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Development of a scale for the measurement of evolutionarily important situation characteristics.
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Brown, Nicolas A., Serfass, David G., Sherman, Ryne A., Graduate College
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Behavior in everyday situations depends on the activation of an individual’s specific goals and motives. Research suggests that basic goals such as protecting oneself, forming coalitions, and avoiding disease have emerged as the result of evolutionary processes Kenrick, Li, & Butner, 2003. However, no scale exists to measure the characteristics of situations that might promote or prevent the achievement of these goals. Participants described a situation they encountered the previous day and...
Show moreBehavior in everyday situations depends on the activation of an individual’s specific goals and motives. Research suggests that basic goals such as protecting oneself, forming coalitions, and avoiding disease have emerged as the result of evolutionary processes Kenrick, Li, & Butner, 2003. However, no scale exists to measure the characteristics of situations that might promote or prevent the achievement of these goals. Participants described a situation they encountered the previous day and rated that situation using 64 items designed to tap seven adaptive problems identified by Kenrick and colleagues 2003. Using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses a 28-item measure of situational characteristics that promote or prevent the achievement of evolutionarily important goals was created. The results suggest that this 28-item measure has both adequate bandwidth and fidelity. Future research should investigate the discriminant and convergent validity of this newly created measure.
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2014
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005805
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CytoregR inhibits growth and proliferation of human adenocarcinoma cells via induction of apoptosis.
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Kumi-Diaka, James, Hassanhi, M., Brown, Jayann Marie, Merchant, Kendra T., Garcia, C., Jimenez, W.
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2006-01-09
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3327155
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FAU Symphony Band and FAU Wind Ensemble - February 2009.
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FAU Symphony Band, FAU Wind Ensemble, Murray, Sean (Conductor), Prescott, Kyle (Conductor), FAU Department of Music
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2009-02
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT1870906
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Band music, Wind Ensembles
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Set of related objects
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FAU Spring Music Festival 2008: FAU Choral Organizations - April 2008.
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FAU Department of Music, FAU Men's Chorus, Brown, Sally C. (Conductor), FAU Women's Chorus, Rossow, Stacie Lee (Conductor), FAU Chamber Singers, Fleitas, Patricia P. (Conductor), FAU Vocal Troupe Ensemble
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2008-04
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT337406
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Choruses, Secular, with piano
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Palm Beach Symphony & FAU Symphony Chorus April 2008.
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Robinson, Ray (Music and Artistic Director), Fleitas, Patricia P. (Chorus Master), FAU Department of Music
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2008-04
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT331995
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Symphonies, Choruses
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Set of related objects
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Implementing Brown v. Board: an evaluation of the success of desegregation at Suncoast High School.
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Moore, Travis, Tunick, Mark, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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In 1954 a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that maintaining separate schools for white and black students was inherently unequal. Following the decision, school boards across the nation struggled to determine what desegregation meant for their schools. This research focuses on the history of desegregation at Suncoast High School, in Riviera Beach, FL, paying specific attention to the respective goals of the various stakeholders. The goals are discerned by drawing on official documents, newspaper...
Show moreIn 1954 a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that maintaining separate schools for white and black students was inherently unequal. Following the decision, school boards across the nation struggled to determine what desegregation meant for their schools. This research focuses on the history of desegregation at Suncoast High School, in Riviera Beach, FL, paying specific attention to the respective goals of the various stakeholders. The goals are discerned by drawing on official documents, newspaper articles and interviews. After weighing the goals of each stakeholder against the current state of desegregation at Suncoast I argue that only some goals have been met. I conclude that while the goals of the national stakeholders, school board and local white parents have been met as of 2010, some goals of the local black community—most importantly, having a community high school for their children—have not been met.
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2011
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003596
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James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends.
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Buchanan, James -- 1791-1868, Greeley & McElrath
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An anti-Buchanan document of the presidential campaign of 1856. Contents: Mr. Buchanan as a Federalist : an oration, delivered on the 4th of July 1815, before the Washington Association of Lancaster / by James Buchanan -- Mr. Buchanan in favor of seizing Cuba : the Ostend manifesto -- The Buchanan Cincinnati platform, adopted May 22, 1856 -- A Virginia view of Mr. Buchanan : speech of Governor H.A. Wise, at Richmond, June 13, 1856 -- Preston S. Brooks for Buchanan : from his letter to the...
Show moreAn anti-Buchanan document of the presidential campaign of 1856. Contents: Mr. Buchanan as a Federalist : an oration, delivered on the 4th of July 1815, before the Washington Association of Lancaster / by James Buchanan -- Mr. Buchanan in favor of seizing Cuba : the Ostend manifesto -- The Buchanan Cincinnati platform, adopted May 22, 1856 -- A Virginia view of Mr. Buchanan : speech of Governor H.A. Wise, at Richmond, June 13, 1856 -- Preston S. Brooks for Buchanan : from his letter to the Buchanan ratification meeting at Charleston, S.C -- Mr. Buchanan apologizes for Brooks, Lancaster, Thursday, July 24, 1856 -- Letter from the Hon. A.G. Brown to the Hon. S.R. Adams, June 18, 1856. Publisher statement from colophon; imprint date from letter dated July 24, 1856 (page 15). Text printed in two columns. Publishers' advertisements (page 16): "Republican documents now ready." Two states noted; priority not determined. One has contents listed here; the other has, in place of "Letter from the Hon. A.G. Brown to the Hon. S.R. Adams," "Mr. Buchanan as old bachelor" and lacks the publisher's advertisements.
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb17f33
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Buchanan, James -- 1791-1868, Campaign literature -- 1856 -- Republican, Campaign literature -- United States -- 19th century, Campaign literature, 1856 -- Republican, Fourth of July addresses -- 1815, Fourth of July celebrations -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1856, Slavery -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
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E-book
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A Network of Ideas: Brokerage and Success Among Visual Artists in South Florida.
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Hoyos, Patricia, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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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.
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2016
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004605, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004605
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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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Defining population characteristics of the Belle Glade culture: skeletal biology of Belle Glade mound (8PB41).
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Smith, Catherine, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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The prehistoric Belle Glade Culture, dwelling around Lake Okeechobee in interior Florida, is one of the most understudied cultures in North America. The purpose of this study is to define population characteristics about this culture through skeletal analysis of the collected remains from the type site for the culture, Belle Glade Mound (8PB41). To address the confounding factors of fragmentation and commingling, recently developed methods, statistical analyses, and specially designed...
Show moreThe prehistoric Belle Glade Culture, dwelling around Lake Okeechobee in interior Florida, is one of the most understudied cultures in North America. The purpose of this study is to define population characteristics about this culture through skeletal analysis of the collected remains from the type site for the culture, Belle Glade Mound (8PB41). To address the confounding factors of fragmentation and commingling, recently developed methods, statistical analyses, and specially designed software for such analyses of confounded collections were used in undertaking this study. A biological profile was developed that includes age-at-death estimations, sex estimations, stature estimations, and ancestral estimations in order to create a paleodemographic summary that more adequately describes this unknown population.
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2015
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004467, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004467
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Belle Glade (Fla.) -- Social aspects, Ethnoarchaeology -- Florida -- Belle Glade, Forensic anthropology, Human remains (Archaeology) -- Florida -- Belle Glade, Paleopathology, Physical anthropology
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Decade of progress: origins of the Pérez art museum Miami.
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Ando, Erica, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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This dissertation reconstructs and investigates the origins of the Pérez Art Museum Miami. In 2013, the museum re-opened in a new, county-funded building to great acclaim and international attention, but the museum’s origins in the 1970s have been largely forgotten. A result of the 1972 “Decade of Progress” bond vote by county taxpayers that allocated funds to build a new art museum, the museum opened as the Center for the Fine Arts in 1983 as a non-collecting institution dedicated to...
Show moreThis dissertation reconstructs and investigates the origins of the Pérez Art Museum Miami. In 2013, the museum re-opened in a new, county-funded building to great acclaim and international attention, but the museum’s origins in the 1970s have been largely forgotten. A result of the 1972 “Decade of Progress” bond vote by county taxpayers that allocated funds to build a new art museum, the museum opened as the Center for the Fine Arts in 1983 as a non-collecting institution dedicated to displaying traveling exhibitions. The new institution represented the combined efforts of local government, business, and art to construct not only a place in which to view art but also as part of an overall plan to create a great metropolitan area.
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2014
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004263, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004263
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Pérez Art Museum Miami., Museums--Philosophy., Politics and culture.
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Ethnography of Unitarian Universalism.
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Tomaleh, Khawla, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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Unitarian Universalism is a modern religion with a long history of reformation rooted in Christianity. My ethnography examines one of the Unitarian Universalist fellowships located in South Florida. The research examines the role of the church in American lives and the significance of the religious experience among liberals and humanists. American religions have been the focus of social scientists for the past forty years. This study shed light on how modernity affects the trajectory of...
Show moreUnitarian Universalism is a modern religion with a long history of reformation rooted in Christianity. My ethnography examines one of the Unitarian Universalist fellowships located in South Florida. The research examines the role of the church in American lives and the significance of the religious experience among liberals and humanists. American religions have been the focus of social scientists for the past forty years. This study shed light on how modernity affects the trajectory of religion in the United States. This is a holistic approach viewed of one of the American religions through a socio economic and political lens. Unitarian Universalism is comprehended through themes of individual narratives. Unitarian Universalist narratives present the religious experience a heterogeneous group might share. The story of Unitarian Universalists explains how religion is attached socially and culturally to believers. My research offers an alternative narrative for people who represent a minority among traditional and world religions.
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2019
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013271
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Ethnography, Unitarian Universalists, Narratives
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Ethnographic Comparison of a Niche Fashion Group, Lolita.
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Berry, Bayli, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Lolita fashion is a small youth fashion that originated in Japan but is inspired by historical western clothing. The clothing is not sexual in nature. Most studies look at the style in Japan, but the fashion has also found popularity overseas. This paper takes an ethnographic approach to studying the Lolita community in the United States by comparing two regional communities, Houston and South Florida. The research found that the largest difference between the two groups was size and...
Show moreLolita fashion is a small youth fashion that originated in Japan but is inspired by historical western clothing. The clothing is not sexual in nature. Most studies look at the style in Japan, but the fashion has also found popularity overseas. This paper takes an ethnographic approach to studying the Lolita community in the United States by comparing two regional communities, Houston and South Florida. The research found that the largest difference between the two groups was size and community involvement, with Houston as the larger group and the smaller South Florida group being more concerned with group activity. The study found that compared to the strong subversive element of the wearers in Japan, the United States community at large appears to be motivated by Lolita as a creative outlet. There was no support of the idea that aging played a role in what kind of Lolita fashion was worn.
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004982
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Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Lolita., Fashion., Ethnographic study.
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Food Buzzwords: Understanding How Schemas of Proper Dieting Are Formed.
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Franklin-Jeune, Sacha, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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In the modern United States, the concept of food has become as much of a social phenomenon as it is a biological need. The process of eating has become highly structured into a system of communication. Food terms used to share ideas are referred to as food buzzwords, terms rife with additional meanings whose values are continuously debated, discussed, and altered. Such terminology has swayed how middle-class Americans interpret the proper status quo of food consumption and production. This...
Show moreIn the modern United States, the concept of food has become as much of a social phenomenon as it is a biological need. The process of eating has become highly structured into a system of communication. Food terms used to share ideas are referred to as food buzzwords, terms rife with additional meanings whose values are continuously debated, discussed, and altered. Such terminology has swayed how middle-class Americans interpret the proper status quo of food consumption and production. This thesis analyzes how middle-class Americans form their view of a proper diet based on their understanding of food buzzwords and other factors that influence their food choices.
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2016
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004593, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004593
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Food--Analysis., Food--Composition., English language--Slang., Food consumption., Food habits., Nutrition--Social aspects.
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Determining functionality and living patterns: a phosphate analysis of two prehistoric structures in Río Blanco, Ecuador.
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Reneau, Brittany L., Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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Archaeologists have identified many prehistoric structures affiliated with the Manteño culture (500 CE to 1532 CE) of coastal Ecuador, but the function of those constructions is rarely understood. As part of an ongoing project by Florida Atlantic University to explore the function of these buildings, I conducted systematic soil phosphate testing in and around two archaeological structures and, for ethnoarchaeological comparison, four contemporary households. The two prehistoric structures are...
Show moreArchaeologists have identified many prehistoric structures affiliated with the Manteño culture (500 CE to 1532 CE) of coastal Ecuador, but the function of those constructions is rarely understood. As part of an ongoing project by Florida Atlantic University to explore the function of these buildings, I conducted systematic soil phosphate testing in and around two archaeological structures and, for ethnoarchaeological comparison, four contemporary households. The two prehistoric structures are located 200 meters from each other and on two different river terraces within the same river valley. They are part of a larger site (C4-084). I found clear spatial patterning in phosphate concentrations in and around the archaeological structures. The concentrations were higher inside the structures, while outside they decreased with distance from the structure. Statistical testing and spatial analysis have suggested the two structures were used for different purposes.
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2014
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004154, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004154
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Archaeology -- Methodology, Ethnoarchaeology -- Ecuador -- Río Blanco, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ecuador -- Río Blanco, Manabi (Ecuador : Provence) -- Antiquities, Río Blanco (Ecuador) -- Antiquities
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EVALUATING EVALUATION: A STATISTICAL INVESTIGATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE SAMPLING.
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Simon, Danielle Ashley, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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The evaluation of archaeological sites is an essential, routine, and commonplace part of archaeological practice. Evaluation is usually a preliminary step carried out prior to a decision about preservation, destruction, or more intensive investigation. In most cases, archaeologists sample sites when conducting evaluations, often to reduce the cost of the research, but also to minimize the adverse effects to sites that may be significant. The literature on sampling in archaeology, with a few...
Show moreThe evaluation of archaeological sites is an essential, routine, and commonplace part of archaeological practice. Evaluation is usually a preliminary step carried out prior to a decision about preservation, destruction, or more intensive investigation. In most cases, archaeologists sample sites when conducting evaluations, often to reduce the cost of the research, but also to minimize the adverse effects to sites that may be significant. The literature on sampling in archaeology, with a few noteworthy exceptions, does not address critical issues concerning how much to sample to achieve a valid and reliable evaluation of a site, or, alternatively, how much material must be recovered for that same purpose. This thesis studies the spatial and numerical distributions of ceramic material recovered from three prehistoric archaeological sites that have undergone several phases of intensive testing to understand the variables that influence effective sample sizes for evaluation.
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2020
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013510
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Subject Headings
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Archaeological sites, Sampling, Evaluation
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Gender, Myth, and Warfare: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Women Warriors.
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Boomer, Anne-Louise Lyttle, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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A combination of cross-cultural and symbolic methodologies suggests that women warriors occur in societies where there is both an emphasis on the sacred feminine that allows women greater access to positions of power and authority (as per Peggy Sanday) and where marital residency rules permit female fighters (following David B. Adams´s theory on women warriors). While neither theory can stand alone in explaining the existence of women warriors, when combined both theories give a solid picture...
Show moreA combination of cross-cultural and symbolic methodologies suggests that women warriors occur in societies where there is both an emphasis on the sacred feminine that allows women greater access to positions of power and authority (as per Peggy Sanday) and where marital residency rules permit female fighters (following David B. Adams´s theory on women warriors). While neither theory can stand alone in explaining the existence of women warriors, when combined both theories give a solid picture of societies that allow for female combatants. In this paper I propose that by combining Sanday’s work on female power and Adams’s work on women warriors we can come to a better understanding about just what makes the cultures that allow for women’s participation in warfare unique, and perhaps what characteristics must be in place in order for a culture to have women warriors.
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2016
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004571, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004571
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Sanday, Peggy Reeves.--Female power and male dominance--Criticism and interpretation., Adams, David B.--Why there are so few women warriors--Criticism and interpretation., Feminism in literature., Sex (Psychology)--Cross-cultural studies., Symbolism (Psychology)--Cross-cultural studies.
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The broken past: fractals in archaeology.
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Liebovitch, Larry S., Brown, Clifford T., Witschey, Walter R. T.
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2005-03-01
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165780
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Fractals, Nonlinear Systems, Chaos, Archaeology--Mathematical models
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Lévy flights in Dobe Ju/’hoansi foraging patterns.
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Liebovitch, Larry S., Brown, Clifford T., Glendon, Rachel
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2007-02-01
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165800
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Hunting and gathering societies--statistical methods, Khoisan (African people), Forage, Human Migration Patterns, Human ecology--Africa, Human settlements--Mathematical models, Search theory
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A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CERAMIC DISTRIBUTION IN THE EAST OKEECHOBEE AREA.
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D’Erasmo, Stefanie, Brown, Clifford, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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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.
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2019
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013296
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Okeechobee (Fla ), Ceramics--Analysis, Archaeology--Florida
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Healing and Transformation in Chronic Illness Memoirs.
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Rodanes, Michelle, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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The employment of metaphors in drawing meaning from our experiences is an indispensable ingredient in most patient narratives. More specifically, they are essential to the conceptual system we reference to understand and respond to the disruptions brought upon by chronic illness. Through an analysis of patient narratives penned by a group of contemporary American authors, this study identifies trends in how patients can use metaphor to “bridge” the gap between their lives pre and post...
Show moreThe employment of metaphors in drawing meaning from our experiences is an indispensable ingredient in most patient narratives. More specifically, they are essential to the conceptual system we reference to understand and respond to the disruptions brought upon by chronic illness. Through an analysis of patient narratives penned by a group of contemporary American authors, this study identifies trends in how patients can use metaphor to “bridge” the gap between their lives pre and post diagnosis, a process that in many cases presents vulnerability as a viable remedy for alleviating the alienation and diminished self-image so often impacting the lives of patients with lifelong disorders.
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Date Issued
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005969
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Chronic illness, Memoirs, Metaphor
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