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- The (trans)formation of image: Symbolic consumption, self, and society.
- Creator
- Bauer, Daniel Eric, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology, Harris, Michael S.
- Abstract/Description
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In the United States tattooing has become popularized. Tattoo studios are now commonplace commercial venues. Tattooing has become a legitimate art form. This research examines the commodification of tattooing in South Florida and the relationship between consumption and identity production. In efforts to express the self and exert control over the body, individuals adorn themselves. In the United States we are increasingly using tattoos as one form of self-expression. However, this expression...
Show moreIn the United States tattooing has become popularized. Tattoo studios are now commonplace commercial venues. Tattooing has become a legitimate art form. This research examines the commodification of tattooing in South Florida and the relationship between consumption and identity production. In efforts to express the self and exert control over the body, individuals adorn themselves. In the United States we are increasingly using tattoos as one form of self-expression. However, this expression is grounded in Western consumerist ideals. It is through consumption of the symbolic commodity of the tattoo that the individual expresses the self and asserts control over the body.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12876
- Subject Headings
- Anthropology, Cultural, Design and Decorative Arts
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Call for Latin American Public Archaeology: Decolonizing Study in Valdivia, Ecuador.
- Creator
- Falcón, Wilmer Isaac Revelo, Martínez, Valentina, Harris, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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This study examines post-processual, critical theory, and decolonial perspectives applied to archaeology to establish an alternative practice that here is termed “arqueología comprometida” (committed archaeology). Considering the history of archeology in Latin America, its current context and the logic of archaeological practice, the objective of this contribution is not only to offer an assessment of the processes of making history, but to also provide a collaborative study relevant to both...
Show moreThis study examines post-processual, critical theory, and decolonial perspectives applied to archaeology to establish an alternative practice that here is termed “arqueología comprometida” (committed archaeology). Considering the history of archeology in Latin America, its current context and the logic of archaeological practice, the objective of this contribution is not only to offer an assessment of the processes of making history, but to also provide a collaborative study relevant to both decolonial and public archaeology. The study is carried out in the Comuna Ancestral Valdivia (Ancestral Commune of Valdivia) (ACV), located in the province of Santa Elena, on the Ecuadorian coast. Historical analyses are structured to be critically evaluated from a decolonial perspective in order to characterize archaeology and to understand its wider and less obvious influence on societies. The alternative way of doing archeology proposed in this study incorporates the achievements and memories of local comuna members into the official history of the site and to establish a project focused on the material development of the local museum. In summary, this is an ethical and epistemological reflection of archaeological practice using anthropological methods to think through and propose a public archeology project that can be relevant and useful for people historically affected by colonial legacies in Latin America.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014284
- Subject Headings
- Archaeology, Santa Elena (Ecuador : Canton), Public archaeology
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A camera trap study of the cyptic, terrestrial guenon cercopithecus lomamiensis in Central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Creator
- McPhee, Steven G., Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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From October-December 2013, we conducted a study of the newly discovered primate species lesula, Cercopithecus lomamiensis, in the DR Congo. We placed 41 camera traps inside a 4 km2 grid outside the proposed Lomami National Park (LNP). We compared an analysis of 140 lesula events over 1,683 camera trap days from the heavily hunted Okulu area to a pilot study (38 events over 462 camera trap days) at the Losekola study site within the LNP. Our data show an unexpected result: capture probability...
Show moreFrom October-December 2013, we conducted a study of the newly discovered primate species lesula, Cercopithecus lomamiensis, in the DR Congo. We placed 41 camera traps inside a 4 km2 grid outside the proposed Lomami National Park (LNP). We compared an analysis of 140 lesula events over 1,683 camera trap days from the heavily hunted Okulu area to a pilot study (38 events over 462 camera trap days) at the Losekola study site within the LNP. Our data show an unexpected result: capture probability of lesula (0.08) is the same at both the hunted and non-hunted sites. This is in contrast to the sharp decline in capture probability of all other medium-to-large terrestrial mammals at the Okulu site. These findings suggest lesula’s cryptic behavior is an important adaptation buffering the species from the impacts of hunting. This study also expands knowledge on minimum group size, terrestriality, diet, and times of activity.
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- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004391, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004391
- Subject Headings
- Cercopithecidae -- Behavior, Congo (Democratic Republic), Lomami National Park -- Congo (Democratic Republic), Mammals -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Identification, Primates behavior, Wildlife watching -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Conservation Genetic Study of Cercopithecus mitis in the Lomami Basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Creator
- Leroy, Ailissa, Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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The Cercopithecus mitis radiation has significant phenotypic and ecological diversity, making it a great candidate for evolutionary genetic studies. This study represents the first genetic survey of C. mitis from well provenanced wild populations, including C. mitis heymansi from the TL2 landscape, an area of remote tropical forest between the Tshuapa, Lomami, and Lualaba rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tissue samples were collected from 7 male blue monkeys, DNA was extracted...
Show moreThe Cercopithecus mitis radiation has significant phenotypic and ecological diversity, making it a great candidate for evolutionary genetic studies. This study represents the first genetic survey of C. mitis from well provenanced wild populations, including C. mitis heymansi from the TL2 landscape, an area of remote tropical forest between the Tshuapa, Lomami, and Lualaba rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tissue samples were collected from 7 male blue monkeys, DNA was extracted and surveyed at 919 bp of the Testis-Specific Protein Y-chromosome (TSPY), and added to a larger dataset including other C. mitis and C. albogularis specimens. Evolutionary analyses suggests TL2 C. mitis shared recent genetic contact with C. albogularis at the headwaters of the Congo River than with conspecifics to the northeast, indicating the Congo River is a significant biogeographic barrier to C. mitis and sheds new light on their genetic heritage, taxonomic assignment, and conservation status.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004608, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004608
- Subject Headings
- Congo (Democratic Republic), Lomami National Park--Congo (Democratic Republic), Cercopithecus mitis--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Lomami National Park--Ecology., Cercopithecidae--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Lomami National Park--Evolution., Mammals--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Lomami National Park--Identification., Conservation biology--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Lomami National Park.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Network of Ideas: Brokerage and Success Among Visual Artists in South Florida.
- Creator
- Hoyos, Patricia, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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This study looks at artists’ careers as paths defined by their relative position in a dynamic professional network where innovation and creativity are highly regarded. Today, the theoretical and empirical study of networks has demonstrated that in some professions the individuals’ position in the network can facilitate or constrain their success. In studies about diffusion of information, for instance, some authors have found that individuals connected to a greater variety of sources are more...
Show moreThis study looks at artists’ careers as paths defined by their relative position in a dynamic professional network where innovation and creativity are highly regarded. Today, the theoretical and empirical study of networks has demonstrated that in some professions the individuals’ position in the network can facilitate or constrain their success. In studies about diffusion of information, for instance, some authors have found that individuals connected to a greater variety of sources are more creative and perform better. I explored this idea by looking at a network of visual artists and art institutions in Miami, and found a positive correlation between position and success, though, not explained by variety exclusively. In the network, artistic success is a function of connecting both across artistic categories and a hierarchical system; therefore, in an art world, creativity and innovation are mediated by key members, who distribute information and resources through affiliation, prominence and brokerage.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004605, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004605
- Subject Headings
- Art and society., Arts and society., Popular culture., Arts--Psychological aspects., Social capital (Sociology), Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Art patronage--United States--Florida.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A paleopathological survey of ancient Peruvian crania housed at the Peabody museum of archaeology and ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: a special emphasis on scurvy.
- Creator
- Chamoun, Tony J., Broadfield, Douglas C., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis is a paleopathological survey of ancient Peruvian crania housed at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chapter one discusses the significance of this research, work prior to this thesis’s formulation, and defines paleopathological and bioarchaeological terms relevant to this thesis. Chapter two presents this thesis’s materials and methods. Of the 196 Peruvian crania in this study sample, 11 case studies are presented....
Show moreThis thesis is a paleopathological survey of ancient Peruvian crania housed at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chapter one discusses the significance of this research, work prior to this thesis’s formulation, and defines paleopathological and bioarchaeological terms relevant to this thesis. Chapter two presents this thesis’s materials and methods. Of the 196 Peruvian crania in this study sample, 11 case studies are presented. Chapter three reports a case of probable scurvy and likely anemia comorbidity. This case study is accompanied by a critical analysis and review of the literature surrounding scurvy, a detailed macroscopic examination, and a rigorous differential diagnosis process. Chapter four offers cases representing pseudopathology, hematopoietic disease, infectious disease, joint disease, neoplastic disease, trauma, and trauma-induced disease. Chapter five presents a summary of this thesis.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004273, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004273
- Subject Headings
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Peru, Human skeleton -- Abnormalities -- Peru, Paleopathology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CERAMIC DISTRIBUTION IN THE EAST OKEECHOBEE AREA.
- Creator
- D’Erasmo, Stefanie, Brown, Clifford, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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The East Okeechobee area is situated along the southeast coast of Florida, throughout Palm Beach and Martin Counties, and has proved difficult to access in a broad archaeological context. This is due to the blending of cultural characteristics from the surrounding areas and due to the suspected transitional nature of this region. To gain a better understanding of the cultural composition and interrelations of the East Okeechobee Area, this analysis statistically models, both synchronically...
Show moreThe East Okeechobee area is situated along the southeast coast of Florida, throughout Palm Beach and Martin Counties, and has proved difficult to access in a broad archaeological context. This is due to the blending of cultural characteristics from the surrounding areas and due to the suspected transitional nature of this region. To gain a better understanding of the cultural composition and interrelations of the East Okeechobee Area, this analysis statistically models, both synchronically and diachronically, the frequencies of ceramic types from multiple archaeological sites in and around this region.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013296
- Subject Headings
- Okeechobee (Fla ), Ceramics--Analysis, Archaeology--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A SAVANNA MONKEY IN THE RAINFOREST: FILLING CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE GAPS OF ONE OF AFRICA’S MOST ENIGMATIC PRIMATES, CHLOROCEBUS DRYAS.
- Creator
- Alempijevic, Daniel, Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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The dryas monkey Chlorocebus dryas, is one of Africa's most enigmatic primates. It was found in the buffer zone of the Lomami National Park (LNP) in 2014, approximately 400 km from its known range. This new record initiated much needed field research on the species’ distribution, habitat preference, behavior, and the validity of the conspecific Cercopithecus salongo. In Chapter 2, we used local knowledge to select sites for a camera trap survey to determine habitat use and relative abundance...
Show moreThe dryas monkey Chlorocebus dryas, is one of Africa's most enigmatic primates. It was found in the buffer zone of the Lomami National Park (LNP) in 2014, approximately 400 km from its known range. This new record initiated much needed field research on the species’ distribution, habitat preference, behavior, and the validity of the conspecific Cercopithecus salongo. In Chapter 2, we used local knowledge to select sites for a camera trap survey to determine habitat use and relative abundance and tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys are more abundant in the protected LNP than in the buffer zone. Dryas monkeys were detected most frequently in the buffer zone and less in the park, thus we rejected our hypothesis. In Chapter 3, we conducted a survey using a species-specific method to accumulate videos of C. dryas. We used these videos to determine if C. dryas and C. salongo are synonymous. Camera traps revealed an ontogenetic change in pelage pattern that supports the hypothesis that C. salongo is the adult of C. dryas. In Chapter 4, we investigated new occurrences of dryas monkeys in gallery forests in the southern LNP. We tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforest using occupancy models. Despite considerable effort, only one adult male was detected. Estimated dryas monkey occupancy was 45-91 % in continuous forest and 0-7 % in gallery forest. We rejected our hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforest. The dryas monkey Chlorocebus dryas, is one of Africa's most enigmatic primates. It was found in the buffer zone of the Lomami National Park (LNP) in 2014, approximately 400 km from its known range. This new record initiated much needed field research on the species’ distribution, habitat preference, behavior, and the validity of the conspecific Cercopithecus salongo. In Chapter 2, we used local knowledge to select sites for a camera trap survey to determine habitat use and relative abundance and tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys are more abundant in the protected LNP than in the buffer zone. Dryas monkeys were detected most frequently in the buffer zone and less in the park, thus we rejected our hypothesis. In Chapter 3, we conducted a survey using a species-specific method to accumulate videos of C. dryas. We used these videos to determine if C. dryas and C. salongo are synonymous. Camera traps revealed an ontogenetic change in pelage pattern that supports the hypothesis that C. salongo is the adult of C. dryas. In Chapter 4, we investigated new occurrences of dryas monkeys in gallery forests in the southern LNP. We tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforest using occupancy models. Despite considerable effort, only one adult male was detected. Estimated dryas monkey occupancy was 45-91 % in continuous forest and 0-7 % in gallery forest. We rejected our hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforest. The dryas monkey Chlorocebus dryas, is one of Africa's most enigmatic primates. It was found in the buffer zone of the Lomami National Park (LNP) in 2014, approximately 400 km from its known range. This new record initiated much needed field research on the species’ distribution, habitat preference, behavior, and the validity of the conspecific Cercopithecus salongo. In Chapter 2, we used local knowledge to select sites for a camera trap survey to determine habitat use and relative abundance and tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys are more abundant in the protected LNP than in the buffer zone. Dryas monkeys were detected most frequently in the buffer zone and less in the park, thus we rejected our hypothesis. In Chapter 3, we conducted a survey using a species-specific method to accumulate videos of C. dryas. We used these videos to determine if C. dryas and C. salongo are synonymous. Camera traps revealed an ontogenetic change in pelage pattern that supports the hypothesis that C. salongo is the adult of C. dryas. In Chapter 4, we investigated new occurrences of dryas monkeys in gallery forests in the southern LNP. We tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforest using occupancy models. Despite considerable effort, only one adult male was detected. Estimated dryas monkey occupancy was 45-91 % in continuous forest and 0-7 % in gallery forest. We rejected our hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforestThe dryas monkey Chlorocebus dryas, is one of Africa's most enigmatic primates. It was found in the buffer zone of the Lomami National Park (LNP) in 2014, approximately 400 km from its known range. This new record initiated much needed field research on the species’ distribution, habitat preference, behavior, and the validity of the conspecific Cercopithecus salongo. In Chapter 2, we used local knowledge to select sites for a camera trap survey to determine habitat use and relative abundance and tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys are more abundant in the protected LNP than in the buffer zone. Dryas monkeys were detected most frequently in the buffer zone and less in the park, thus we rejected our hypothesis. In Chapter 3, we conducted a survey using a species-specific method to accumulate videos of C. dryas. We used these videos to determine if C. dryas and C. salongo are synonymous. Camera traps revealed an ontogenetic change in pelage pattern that supports the hypothesis that C. salongo is the adult of C. dryas. In Chapter 4, we investigated new occurrences of dryas monkeys in gallery forests in the southern LNP. We tested the hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforest using occupancy models. Despite considerable effort, only one adult male was detected. Estimated dryas monkey occupancy was 45-91 % in continuous forest and 0-7 % in gallery forest. We rejected our hypothesis that dryas monkeys prefer the forest-prairie ecotone over continuous rainforest.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014121
- Subject Headings
- Savanna monkey, Chlorocebus dryas
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Zooarchaeological Perspective of West Kendall Tree Island Site (8DA1081).
- Creator
- Steeves, Ryan, Fradkin, Arlene, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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The West Kendall Tree Island site (8DA1081) is a black dirt midden situated on the northeast end of an everglades tree island. The site has been intensely disturbed by excavation pits, particularly on the highest elevations of the site, and becomes increasingly disturbed by a growing Kendall population. Faunal remains recovered in 2008 are examined to reconstruct past ecological habitats, comparing the faunal composition to tree island sites within the Florida Everglades. Based upon...
Show moreThe West Kendall Tree Island site (8DA1081) is a black dirt midden situated on the northeast end of an everglades tree island. The site has been intensely disturbed by excavation pits, particularly on the highest elevations of the site, and becomes increasingly disturbed by a growing Kendall population. Faunal remains recovered in 2008 are examined to reconstruct past ecological habitats, comparing the faunal composition to tree island sites within the Florida Everglades. Based upon identifications, the composition of the site is similar to those of the region, being comprised primarily of freshwater aquatic species and aquatic reptiles, with minimal selection of terrestrial faunal resources.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013101
- Subject Headings
- Zooarchaeology., Animal remains (Archaeology)--Florida., Tree islands--Florida--Everglades.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- AFFINITY OF TWO SOUTH FLORIDA POPULATIONS THROUGH NONMETRIC DENTAL ANALYSIS.
- Creator
- Benitez, Daniel, Ellis, Meredith A. B., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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This research examines the relationship of two archeological populations in Southeastern Florida from the Middle Woodland Period. The two sites chosen include the Belle Glade site in the Belle Glade Cultural Area and the Highland Beach Mound site in the East Okeechobee Cultural Area. The determination of relationships was done through an analysis of nonmetric dental traits. A series of traits were recorded in an ordinal scale and later dichotomized into present or absent, in order to conduct...
Show moreThis research examines the relationship of two archeological populations in Southeastern Florida from the Middle Woodland Period. The two sites chosen include the Belle Glade site in the Belle Glade Cultural Area and the Highland Beach Mound site in the East Okeechobee Cultural Area. The determination of relationships was done through an analysis of nonmetric dental traits. A series of traits were recorded in an ordinal scale and later dichotomized into present or absent, in order to conduct a biological distance analysis. The statistical method chosen for this analysis was the Smith’s Mean Measure of Divergence. Results indicate that both populations have a minimal degree of divergence. These results corroborate the evidence gathered from past archeological investigations.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013286
- Subject Headings
- Dental anthropology--Florida, Belle Glade (Fla ), Highland Beach (Fla )
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- American perceptions of allergies.
- Creator
- Hilpert, Micheline M., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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Allergies have taken on cultural meanings other than those offered by biomedicine. Interviews with allergic and non-allergic Americans were used to investigate the explanatory models of the lay population. This thesis uses ethnographic data to examine explanatory models of allergic conditions, highlighting metaphorical uses of allergies in American culture. The explanatory models of the subjects were contrasted to the biomedical model and the stereotypes created by the media in the United...
Show moreAllergies have taken on cultural meanings other than those offered by biomedicine. Interviews with allergic and non-allergic Americans were used to investigate the explanatory models of the lay population. This thesis uses ethnographic data to examine explanatory models of allergic conditions, highlighting metaphorical uses of allergies in American culture. The explanatory models of the subjects were contrasted to the biomedical model and the stereotypes created by the media in the United States. Important topics addressed in the analysis of the interview material were: what are the explanatory models of allergies in America, how do allergies influence the selfimage of someone with that condition, and how Americans with and without allergies perceive the allergic individual.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171399
- Subject Headings
- Allergy, Environmental aspects, Hypersensitivity, Medical anthropology, Social medicine, Philosophy
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Analysis of Cranial Modification in Coastal Ecuador.
- Creator
- Henderson, Alexis Marie, Ellis, Meredith, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis analyzes cranial modification from various sites and locations within coastal Ecuador. This research aims to identify the various types of tabular cranial modification and understand the methods used to classify each subtype of tabular modification. From this, I discussed the different types of modification and then used that information to contrast between North American and South American bioarchaeological methods of classifying cranial modification. Additionally, I...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes cranial modification from various sites and locations within coastal Ecuador. This research aims to identify the various types of tabular cranial modification and understand the methods used to classify each subtype of tabular modification. From this, I discussed the different types of modification and then used that information to contrast between North American and South American bioarchaeological methods of classifying cranial modification. Additionally, I reconstructed the biological profiles of some of the crania. The importance of this research is to introduce a method of identifying cranial modification that has been previously used in South American bioarchaeology to North American bioarchaeology. Furthermore, information on cranial modification regarding the coastal populations of Ecuador is lacking. The data in this thesis contributes a significant amount of knowledge about this practice, allowing this project to provide new information to the field of anthropology and the country of Ecuador.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014097
- Subject Headings
- Bioarchaeology, Skull, Human remains (Archaeology)--Ecuador
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ANALYSIS OF THE NON-CERAMIC ARTIFACTS FROM A HOPEWELLIAN AFFILIATED SITE IN GLADES COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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- STEINEN, KARL TERRY., Florida Atlantic University, Ferguson, Leland G., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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Through intensive analysis of use/wear indicators the tool kit of the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was the residence of the ceremonial...
Show moreThrough intensive analysis of use/wear indicators the tool kit of the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was the residence of the ceremonial practitioner, a second was a charnel house, while a third was the village area where craftsmen who fashioned ceremonial objects lived with their families.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13472
- Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture, Fort Center Site (Fla), Florida--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Anthropology and public education through museology.
- Creator
- Wilkov, Marjorie Ruth., Florida Atlantic University, Weiss, Gerald, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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An inspection of the museum world and the place of anthropology within it provides an historical perspective taking into consideration museum personnel as well as the housing of collections. The chronological emergence and development of museums will be discussed. Museums as an early training ground for curators and educators in anthropology will be mentioned. Tracking through time will include a description of curatorial tasks of some of the more famous early curators, and their incipient...
Show moreAn inspection of the museum world and the place of anthropology within it provides an historical perspective taking into consideration museum personnel as well as the housing of collections. The chronological emergence and development of museums will be discussed. Museums as an early training ground for curators and educators in anthropology will be mentioned. Tracking through time will include a description of curatorial tasks of some of the more famous early curators, and their incipient roles both in the maintenance, presentation and conservation of museum collections and in museum education. A consideration of the world of museology will provide in addition an updated look at the workings of present-day museum personnel and their techniques, in particular as related to anthropology. Different but related questionnaires were sent to Museum Administrators and Museum Educators, respectively, at museums around the country. Results of the data-gathering and recommendations for improvements in museum education policies will be included in the third and fourth chapters.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1989
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14503
- Subject Headings
- Museum techniques, Anthropological museums and collections
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Archaeological Investigations on Cat Island, Bahamas.
- Creator
- MacLaury, James C., Sears, William H., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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In 1966 and 1967 Cat Island, Bahamas was surveyed by field parties from Florida Atlantic University in an attempt to locate archaeological sites. A total of 19 sites were found, all but one were coastal shell middens near tidal deltas or bays. Most of the sites were on the leeward side of the island where ecological conditions for supporting large quantities of shellfish were best. In March, 1968, five of the sites located in the survey were sampled by means of small test pits. The artifact...
Show moreIn 1966 and 1967 Cat Island, Bahamas was surveyed by field parties from Florida Atlantic University in an attempt to locate archaeological sites. A total of 19 sites were found, all but one were coastal shell middens near tidal deltas or bays. Most of the sites were on the leeward side of the island where ecological conditions for supporting large quantities of shellfish were best. In March, 1968, five of the sites located in the survey were sampled by means of small test pits. The artifact assemblage consisted of over 6000 potsherds and a handful of shell and stone implements. Over 99% of the ceramic assemblage consisted of a thick, red, shell-tempered ware similar to that found in recent excavations on San Salvador by Hoffman (1967). The overwhelming amount of the Cat Island shell-tempered ware is plain with a few decorated variants. A shell-tempered series was set up and called the Palmetto series with one type, Palmetto plain, and several decorated variants. Decorative modes consisted of applique, punctation, incision, and mat and grid impressions. The ceramic assemblage also included several residual categories which contained tempering materials not native to the Bahamas. The most prominent of these was a quartz-tempered ware that showed considerable similarity to the Carrier style of northern Haiti. The decorative modes of the Palmetto series showed affiliations with northern Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands during periods IIIb and IV of Rouse's (1964) time scale for the northern Caribbean. The time of occupation was roughly 1000-1500 A.D. The culture of the island was one of fairly permanent, small villages with subsistence based on the exploitation of the marine shellfish resources and manioc agriculture. Burial and other ceremonial practices are not known.
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- 1968
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012592
- Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Bahamas--Cat Island, Bahamas--Antiquities, Cat Island (Bahamas)--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS.
- Creator
- SULLIVAN, SHAUN DORSEY., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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In December of 1973 the writer conducted an archaeological reconnaissance of the Bahamian islands of Eleuthera, Harbor Island and St. George's Cay. A total of fifteen open village sites were found along the lee shore of Eleuthera. A surface collection was made at each site and a stratigraphic pit was dug at one site, El-8. Analysis of the artifacts recovered indicated that the Bahamian Arawaks possessed a cultural system distinct from other Arawak populations,- which was specifically adapted...
Show moreIn December of 1973 the writer conducted an archaeological reconnaissance of the Bahamian islands of Eleuthera, Harbor Island and St. George's Cay. A total of fifteen open village sites were found along the lee shore of Eleuthera. A surface collection was made at each site and a stratigraphic pit was dug at one site, El-8. Analysis of the artifacts recovered indicated that the Bahamian Arawaks possessed a cultural system distinct from other Arawak populations,- which was specifically adapted to the Bahamian environment. Four ceramic types were isolated and defined within the Palmetto ceramic complex. Examination of the data pertinent to settlement and community patterning suggested a culture possessing little stratification and an economic system less productive than that of the Antillian Arawak.
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- 1974
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13640
- Subject Headings
- Bahamas--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Archaeomalacological Data and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction at the Jupiter Inlet I Site (8PB34a), Southeast Florida.
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- Green, Jennifer, Fradkin, Arlene, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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The Jupiter Inlet I site is situated between the Atlantic coast and the Loxahatchee River in southeast Florida. Although excavations were previously conducted, faunal remains were not systematically collected until recently. Molluscan remains recovered in 2010 are examined to reconstruct past ecological habitats, identify which water bodies were used for extracting resources, and document changes in molluscan species over time. Based upon identifications, only brackish and marine species are...
Show moreThe Jupiter Inlet I site is situated between the Atlantic coast and the Loxahatchee River in southeast Florida. Although excavations were previously conducted, faunal remains were not systematically collected until recently. Molluscan remains recovered in 2010 are examined to reconstruct past ecological habitats, identify which water bodies were used for extracting resources, and document changes in molluscan species over time. Based upon identifications, only brackish and marine species are represented, indicating that the Loxahatchee River was brackish rather than freshwater during the time of occupation and that the site inhabitants were collecting mollusks from both the lagoon and coastal waters.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004599
- Subject Headings
- Jupiter Inlet (Fla.)--Environmental aspects., Mollusks, Fossil--Florida--Jupiter Inlet., Environmental archaeology--Florida--Jupiter Inlet., Paleoecology--Florida--Jupiter Inlet., Paleobiology--Florida--Jupiter Inlet.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ARTIFACTS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: A CARIBBEAN CASE STUDY.
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- KEEGAN, WILLIAM FRANCIS., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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The term artifact denotes a framework for conceptualizing the physio-chemical modification of environmentally occurring raw materials by human, cultural processes. This thesis examines the categories of artifact analysis, and integrates these into a development sequence. This sequence represents the processes which pattern all artifacts. They can be summarized as occurring at four stages: (1) selection of raw materials; (2) construction techniques; (3) artifact use and function; (4) formation...
Show moreThe term artifact denotes a framework for conceptualizing the physio-chemical modification of environmentally occurring raw materials by human, cultural processes. This thesis examines the categories of artifact analysis, and integrates these into a development sequence. This sequence represents the processes which pattern all artifacts. They can be summarized as occurring at four stages: (1) selection of raw materials; (2) construction techniques; (3) artifact use and function; (4) formation of the archaeological record. The result of this integration is a heuristic model that recognizes the unity and complexity of cultural materials, and provides a base for processual studies. A separate part of this thesis employs Strombus gigas shell artifacts from the prehistoric cultures of the Caribbean to indicate the utility of the artifact development sequence as a theoretical conceptualization.
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- 1981
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14072
- Subject Headings
- Antiquities, Caribbean Area--Antiquities, Analysis, Strombus gigas
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Aspects of urban design in an ancient Maya center: El Pilar, Belize.
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- Wernecke, Daniel Clark., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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Research on Maya centers have focused on monogenic descriptions assuming a uniqueness of design rather than looking at Maya centers as systems encompassing multiple functions as well as an innate strategy of urban design. The analysis of Maya architecture, in particular, has often become a pseudonym for the study of individual structure's chronology rather than an examination of structures using architectural theory and method. Using data from the site of El Pilar, this thesis examines the...
Show moreResearch on Maya centers have focused on monogenic descriptions assuming a uniqueness of design rather than looking at Maya centers as systems encompassing multiple functions as well as an innate strategy of urban design. The analysis of Maya architecture, in particular, has often become a pseudonym for the study of individual structure's chronology rather than an examination of structures using architectural theory and method. Using data from the site of El Pilar, this thesis examines the restricted ways in which Maya urban centers have been architecturally analyzed in the past and will incorporate those methods, into the wider scope of architectural theory to propose a holistic analysis of one center. This analysis places ancient Maya regional centers, such as El Pilar, in a broader comparative context, one that readily enables comparisons between other regional Maya centers as well as the cities of other world cultures.
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- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15097
- Subject Headings
- Anthropology, Archaeology
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Assessment of Sexual Dimorphism on the First and Second Ribs: Exploring Geometric Morphometrics.
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- Bhramdat, Henna D., Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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Estimating the sex of unknown human skeletal remains is important to the fields of forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and other specialties. I studied sexual dimorphism on the first and second ribs to estimate sex from skeletal remains. I employed two approaches. I used geometric morphometrics to analyze landmark and semilandmark coordinate points to examine the overall shape of the ribs. I also examined the sternal end of the ribs for size using the superior-inferior height (SIH) and...
Show moreEstimating the sex of unknown human skeletal remains is important to the fields of forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and other specialties. I studied sexual dimorphism on the first and second ribs to estimate sex from skeletal remains. I employed two approaches. I used geometric morphometrics to analyze landmark and semilandmark coordinate points to examine the overall shape of the ribs. I also examined the sternal end of the ribs for size using the superior-inferior height (SIH) and anteriorposterior breadth (APB) in a binary logistic regression (BLR) model. Differences in male and female first and second ribs are undetectable when landmark coordinate points are used to capture shape variability, but significant differences in the shape of the ribs, however, are detected through the use of semilandmark coordinate points. Using semilandmark points to estimate sex presented an accuracy rate of 80.7% from the first rib, and 72.9% from the second rib. The use of the sternal end presents consistent results in its ability to estimate sex with an accuracy rate of 84.2%. The BLR model reveals significant differences between males and females than the geometric morphometric approach; it is more applicable for discerning sexual dimorphism of unknown individuals. This study reveals that while geometric morphometrics provides a powerful approach to assessing morphological differences, it is not always better than simpler methods, in this case, simple measurements analyzed through BLR.
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- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005976
- Subject Headings
- Sexual dimorphism (Animals), Ribs, Morphology
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- Document (PDF)