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Title: Analysis of osteological remains from Salango, Ecuador with comparisons to four other coastal Ecuadorian sites.
Creator: Jastremski, Nicole A., Florida Atlantic University, Broadfield, Douglas C.
Abstract/Description: Archaeological Site 035 Tomb, located in Salango, Ecuador contains remains associated with the Manteno culture which flourished during the Integration period from A.D. 500 until the Spanish Conquest in 1532. Although agriculture played a role in the diet of these people, marine resources were utilized for both food and trade. Osteological remains of at least 14 individuals were excavated from this site and examined to determine the variation in the population of this region. The following...
Show moreArchaeological Site 035 Tomb, located in Salango, Ecuador contains remains associated with the Manteno culture which flourished during the Integration period from A.D. 500 until the Spanish Conquest in 1532. Although agriculture played a role in the diet of these people, marine resources were utilized for both food and trade. Osteological remains of at least 14 individuals were excavated from this site and examined to determine the variation in the population of this region. The following four sites were used as comparisons to the Salango site based on their geographical location and their temporal relationship to Salango: Real Alto, Ayalan, La Libertad, and La Tolita. These sites were analyzed to determine how agriculture and environment played a role in their health and nutrition. This study indicates that pre-Colombian cultures of the region may not have been entirely integrated and that the various populations may have engaged in varied lifestyles.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13326
Subject Headings: Pacific Coast (Ecuador), Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador, Indians of Sourth America--Ecuador, Salango Site (Ecuador), South America--Antiquities
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Title: EXCAVATION OF A SUBMERGED SUB-TAINO SITE IN PUERTO RICO.
Creator: VEGA, JESUS E., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Due to eustatic changes of sea level, tectonic activity, isostatic and compactional depression, and erosion, a considerable number of archaeological land sites are now underwater. East of San Juan, Puerto Rico, underwater archaeological excavation at Isla Verde site revealed a coastal settlement inhabited circa A.D. 800 by Arawak Neo-Indians. Classified in the Ostiones phase by its ceramic ware, the site preceded the Talno chiefdoms encountered by European explorers at the close of the...
Show moreDue to eustatic changes of sea level, tectonic activity, isostatic and compactional depression, and erosion, a considerable number of archaeological land sites are now underwater. East of San Juan, Puerto Rico, underwater archaeological excavation at Isla Verde site revealed a coastal settlement inhabited circa A.D. 800 by Arawak Neo-Indians. Classified in the Ostiones phase by its ceramic ware, the site preceded the Talno chiefdoms encountered by European explorers at the close of the fifteenth century. Built near the ocean, in a once secluded area surrounded by two lagoons and a mangrove belt, Isla Verde site was characterized by coastal and maritime adaptations such as shellfish collecting and the hunting of manatees and turtles. Cultivation of root crops was also part of the subsistence pattern. The site was submerged as a result of erosion produced by wave patterns diffracted by offshore reef patches. The archaeological potential and limitations of the site were evaluated, in conjunction with the recent geologic history of the area.
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Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14084
Subject Headings: Indians of the West Indies--Puerto Rico--Antiquities, Underwater archaeology--Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico--Antiquities
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Title: Working Spondylus at Rio Chico.
Creator: Skinner, Raymond Keith, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Debitage from the reduction of Spondylus valves into pieces useful for craft production was recovered at the site of Rio Chico, Manabi Province, Ecuador, from multiple occupations that represent different cultural periods of Coastal Ecuador. The material is analyzed and interpreted from a production context and defines basic production characteristics for each cultural period represented. Changes in these characteristics seen within the sequence are highlighted and then compared against...
Show moreDebitage from the reduction of Spondylus valves into pieces useful for craft production was recovered at the site of Rio Chico, Manabi Province, Ecuador, from multiple occupations that represent different cultural periods of Coastal Ecuador. The material is analyzed and interpreted from a production context and defines basic production characteristics for each cultural period represented. Changes in these characteristics seen within the sequence are highlighted and then compared against changes found in the regional exchange system defined by Martin (2000). The results indicate that the greatest level of variability and the least processing intensity occurred within the youngest occupation (later Mantefio) and the greatest amount of change through time occurred between the earlier and later Mantefio period. It also suggests that the local production processes did not change in response to changes in the regional exchange system. Instead, responses to changes in the regional trade context could have involved geographic expansion of the Spondylus habitat they exploited by initiating, or expanding an already existing, trade route with Mesoamerica.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000964
Subject Headings: Ecuador--Río Chico--Antiquities, Spondylus, Indians of South America--Ecuador--Antiquities, Excavation (Archaeology)--Ecuador--Río Chico
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Title: A preliminary investigation of ceramic styles and chronology at the Rio Chico site (OMJPLP170), Manabi, Ecuador.
Creator: Oyola-Coeur, Monica., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J.
Abstract/Description: This thesis studies a ceramic assemblage recently excavated at Rio Chico (OMJPLP170), a coastal multi-component site situated in Southern Manabi, Ecuador. Stratigraphic excavations provided the data for analysis, which primarily consisted of utilitarian wares that were examined within the archaeological context. Ceramic utilitarian wares were used to reconstruct the cultural sequence at Rio Chico, dating from the Early Formative Period Valdivia Phase to the Integration Period Manteno Phase,...
Show moreThis thesis studies a ceramic assemblage recently excavated at Rio Chico (OMJPLP170), a coastal multi-component site situated in Southern Manabi, Ecuador. Stratigraphic excavations provided the data for analysis, which primarily consisted of utilitarian wares that were examined within the archaeological context. Ceramic utilitarian wares were used to reconstruct the cultural sequence at Rio Chico, dating from the Early Formative Period Valdivia Phase to the Integration Period Manteno Phase, and to assess the use of space throughout the occupation. Additionally, ceramic vessel reconstruction provided insights about the types of activities and behavioral patterns of the prehispanic inhabitants of Rio Chico in each cultural phase. A comparative study of Rio Chico (OMJPLP170) and the adjacent site of Salango (OMJPLP140-141) aided in establishing possible cultural correlations between the two sites. As a result, similarities and differences were noted between the prehispanic settlements of both sites throughout their occupation.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15768
Subject Headings: Rio Chico site--Ecuador--Manabí, Pottery, Prehistoric--Ecuador--Manabí, Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador, Manabí (Ecuador)--Antiquities
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Title: Defining population characteristics of the Belle Glade culture: skeletal biology of Belle Glade mound (8PB41).
Creator: Smith, Catherine, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: 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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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004467, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004467
Subject Headings: Belle Glade (Fla.) -- Social aspects, Ethnoarchaeology -- Florida -- Belle Glade, Forensic anthropology, Human remains (Archaeology) -- Florida -- Belle Glade, Paleopathology, Physical anthropology
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Title: Prehistoric trade routes in the Lake Okeechobee Region: evidence from the RItta Island and Kreamer Island sites.
Creator: Mount, Gregory J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: During pre-Columbian times, the Lake Okeechobee Region was home to people of the Belle Glade culture. The lake provided an area rich in resources that facilitated not only the hunter-gatherer-fisher lifestyle of the people but also supported increased cultural complexity. Over time, people participated in an exchange network, trading materials with cultural groups from a variety of locations. This thesis provides an analysis of those non-local artifacts, their probable points of origins and...
Show moreDuring pre-Columbian times, the Lake Okeechobee Region was home to people of the Belle Glade culture. The lake provided an area rich in resources that facilitated not only the hunter-gatherer-fisher lifestyle of the people but also supported increased cultural complexity. Over time, people participated in an exchange network, trading materials with cultural groups from a variety of locations. This thesis provides an analysis of those non-local artifacts, their probable points of origins and the type of exchange that facilitated the movement of these goods into the region.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/217112
Subject Headings: Navigation, Prehistoric, Trade routes, Excavations (Archaeology), Antiquities
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Title: PALYNOLOGY OF FT. CENTER: ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS FOR A CENTRAL FLORIDA HOPEWELLIAN CEREMONIAL CENTER.
Creator: HOGAN, JACQUELINE LOUISE., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Pollen extracted from twenty-one fecal samples uncovered during the 1962-1970 excavations of a Hopewell Period ceremonial mound and artificial pond offer information on climate, habitats, diet, and season to contribute to the corn agriculture theory for the site. Plant families in the sample suggest today's sub-tropical moist climate and three major habitats: savannah, hammock, and meander valley, indicating that corn could have been a viable crop with proper drainage. A "starvation stew"...
Show morePollen extracted from twenty-one fecal samples uncovered during the 1962-1970 excavations of a Hopewell Period ceremonial mound and artificial pond offer information on climate, habitats, diet, and season to contribute to the corn agriculture theory for the site. Plant families in the sample suggest today's sub-tropical moist climate and three major habitats: savannah, hammock, and meander valley, indicating that corn could have been a viable crop with proper drainage. A "starvation stew" partaken of in a "spring-rites" ritual is suggested and is compatible with the corn agriculture theory. Variety of wild plants in all samples suggests a grab-bag concoction with minimal dietary significance for any particular wild plant. A spring-blooming sample population over decades suggests that this stew was eaten only at this, a time of depleted corn stores. Ceremonial context of the sample suggests an annual spring-planting-rites communion "meal" to explain the single season sample for a sedentary agricultural people.
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Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13917
Subject Headings: Palynology--Florida--Fort Center Site, Hopewell culture, Plant remains (Archaeology)--Florida--Fort Center Site, Fort Center Site (Fla), Florida--Antiquities
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Title: Modeling Variability in Pre-Columbian Woodland Habitation and Social Organization: The Brickhill Bluff Site, Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Creator: Wise, Stephen Andrew, Fradkin, Arlene, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines Woodland settlement patterns at the Brickhill Bluff site on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Aspects of Woodland habitation and social organization are not well understood along the Georgia coast. Using shell and artifact distribution data from excavations at Brickhill Bluff, this thesis attempts to discern how Woodland populations, specifically Deptford and St. Johns cultures, utilized the site between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. This study also examines the efficacy of the...
Show moreThis thesis examines Woodland settlement patterns at the Brickhill Bluff site on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Aspects of Woodland habitation and social organization are not well understood along the Georgia coast. Using shell and artifact distribution data from excavations at Brickhill Bluff, this thesis attempts to discern how Woodland populations, specifically Deptford and St. Johns cultures, utilized the site between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. This study also examines the efficacy of the midden typology already established for the South Atlantic Coastal Plain by statistically comparing the artifact assemblage from Brickhill Bluff to samples from sites used to develop this midden typology. The aims of this research are to identify past cultural activities at Brickhill Bluff - specifically seasonal oyster collecting, general hunting and gathering strategies, and residential density. These criteria are compared with an established matrix designed to discern how past groups utilized southeastern coastal shell midden sites.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004932, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004932
Subject Headings: Woodland culture--Georgia--Cumberland Island National Seashore., Southern States--Antiquities., Cumberland Island National Seashore (Ga.)--Antiquities., Excavations (Archaeology)--Georgia--Cumberland Island National Seashore.
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Title: Archaeomalacological Data and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction at the Jupiter Inlet I Site (8PB34a), Southeast Florida.
Creator: Green, Jennifer, Fradkin, Arlene, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: 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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Date Issued: 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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Title: Sedentism, Agriculture, and the Neolithic Demographic Transition: Insights from Jōmon Paleodemography.
Creator: Noxon, Corey, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: A paleodemographic analysis was conducted using skeletal data from Jōmon period sites in Japan. 15P5 ratios were produced as proxy birth rate values for sites throughout the Jōmon period. Previous studies based on numbers of residential sites indicated a substantial population increase in the Kantō and Chūbu regions in central Japan, climaxing during the Middle Jōmon period, followed by an equally dramatic population decrease, somewhat resembling changes that occurred during a Neolithic...
Show moreA paleodemographic analysis was conducted using skeletal data from Jōmon period sites in Japan. 15P5 ratios were produced as proxy birth rate values for sites throughout the Jōmon period. Previous studies based on numbers of residential sites indicated a substantial population increase in the Kantō and Chūbu regions in central Japan, climaxing during the Middle Jōmon period, followed by an equally dramatic population decrease, somewhat resembling changes that occurred during a Neolithic Demographic Transition (NDT). The Jōmon are viewed as a relatively sedentary, non-agricultural group, and provided an opportunity to attempt to separate the factors of sedentism and agriculture as they relate to the NDT. Skeletal data showed fairly stable trends in birth rates, instead of the expected increase and decrease in values. This discrepancy calls into question the validity of previous studies. The stable population levels suggest that sedentism alone was not the primary driver of the NDT.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004895, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004895
Subject Headings: Neolithic period--Japan., Japan--Antiquities., Japan--History--To 645., Demography--History--To 1500., Human remains (Archaeology), Demographic anthropology., Paleolithic period--Japan., Jōmon culture--Japan., Hunting and gathering societies--Japan., Pottery, Jōmon.
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Title: Paleopathology of human remains from the Plaza San Marcos, Quito, Ecuador.
Creator: Graves, Ronda R., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Skeletal remains provide an exceptional opportunity to document the biological adaptations that a population undergoes in response to environmental, political and economic changes (Perry, 2007). For over 35 years, bioarchaeological analyses have documented such changes indigenous Ecuadorians. In 2007, Victoria Dominguez excavated remains at the Plaza San Marcos in Quito, Ecuador. I analyzed these remains, documented evidence of pathologic conditions and trauma, and compared this native...
Show moreSkeletal remains provide an exceptional opportunity to document the biological adaptations that a population undergoes in response to environmental, political and economic changes (Perry, 2007). For over 35 years, bioarchaeological analyses have documented such changes indigenous Ecuadorians. In 2007, Victoria Dominguez excavated remains at the Plaza San Marcos in Quito, Ecuador. I analyzed these remains, documented evidence of pathologic conditions and trauma, and compared this native population to other indigenous populations and to European cohorts. My analyses revealed increased violence and pathologic conditions in the Plaza San Marcos population when compared to populations occupying Quito prior to colonization and during Spanish control. Indigenous remains also exhibited more pathologic conditions and trauma than European remains. Historic accounts of life in Quito describe increased violence and hardships for natives following emancipation from Spain. My analyses did not reveal increased interpersonal violence, but did demonstrate evidence of increased general pathologies following independence.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/216408
Subject Headings: Indians of South America, Antiquities, Indians of South America, Anthropometry, Human remains (Archaeology), Paleopathology, Antiquities
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Title: Before and after NAGPRA: the effect of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on archaeological practices in the United States.
Creator: Ray, Laura., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was approved by Congress on November 16, 1990 after years of American Indian lobbying due to the unfair treatment of American Indian remains. Since the enactment of NAGPRA there have been multiple complaints from the archaeological community that the way in which they conduct their jobs has been severely limited by the implementation of NAGPRA. In this study I compare data from the Secretary's Report to Congress questionnaire...
Show moreThe Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was approved by Congress on November 16, 1990 after years of American Indian lobbying due to the unfair treatment of American Indian remains. Since the enactment of NAGPRA there have been multiple complaints from the archaeological community that the way in which they conduct their jobs has been severely limited by the implementation of NAGPRA. In this study I compare data from the Secretary's Report to Congress questionnaire, conducted by the National Park Service's Federal Archaeology Program, to determine whether NAGPRA has caused an increase or decrease in the amount of archaeological administrative, laboratory, and fieldwork completed between 1985 and 2005. The comparison shows that there was a significant increase in specific archaeological practices in the years following the implementation of NAGPRA. Looking at the changes in work patterns of archaeologists allows us to assess the success of NAGPRA and it provides empirical evidence to evaluate the claims made by parties affected by the act.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/209997
Subject Headings: Archaeology, Moral and ethical aspects, Indians of North America, Antiquities, Law and legislation, Cultural property, Repatriation, Philosophy, Cultural property, Government policy, Anthropological ethics
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