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Title: Monitor missions: An engineering and archaeological assessment.
Creator: Cook, Roger W., Prentice, Jeffrey R., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1980
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3338496
Subject Headings: U.S.S. Monitor (Ironclad), Monitor (Ironclad), Photogrammetry, Underwater archaeology
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Investigating the remains of the U.S.S. Monitor.
Creator: Watts Jr., Gordon P.
Date Issued: 1979
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3358772
Subject Headings: USS Monitor (Ironclad), USS Monitor technical report series, Underwater archaeology, Sanctuaries, Marine, Marine parks and reserves
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Behavior patterns in Florida's middle archaic: activity induced articular facets from the Gauthier (SBR-193) Mortuary complex.
Creator: Nelson, Kassandra., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This study examines activity induced articular facets and osteoarthritis in the ankle and foot complex of an Archaic hunter-gatherer population from the Gauthier (8BR-193) mortuary complex. To determine the frequency at which these characteristics occur, I scored the tibiae, tali, proximal phalanges, and metatarsals of adults and juveniles using methods developed by Buikstra and Ubelaker (1994) for scoring osteoarthritis and a synthesis of methods developed by Barnett (1954), and Boulle ...
Show moreThis study examines activity induced articular facets and osteoarthritis in the ankle and foot complex of an Archaic hunter-gatherer population from the Gauthier (8BR-193) mortuary complex. To determine the frequency at which these characteristics occur, I scored the tibiae, tali, proximal phalanges, and metatarsals of adults and juveniles using methods developed by Buikstra and Ubelaker (1994) for scoring osteoarthritis and a synthesis of methods developed by Barnett (1954), and Boulle (2001a; 2001b), Buikstra and Ubelaker (1994). Molleson (1989), Ubelaker (1979), for scoring articular facets. Despite significant skeletal fragmentation observed, articular facets were remarkbly complete, allowing for analysis of joint degeneration. While there does not appear to be a correlation between characteristics, the high prevalence of activity induced articular facets and osteoarthritis is indicative of extreme hyperdorsiflexion. Habitual kneeling and squatting postures are characteristic of hunter-gatherer subsistence activities as suggested by researchers such as Ubelaker (1975), Molleson (1969), and Trinkaus (1975).
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3318677
Subject Headings: Hunting and gathering societies, Indians of North AMerica, Antiquities, Physical anthropology, Human remains (Archaeology)
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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: 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.
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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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Title: Ceramics of Mayapan: a petrographic study.
Creator: Sanchez Fortoul, Carmen Giomar., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The unimpressive archaeological record of the last Mayan pre-Hispanic period has been traditionally interpreted as one of a society in decadence. However, archaeological remains evidencing stylistic homogenization across regions and documentary accounts written during the conquest describing thriving markets and entrepreneurial people have indicated to some a mercantile society linked by extensive networks of communication. Under the weaker political environment of this period, it is expected...
Show moreThe unimpressive archaeological record of the last Mayan pre-Hispanic period has been traditionally interpreted as one of a society in decadence. However, archaeological remains evidencing stylistic homogenization across regions and documentary accounts written during the conquest describing thriving markets and entrepreneurial people have indicated to some a mercantile society linked by extensive networks of communication. Under the weaker political environment of this period, it is expected that a mercantile environment presented more competition and more ceramic producers. This research used petrographic analysis and XRD of the pottery of Mayapan the last Maya capital, to detect ceramic compositional groups, which research has associated with the number of pottery producers. The number of producers is usually taken as a reflection of the degree of competition. This research found multiple compositional groups and the use of fewer ceramic materials that nonetheless are technologically advantageous, suggesting a more competitive and pragmatic society.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/369394
Subject Headings: Indian pottery, Excavations (Archaeology), Maya pottery, Mayas, Antiquities, Antiquities
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Title: Experimental archaeology and hominid evolution: establishing a methodology for determining handedness in lithic materials as a proxy for cognitive evolution.
Creator: Ruck, Lana, Broadfield, Douglas C., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Human handedness is likely related to brain lateralization and major cognitive innovations in human evolution. Identifying handedness in the archaeological record is, therefore, an important step in understanding our cognitive evolution. This thesis reports on experiments in identifying knapper handedness in lithic debitage. I conducted a blind study on flakes (n=631) from Acheulean handaxes replicated by right- and left-handed flintknappers. Several flake characteristics significantly...
Show moreHuman handedness is likely related to brain lateralization and major cognitive innovations in human evolution. Identifying handedness in the archaeological record is, therefore, an important step in understanding our cognitive evolution. This thesis reports on experiments in identifying knapper handedness in lithic debitage. I conducted a blind study on flakes (n=631) from Acheulean handaxes replicated by right- and left-handed flintknappers. Several flake characteristics significantly indicated handedness, with a binary logistic regression correctly predicting handedness for 71.7% of the flakes. However, other characteristics were not associated with handedness. This is a result of personal knapping styles, as additional analyses show that individual knappers associate with some attributes better than handedness does. Continued work on these methodologies will enable analysis of Paleolithic assemblages in the future, with the ultimate goal of tracking population-level hominid handedness rates through time and using them as a proxy for cognitive evolution and language acquisition.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004325, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004325
Subject Headings: Archaeology, Brain -- Evolution, Cerebral dominance, Cognition and culture, Flintknapping, Fossil hominids, Human evolution, Laterality
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Preacher's Cave: developing a national heritage tourism site in Eluthera, Bahamas.
Creator: Day, Jane S., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Preacher's Cave, an archaeological site in North Eleuthera, Bahamas, is arguably one of the most important historical places in that country. This large cave, isolated in a natural setting, has long been associated in the popular imagination with the first English colonists who shipwrecked in the Bahamas in 1648 and laid the foundation for the modern nation. Before the present work, no systematic scientific archaeological work had ever been conducted at this site. While Project Director for...
Show morePreacher's Cave, an archaeological site in North Eleuthera, Bahamas, is arguably one of the most important historical places in that country. This large cave, isolated in a natural setting, has long been associated in the popular imagination with the first English colonists who shipwrecked in the Bahamas in 1648 and laid the foundation for the modern nation. Before the present work, no systematic scientific archaeological work had ever been conducted at this site. While Project Director for the Preacher's Cave archaeological investigations in 1991, 1992, 2005, 2006, and 2007, I acted as liaison between the Bahamian Government, local island constituents, and the team of scholars who accomplished the work, organizing all aspects of the excavations. By analyzing the recovered material assemblage from these excavations, we were able to prove that the seventeenth-century English Puritans not only used Preacher's Cave for shelter in the first period of colonization, but altered the natural rock formations of the cave for use as the first church in the Bahamas. These excavations, in conjunction with the written record, also suggest that the area surrounding the site is the location of the first free black community in the country. Finally the scientific investigation confirmed Preacher's Cave as a prehistoric burial spot for the Lucayan people who lived in the islands before Columbus landed in 1492. These burials are unique because they were recovered with grave goods and one of the five Lucayan burials appears to be a victim of human sacrifice. No where else in the country do these three compelling narratives come together and form the basis for the development of a National Heritage Tourism Site., But protecting an historic site and interpreting it for visitors in a country where tourism is one of the major industries can be challenging. This study summarizes past strategies that were successful in the development of a small museum on the nearby is Wells using the techniques of the public historian and public archaeologist to proceed with plans for the opening of Preacher's Cave as a national park. Discussions concerning constituents, park boundaries, access, and political realities in the twenty-first century Bahamas are considered while examining the larger concept of heritage and tourism as collaborative industries.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927305
Subject Headings: Excavations (Archaeology), Historic sites, Antiquities, Antiquities
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Title: The Manteño of the Cloud Forest: Settlement Patterns and Spatial Analysis of Manteño Stone Architecture in the Las Tusas River Valley in Manabí, Ecuador.
Creator: Garzón-Oechsle, Andrés E., Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The present study identifies settlement patterns of the Manteño culture within the cloud forest of southern Manabí by surveying, recording and analyzing the stone architecture found within the drainage basin of the Las Tusas River, Ecuador. The statistical methods used were: Triangulated Irregular Networks or TIN (for topography interpretations), K-means (to determine natural groups for structures based on their dimensions, shape, and wall thickness), Ripley’s K (to determine spatial nature...
Show moreThe present study identifies settlement patterns of the Manteño culture within the cloud forest of southern Manabí by surveying, recording and analyzing the stone architecture found within the drainage basin of the Las Tusas River, Ecuador. The statistical methods used were: Triangulated Irregular Networks or TIN (for topography interpretations), K-means (to determine natural groups for structures based on their dimensions, shape, and wall thickness), Ripley’s K (to determine spatial nature of these groups) and Kernel Density (to visualize their spatial organization). The cloud forest ecotone of southern Manabí was an anthropogenic landscape during the late Integration period. The alluvial valleys of the upper Rio Blanco drainage basin do not represent a hinterland or a periphery occupation but a series of Manteño nucleated settlements raised on terraces and interconnected by strings of linear settlements and dispersed settlements throughout the rugged terrain of this landscape.
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Date Issued: 2018
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013001
Subject Headings: Manabí (Ecuador), Archaeology--Ecuador--Antiquities, Land settlement patterns, Spatial analysis (Statistics), Manteño
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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: 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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Date Issued: 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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Title: Archaeological investigations at the Gumbo Limbo site (8PB5375), Palm Beach County, Florida.
Creator: Dean, Jonathan Andrew., Florida Atlantic University, Fradkin, Arlene
Abstract/Description: Between January and August 2002, the Department of Anthropology conducted an archaeological investigation of site 8PB5375, located on a barrier island in southeastern Palm Beach County, Florida. Testing revealed that the site contains three occupational components that all date to the Glades I early period (2450 to 1450 B.P.). The components consists of (1) three midden areas, each consisting of numerous kitchen middens and an open, public space; (2) a sand/shell midden containing dense bone...
Show moreBetween January and August 2002, the Department of Anthropology conducted an archaeological investigation of site 8PB5375, located on a barrier island in southeastern Palm Beach County, Florida. Testing revealed that the site contains three occupational components that all date to the Glades I early period (2450 to 1450 B.P.). The components consists of (1) three midden areas, each consisting of numerous kitchen middens and an open, public space; (2) a sand/shell midden containing dense bone and ash; and (3) a small shell midden with an associated cooking pit. These components are interpreted to represent several temporary habitation campsites, a seasonal extractive camp, and a short-term campsite, respectively. The occupations retain Archaic influences yet follow Glades developmental trends of increasing pottery usage, reliance on fishing, and coastal occupation. The study provides basic information on precolumbian subsistence and settlement patterns in Palm Beach County, an area that has received little archaeological attention.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12937
Subject Headings: Archaeological surveying--Florida--Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County (Fla)--Antiquities
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Title: Experiential education techniques and procedures applied to secondary school archaeological study tours.
Creator: Rinker, David Bruce, Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The existing body of knowledge within the field of experiential education is reviewed in relation to its potential for use in secondary school study tours. Existing techniques and procedures within the field are applied to a specific itinerary for an archaeological study tour of Maya sites in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Anthropological and archaeological goals for the tour are suggested and a blend of experiential and pedagogical teaching and assessment strategies are presented for use...
Show moreThe existing body of knowledge within the field of experiential education is reviewed in relation to its potential for use in secondary school study tours. Existing techniques and procedures within the field are applied to a specific itinerary for an archaeological study tour of Maya sites in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Anthropological and archaeological goals for the tour are suggested and a blend of experiential and pedagogical teaching and assessment strategies are presented for use by travel studies coordinators who would attempt such a tour. A logistical lesson plan is presented for consideration in offering the study tour for academic credit.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14862
Subject Headings: Experiential learning, Education, Secondary, Archaeology--Field work, Field work (Educational method)
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Title: Trade dynamics in South Florida during the Archaic and Glades periods: The commerce of shark teeth.
Creator: Seymour, Patricia A., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the proposed investigation is a multi-faceted study providing the opportunity to (a) examine the transverse Glades waterways within Broward County, Florida as trade networks during precolumbian times, (b) critically examine the importance of shark teeth as a commodity in the prehistoric commerce of south Florida, and (c) explore the utility of geographic information systems (GIS) in the resolution of the archaeological questions noted above. As suggested by the above statement,...
Show moreThe purpose of the proposed investigation is a multi-faceted study providing the opportunity to (a) examine the transverse Glades waterways within Broward County, Florida as trade networks during precolumbian times, (b) critically examine the importance of shark teeth as a commodity in the prehistoric commerce of south Florida, and (c) explore the utility of geographic information systems (GIS) in the resolution of the archaeological questions noted above. As suggested by the above statement, this study will focus on the dynamics involved in the distribution of shark teeth throughout archaeological sites in Broward County noting whether there are noticeable changes in the frequency of their distribution over time, or whether it is relatively constant. The study will attempt to better understand the important role of the southeast Florida transverse Glades waterways in the coast to inland commerce of shark teeth.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13043
Subject Headings: Commerce, Prehistoric--Florida, Archaeology--Geographic information systems, Sharks, Fossil--Florida
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Title: The canals at Cape Sable: A remote sensing perspective.
Creator: Ferik, Catherine Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J.
Abstract/Description: Florida is home to five known aboriginal canoe canal complexes, most of which have been destroyed by urban development and the ravages of time. These canals were large undertakings suggesting an organized, chiefdom society and sedentary populations. Two of these complexes, Mud Lake and Snake Bight canals, are located on Cape Sable in South Florida. These canals remain fairly intact and are observable in the field and on high resolution aerial photographs. Digital image enhancement and...
Show moreFlorida is home to five known aboriginal canoe canal complexes, most of which have been destroyed by urban development and the ravages of time. These canals were large undertakings suggesting an organized, chiefdom society and sedentary populations. Two of these complexes, Mud Lake and Snake Bight canals, are located on Cape Sable in South Florida. These canals remain fairly intact and are observable in the field and on high resolution aerial photographs. Digital image enhancement and traditional ground truthing methods add valuable information to the study of Cape Sable's canals. Field work was completed with permission from Everglades National Park, study number EVER-00035, permit number EVER-2001-SCI-0035. Carbon-14 dates indicate that both of the canals were constructed at approximately the same time, during the Glades II and III periods, making the Cape Sable canals contemporaneous with Florida's other aboriginal canals. Information about these enigmatic features aids archaeologists in the quest to understand Florida's earliest inhabitants.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13027
Subject Headings: Canals--Sable, Cape (Fla.), Canals--Remote sensing., Sable, Cape (Fla.), Aerial photography in archaeology.
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Title: METHOD AND THEORY IN NEW WORLD HISTORIC WRECK ARCHAEOLOGY: HYPOTHESIS TESTING ON THE SITE OF NUESTRA SENORA DE ATOCHA, MARQUESAS KEYS, FLORIDA.
Creator: MATHEWSON, R. DUNCAN., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Problem-oriented research is presented as a contribution in the development of an archaeological conceptual framework and a multidisciplinary scientific approach to the study of historic wreck sites in the New World. Testable multiple working hypotheses are formulated to identify, describe, and explain the wreck site of Nuestra Senora de Atocha within the exigencies of a commercial salvage operation. Adaptive field strategies are developed for recording data concerning intra-site variability...
Show moreProblem-oriented research is presented as a contribution in the development of an archaeological conceptual framework and a multidisciplinary scientific approach to the study of historic wreck sites in the New World. Testable multiple working hypotheses are formulated to identify, describe, and explain the wreck site of Nuestra Senora de Atocha within the exigencies of a commercial salvage operation. Adaptive field strategies are developed for recording data concerning intra-site variability of the cultural and geological deposits. Methodological techniques including sea-bottom mapping, underwater photogrammetry, and sub-sea remote sensing for the recovery of horizontal and stratigraphic data are discussed. A plan to locate the primary cultural deposit with aerial photographic imagery is outlined. Baseline data are assembled for formulating operational guidelines for future archaeological research and resource management of historic wreck sites within shallow waters of the Inner Continental Shelf. Feasibility is demonstrated for the development of a procedural model for wreck site mitigation emphasizing cooperation within a salvage company.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13876
Subject Headings: Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Ship), Underwater archaeology--Florida--Marquesas Keys, Shipwrecks--Florida--Marquesas Keys
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Title: Potential Provenance Identification of Unidentified Human Remains Using Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Analysis.
Creator: Colonna, Hallie, Ellis, Meredith A. B., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: Major academic institutions in the United States house unidentified human skeletal remains in their collections as a result of unethical obtainment, poor documentation, and lack of resources. This thesis explores the possible geographic provenances associated with two skulls, A11 and A12, kept in the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Anthropology Department. This thesis utilizes strontium and oxygen isotope analysis collected from dental and enamel tissues to explore possible geographic...
Show moreMajor academic institutions in the United States house unidentified human skeletal remains in their collections as a result of unethical obtainment, poor documentation, and lack of resources. This thesis explores the possible geographic provenances associated with two skulls, A11 and A12, kept in the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Anthropology Department. This thesis utilizes strontium and oxygen isotope analysis collected from dental and enamel tissues to explore possible geographic provenance for A11 and A12. Analyzing isotopic composition of human skeletal remains is an established method to reconstruct human processes, history, events, and lifeways. Strontium (expressed by the ratio: 87Sr/86Sr) and oxygen (expressed by the ratio: δ18O) stable isotope analysis is used to determine place of origin for human remains with unknown origin. Strontium and oxygen isotopes express geographic signatures, of an individual's food and drinking water ingested during childhood which can reflect the isotope signature of the environment (soil, water, geology) from where it originates.
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Date Issued: 2024
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014508
Subject Headings: Human remains (Archaeology), Bioarchaeology, Oxygen--Isotopes--Analysis, trontium--Isotopes
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Title: Land of contrast: osteological analysis of human remains from Salango, Ecuador and a comparison of paleopathologies between coastal and highland sites in Ecuador.
Creator: Van Voorhis, Laura, Broadfield, Douglas C., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: New data on human skeletal remains from Site 35 in Salango, Ecuador is combined with existing data presented by Jastremski (2006) to compile a more comprehensive report about the health conditions of the people. Site 35, which is associated with the Manteño culture that flourished in the Integration period from A.D. 500 – 1532, has been determined to comprise a singular population that is represented by a minimum of 27 individuals. In addition to more comprehensive conclusions about Site 35,...
Show moreNew data on human skeletal remains from Site 35 in Salango, Ecuador is combined with existing data presented by Jastremski (2006) to compile a more comprehensive report about the health conditions of the people. Site 35, which is associated with the Manteño culture that flourished in the Integration period from A.D. 500 – 1532, has been determined to comprise a singular population that is represented by a minimum of 27 individuals. In addition to more comprehensive conclusions about Site 35, this thesis uses the data from Site 35 in an extended comparison of health among prehistoric sites from six additional sites to observe general trends over time and across geography. Through an indepth analysis of distinct health traits, the general conclusion matches previous reports that the overall quality of health in Ecuador declined over time. However, the present analysis shows a less dramatic decline for coastal sites than for inland sites.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004069
Subject Headings: Excavation (Archaeology) -- Ecuador -- Solango, Forensic anthropology -- Ecuador -- Solango, Human remains (Archaeology) -- Ecuador -- Solango, Indians of South America -- Ecudaor, Pacific Coast (Ecuador), Paleopathology -- Ecuador -- Solango, Solango Site (Ecuador), South America -- Antiquities
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Title: Seventeenth-century foodways of british puritans at preacher’s cave, Eleuthera, Bahamas: zooarchaeological and historical evidence.
Creator: Gualtieri, Rose E., Fradkin, Arlene, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: British colonization of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera began in the mid-‐ seventeenth century with the arrival of Puritans who came from Bermuda, seeking refuge from religious persecution. Funded by a group of British investors called the Eleutherian Adventurers, This first group of settlers shipwrecked and took refuge in a cave, now known as Preacher’s Cave, where they adapted to the island’s maritime tropical environment. Archaeological excavations conducted at Preacher’s Cave recovered...
Show moreBritish colonization of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera began in the mid-‐ seventeenth century with the arrival of Puritans who came from Bermuda, seeking refuge from religious persecution. Funded by a group of British investors called the Eleutherian Adventurers, This first group of settlers shipwrecked and took refuge in a cave, now known as Preacher’s Cave, where they adapted to the island’s maritime tropical environment. Archaeological excavations conducted at Preacher’s Cave recovered a large quantity of faunal remains. This thesis presents an analysis of these materials and compares the resultant findings to existing historical records pertaining to this settlement. Whereas historical sources document chronic shortages of imported food supplies, the archaeological faunal assemblage demonstrates that the Preacher’s Cave settlers relied primarily upon available resources of the sea and nearby habitats.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004117, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004117
Subject Headings: Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Bahamas -- Eleuthera Island -- Preacher's Cave -- Identification, Eleuthera Island (Bahamas) -- Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Bahamas -- Eleuthera Island -- Preacher's Cave, Preacher's Cave (Bahamas) -- Antiquities, Puritans -- Bahamas -- Eleuthera Island -- Conduct of life
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Title: Paleodemography of Highland Beach the demographic parameters of a Native American population from Southeastern Florida.
Creator: Hennessey, Christopher, Broadfield, Douglas C., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Those who practice within the field and those who wish to discredit the field have long debated the field of paleodemography. In 1999 and again in 2000, researchers who used paleodemographic analysis assembled in Rostock, Germany to amend the present issues and change the way research is conducted in the future (Hoppa and Vaupel 2002). As a result of these meetings, researchers created the Rostock Manifesto. While many scholars accepted the change in the suite of methodologies carried out...
Show moreThose who practice within the field and those who wish to discredit the field have long debated the field of paleodemography. In 1999 and again in 2000, researchers who used paleodemographic analysis assembled in Rostock, Germany to amend the present issues and change the way research is conducted in the future (Hoppa and Vaupel 2002). As a result of these meetings, researchers created the Rostock Manifesto. While many scholars accepted the change in the suite of methodologies carried out under the new guidance, little has been said on the effectiveness of the manifesto. In this thesis, I argue that the Rostock Manifesto, at the very least, is effective in changing the results of paleodemographic research both qualitatively and quantitatively. Unfortunately, due to the nature of paleodemographic research it cannot be said of how effective the manifesto is.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004445, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004445
Subject Headings: Demographic anthropology, Demographic archaeology, Human population genetics, Human remains (Archaeology), Human skeleton -- Analysis, Indians of North America -- Florida, Native Americans -- Florida -- Population -- History -- Methodology, Paleoanthropology
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Title: Formal variation in lithic projectile armatures: re-interpreting points from Tabun Cave, Israel.
Creator: Leslie, David E., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Lithic projectile armatures represent a significant innovation over thrusted spears in the subsistence strategies of hominins. Previous researchers have disagreed over the timing of the appearance of projectile weapons in the archaeological record (Brooks 2006; Shea 2006). To discover when projectile technology first appears in the Levant, I have compared tip cross-sectional areas, weights, and tip penetrating angles (three variables useful for discriminating between projectile and thrusting...
Show moreLithic projectile armatures represent a significant innovation over thrusted spears in the subsistence strategies of hominins. Previous researchers have disagreed over the timing of the appearance of projectile weapons in the archaeological record (Brooks 2006; Shea 2006). To discover when projectile technology first appears in the Levant, I have compared tip cross-sectional areas, weights, and tip penetrating angles (three variables useful for discriminating between projectile and thrusting weapons) of pointed Blades, Levallois points, and Mousterian points with analogs from known and suspected chipped stone projectile points. Results indicate that pointed Blades from Tabun and Skhul caves are statistically indistinguishable from other suspected projectile point types. Levallois and Mousterian points from Tabun and Skhul are also statistically indistinguishable from suspected projectile types when the lower halves of the populations are compared. Consequently, I conclude that points from Tabun and Skhul caves fall within the known and suspected range of variation of projectile point morphology.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/172670
Subject Headings: Tools, Prehistoric, Analysis, Stone implements, Classification, Projectile points, Analysis, Paleoanthropology, Excavations (Archaeology), Fossil hominids
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Title: Sex Estimation in Subadult Skeletons: A Test of Eight Nonmetric Traits of the Mandible and Ilium.
Creator: Reinman, Alyssa Shiloh, Broadfield, Douglas C., Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Diagnosing the sex of subadult skeletal material is a difficult task for bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists. Metric and nonmetric techniques have been tested utilizing both fetal (Boucher 1957, Weaver 1980) and juvenile (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Weaver 1980) skeletal remains. Some metric techniques show promise in estimating the sex of juvenile skeletons, but most are found to be lacking in adequate accuracies (Holcomb and Konigsberg 1995, Weaver 1980). Nonmetric techniques have...
Show moreDiagnosing the sex of subadult skeletal material is a difficult task for bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists. Metric and nonmetric techniques have been tested utilizing both fetal (Boucher 1957, Weaver 1980) and juvenile (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Weaver 1980) skeletal remains. Some metric techniques show promise in estimating the sex of juvenile skeletons, but most are found to be lacking in adequate accuracies (Holcomb and Konigsberg 1995, Weaver 1980). Nonmetric techniques have been found to be more accurate, performing better than chance (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Mittler and Sheridan 1992, Weaver 1980). This study adds to this conversation, utilizing the Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, testing the accuracy of eight nonmetric traits of the subadult mandible and ilium for use in forensic investigations and bioarchaeological research.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004539, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004539
Subject Headings: Anthropometry, Forensic anthropology, Forensic osteology, Human remains (Archaeology), Ilium -- Sex differences, Maxilla -- Sex differences, Physical anthropology
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