annual Reports

The review presented in this Report is a brief summary of the various activities of the Institute in 1981. It provides a representative cross-section of the kinds of activities that have been a part of the Institute's daily life for approximately thirteen years.

Contents:

Table of Contents.....p. iii
Introduction.....p. 1
Basic Research.....p. 2
Teaching.....p. 11
Archeology and the Public.....p. 14
Other Professional Activities.....p. 20
Conclusion.....p. 25
Appendix A - Institute Staff.....p. 26
Appendix B - Institute Research Affiliates.....p. 27
Appendix C - Publications, 1978-1981.....p. 29
Appendix D - Papers Presented, 1978-1981.....p. 43
Appendix E - Talks and Public Education, 1978-1981.....p. …

Osteology Of The Crow Creek Massacre, Patrick S. Willey

Doctoral Dissertations

About 1325 AD in south-central South Dakota nearly 500 American Indians were massacred at the Crow Creek Site. They were mutilated, exposed above ground, then buried in the fortification ditch which surrounded the Crow Creek Village. Their remains were discovered, excavated, and cleaned in 1978 and were available for study the first 5 months of 1979. The general purposes of the Crow Creek osteological study were to describe the remains as fully as time permitted and compare these results with those of other samples. This dissertation presents information concerning the Crow Creek bone elements, paleodemography, cranial affiliations, mutilations, and stature. …

U.S. Declares War On Coyotes

Close Up Reports

Department of Interior reinstitutes cruel killing methods

The Iban (Sea Dayak) Of Second Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia, Linda S. O'Bryan

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Iban or Sea Dayak are the once fierce headhunters of Borneo, observing the practice as late as World War II. They are located in the in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, specifically in East Malaysia. This paper deals with the Iban living in the Second Division or province of Sarawak. The Iban are currently (as of 1981) the most numerous and widespread of all native people in Sarawak, still living in longhouses along inland rivers amid the rainforests. They are a people in rapid transition, however. Their world is being stripped of its forests. Civilization is encroaching, bringing T.V.'s, …

An Investigation Of Selected Caring Behaviors In A Hong Kong Chinese Village, Mary Jon Waldron

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The lack of scientific information regarding caring beliefs, expectations, and behaviors in the Chinese community of Hong Kong was the problem underlying this descriptive study. A knowledge of caring behaviors as they routinely occur within a culture can provide a basis for the development of professional nursing care that is meaningful for the people of that culture. The purpose of the study was to obtain the opinions of the residents of a Hong Kong Chinese village regarding current beliefs and practices relating to touch, surveillance, health counseling, and special ethnocare techniques. Representatives of twenty families were interviewed with the assistance …

The Culture Of Bulaq As Viewed By Its Children, Iness Maurice Louca

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Functional And Distributional Analysis Of Certain Notched, Grooved And Perforated Stone Artifacts From North America, Gary Ford Coleman

Masters Theses

The distribution and possible functions of notched, grooved and perforated stone artifacts commonly referred to in the archaeological literature are examined. These artifacts are primarily found on sites located in environmental settings which suggest that they were associated with fishing activities. In different regions of North America, however, variations in subsistence activities dictated the manner in which these artifacts functioned. Archaeological and environmental site data and ethnographic/ethnohistoric evidence are utilized as tools for testing the numerous hypothesized functions of notched, grooved and preformed stones. Data examined in a case study involving notched stones from the lower Little Tennessee River Valley …

O. Henry’S Use Of Stereotypes In His New York City Stories: An Example Of The Utilization Of Folklore In Literature, Martin Ostrofsky

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Stereotyping is a folkloristic process which permits people to reduce the complexities of the real world into simplified, abstract terms. O. Henry one of America’s most popular short story writers, made generous use of stereotypes in his stories. By examining O. Henry’s use of stereotypes, insight may be gained into the essential role which folklore often plays in creative literature. Stereotypes greatly influence the composition, function and reception of O. Henry’s work. O. Henry’s personal habits and circumstances demanded that he produce a prolific stream of short stories which would have the greatest popular appeal. Clever manipulation of stereotypes permitted …

Adaptation To A Unique Environment: El Jebelya Of Saint Catherine, Iman Youssef Bastawisi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Biblical Narrative Of Saul, Including Investigation Of The Folktale & Proverb As Genres Of Folk Narrative, Ervin Mason Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A biblical passage from the Old Testament book of I Samuel is studied from the perspective of narrative, folktale, and proverb. The narrative account of Saul's becoming the first king of Israel, as depicted in I Sam. 9:1-10:16, is examined and found to be an example of traditional folk narrative. Using the work of Stith Thompson and Axel Olrik, the Saul narrative yields evidence indicating it is composed of traditional motifs and arranged in a manner reflecting traditional interpretation. Within the larger Hebrew narrative of the I Sam. 9:1-10:16 passage there is lodged a folktale. The folktale is found interspersed …

The Folklife Expressions Of Three Isle Royale Fishermen: A Sense Of Place Examination, Timothy Cochrane

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Selected forms of three Isle Royale fishermen’s folklife expressions – material folk culture, social folk custom and narrative folklore – were documented and analyzed. The informants are representative of the group of Scandinavian fishermen who operated commercial fisheries on Isle Royale from the 1880s to date. Documentary and analytical emphasis centered on occupational aspects of their folklife expressions and the fishermen’s perception of the island archipelago. Accordingly, special interest was focused on the fishermen’s interplay with the Lake Superior and Isle Royale environs. Selected folklife expressions were analyzed to uncover fishermen’s cognitive and affective responses to their insular environment. Analysis …

A History Of The Bowling Green Fire Department: A Look At Two Traditional Methodologies, Edward Mccurley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The history of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Fire Department is presented through the use of two methodologies. Traditional historical methodology has been applied to compile the first ninety years of history while traditional folklore fieldwork--the collection of personal narratives through interviews--has been applied to compile the last fifty-six years, concluding with 1970. Six years, from 1914 to 1920, reflect the blending of the two methodologies.

The personal narratives used in this study are those of Assistant Chief Harold Hazelip, who joined the fire department in 1952. Recognized informally as the department's historian, Hazelip's recollections include his own personal experiences as …

A Contemporary Female Psychic: A Folkloristic Study Of A Traditional Occupation, Jan Laude

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis is a case study of a contemporary woman psychic, Peggy Sue Turner, who resides in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The traditional aspects of her occupation are balanced with adaptative mechanisms in order to meet current cultural and social needs resulting in a satisfying job for both Turner and her clients. Chapter One provides a review of pertinent literature. Chapter Two details fieldwork methodology. Chapter Three gives the life history of Turner as it relates to the joint development of her femininity and her occupation. Chapter Four describes the overall generalities which Turner applies to all of her work and …

Pvn-Lot-386-K-061, Jennifer Shearin

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

The Tahltan Feast For The Dead: A Symbolic Examination Of Space, Howard C. Higgins

Anthropology ETDs

The Tahltan Athapascan ceremony, the Feast for the Dead, contains symbolic messages that pertain to space as it is conceived of and used by these northern people. In this dissertation this issue, space among the Tahltan Indians, is explored. The work examines the historical antecedents, the ecological settings and spaces of the individual, the village, region and total area. Cosmology and the ceremonial cycle are discussed. The argument concludes with a detailed examination of the Tahltan Feast for the Dead, the chief ceremony of the yearly round.

Access to space for the Tahltan is based upon the principles of matrilineality, …

Beshens, Paige A. (Fa 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 99. Folklore in "B.C." Examines the comic strip "B.C.", created by Johnny Hart, for examples of traditional and contemporary folklore.

Ghagar Of Sett Guiranha: A Study Of A Gypsy Community In Egypt, Nabil Sobhi Hanna

Faculty Books

This monograph is the result of a field study of one of the gypsy groups in Egypt known as the "Ghagar of Sett Guiran'ha'i" which lives within the boundaries of the Arab Republic of Egypt, in a rural area, close to main centers. Apart from giving a detailed description of this group, the study attempts to reveal the dynamics of integration of this group with the society around it through the examination of forms of social contact and avoidance; the expioration of similarities and contrasts between the gypsy group and the local community; and the investigation of some aspects of …

Is Your Pet Safe From Laboratory Experimentation?

Close Up Reports

Researchers still claim need for shelter animals as test subjects