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Title: Hominin endocast topography: an analysis using geographic information systems.
Creator: Boas, Melissa., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This study examined the topography of prefrontal molds of human endocasts using three-dimensional laser scanning and geographic information systems (GIS) in order to carry out intra-species comparisons. Overall brain topography can indicate when major reorganizational shifts in brain structure happened in our evolutionalry history, and these shifts may indicate major shifts in cognition and behavior. Endocasts are one of the sole sources of information about extinct hominin brains ; they...
Show moreThis study examined the topography of prefrontal molds of human endocasts using three-dimensional laser scanning and geographic information systems (GIS) in order to carry out intra-species comparisons. Overall brain topography can indicate when major reorganizational shifts in brain structure happened in our evolutionalry history, and these shifts may indicate major shifts in cognition and behavior. Endocasts are one of the sole sources of information about extinct hominin brains ; they reproduce details of the brain's external morphology. Analysis of endocast morphology has never been done using GIS methodology. The use of GIS helps to overcome previous obstacles in regards to endocast analysis. Since this methodology is new, this research focuses on only one species, Homo sapiens and the area of focus is narrowed to the frontal lobe, specifically Broca's cap. This area is associated with speech in humans and is therefore of evolutionary significance. The variability in lateralization of this feature was quantified.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358286
Subject Headings: Human evolution, Brain mapping, Cognitive neuroscience, Geographic information systems
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Title: THE HOPEWELL CEREMONIAL - AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM.
Creator: HAMBURG, STEVEN JACK., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The need for a definition of Hopewell which is more consistent with the facts has long been recognized. Attempts have been made to define Hopewell as a mortuary complex, a cult, a culture, and an interaction sphere, among others. None of these adequately explains the factual data accumulated over the last century. Several "core" sites in Southern Ohio have been selected for this study on the basis of the availability of original excavation reports and site similarities and differences. A...
Show moreThe need for a definition of Hopewell which is more consistent with the facts has long been recognized. Attempts have been made to define Hopewell as a mortuary complex, a cult, a culture, and an interaction sphere, among others. None of these adequately explains the factual data accumulated over the last century. Several "core" sites in Southern Ohio have been selected for this study on the basis of the availability of original excavation reports and site similarities and differences. A close comparison of these similarities and differences has resulted in the delineation of a model, and a subsequent redefinition of Hopewell consistent with the known facts. The similarities were explained as the participation of local cultures in the wider Hopewell System, while the differences were attributed to the unchanged, or slightly modified local cultures which participated in the Hopewell System as herein defined.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13863
Subject Headings: Hopewell culture, Ohio--Antiquities, Indians of North America--Ohio--Antiquities
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Title: Identifying disparities in K-12 dance education in the state of Florida: the need for consistency in curricular choice and instructional design.
Creator: Austin, Kathryn, Cameron, Mary, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to identify disparities in the delivery of standards based dance education in the K-12 learning environment in the state of Florida and to give specific attention to curricular choices and instructional design. A mixed-methods approach was used and included a survey of K-12 dance educators in Florida as well as interviews with leaders in dance and arts education in the state. This inquiry identified common areas where curriculum choice and instructional design...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to identify disparities in the delivery of standards based dance education in the K-12 learning environment in the state of Florida and to give specific attention to curricular choices and instructional design. A mixed-methods approach was used and included a survey of K-12 dance educators in Florida as well as interviews with leaders in dance and arts education in the state. This inquiry identified common areas where curriculum choice and instructional design meet the barriers of time, space, place, learner population, expected educational outcomes, and teacher preparation. Each of these areas suggested specific limitations singularly, but when considered together, the effectiveness of K-12 dance programs appeared compromised by disparity and difficult to assess. By centralizing the focus of this inquiry on the realities of the learning environment in K-12 dance education in the state of Florida, the results of this study identified disparities in one state that may inform future research in the broader field of dance education. A set of Core Dance Education Values has been recommended as a guideline to better unify dance teaching goals in light of the research and in support of developing best practices for sustainable K-12 dance programming.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004265, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004265
Subject Headings: Dance -- Study and teaching, Dance for children, Dance in education, Movement education -- Curricula, Movement education -- Study and teaching, Physical education and training -- Curricula
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Title: IMPORTED CERAMIC VESSELS AND STATUS LEVELS IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY.
Creator: LEVY, MARLENE G., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Discernment of a third socio-political status level in burials of the Arkansas River valley is the subject of this thesis. In a hierarchy, such as the Spiro Focus chiefdom of the Arkansas River valley, effort expended for burial of a socio-political high status person is proportional to previous importance in the society. Two higher levels of socio-political status groups, buried with conch shell and copper artifacts, have previously been reported in the archaeological literature. It is...
Show moreDiscernment of a third socio-political status level in burials of the Arkansas River valley is the subject of this thesis. In a hierarchy, such as the Spiro Focus chiefdom of the Arkansas River valley, effort expended for burial of a socio-political high status person is proportional to previous importance in the society. Two higher levels of socio-political status groups, buried with conch shell and copper artifacts, have previously been reported in the archaeological literature. It is proposed that there was a third socio-political high status group buried with imported pottery.
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Date Issued: 1984
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14206
Subject Headings: Archaeology--Societies, etc, Arkansas River Valley--Antiquities
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Title: In the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes: A Ceramic Analysis of the Santa Cristina Site, Chinandega Nicaragua.
Creator: Testa, Taylor C., Brown, Clifford, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: Nicaragua falls on the edge of what is often referred to as Mesoamerica’s “southern periphery.” Only a small amount of archaeological research has been conducted in Nicaragua, and there has been little of it in the northwestern portion of the country. Because of this, there are no local ceramic typologies or sequences which can make the identification and classification of artifacts difficult. The proposed research focuses on investigating the ceramic assemblage from the Santa Cristina...
Show moreNicaragua falls on the edge of what is often referred to as Mesoamerica’s “southern periphery.” Only a small amount of archaeological research has been conducted in Nicaragua, and there has been little of it in the northwestern portion of the country. Because of this, there are no local ceramic typologies or sequences which can make the identification and classification of artifacts difficult. The proposed research focuses on investigating the ceramic assemblage from the Santa Cristina archaeological site located in the Department of Chinandega, in northwest Nicaragua. The goal of this research will be to create a ceramic typology for the site, taking into consideration ceramic wares, groups, types, and varieties that have already been identified in other parts of Central America and defining taxa that have not been previously identified. Establishing the ceramic typology and defining taxa will help establish cultural affiliations as well as chronological markers.
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Date Issued: 2020
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013496
Subject Headings: Chinandega (Nicaragua), Ceramics--Analysis, Archaeology
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Title: Indians and underdogs: notions of identity and the symbolic language of resistance in coastal Ecuador.
Creator: Nohe, Sarah Anne., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines identity as a process, how it is a reflection of, or reaction to, social, economic, and political circumstances. Identity is examined, through an ethnographically informed analysis, as it is represented, contested, and focused in the visual discourse of a small population. The research suggests that identity manifests at specific and strategic moments within the symbolic practices of resistance in coastal Ecuador. Grievances to economic and political power structures are...
Show moreThis thesis examines identity as a process, how it is a reflection of, or reaction to, social, economic, and political circumstances. Identity is examined, through an ethnographically informed analysis, as it is represented, contested, and focused in the visual discourse of a small population. The research suggests that identity manifests at specific and strategic moments within the symbolic practices of resistance in coastal Ecuador. Grievances to economic and political power structures are acted out in clear-cut identity terms, or motifs, and function to organize diverse interests into social action. The study illustrates two identity motifs that are commonly asserted in the local context: depictions of being indigenous and of being the underdog. Using local examples, this thesis addresses the complexities of identity formation, examines the strategic capacity of identity, and offers insight into the relationships between identity, resistance, and power.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/166453
Subject Headings: Group identity, Political aspects, Social movements, Indians of South America, Government relations, Indians of South America, Ethnic identity
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Title: Inferring function: A Study of three prehistoric structures in El Pital, Puerto López, Manabí, Ecuador.
Creator: Builes, Alexander J., Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This thesis focuses on the possible functions of three stone structures associated with the Manteno culture (500-1532 A.D.) of coastal Ecuador. The ceramic distributions of each structure were compared (C4-044-1, C4-096-2 and C4-097-2) and the diagnostic sherds were analyzed by form according to Mester's and Rowe's ceramic classifications (Mester 1990; Rowe 2005). The statistics suggest that each of the structures served different functions. C4-044-1 likely domestic, C4-096-2 probably...
Show moreThis thesis focuses on the possible functions of three stone structures associated with the Manteno culture (500-1532 A.D.) of coastal Ecuador. The ceramic distributions of each structure were compared (C4-044-1, C4-096-2 and C4-097-2) and the diagnostic sherds were analyzed by form according to Mester's and Rowe's ceramic classifications (Mester 1990; Rowe 2005). The statistics suggest that each of the structures served different functions. C4-044-1 likely domestic, C4-096-2 probably functioned as a kitchen and C4-097-2 was a storage area. A χ2 test suggests that the ceramic forms from C4-044-1 differ significantly from those recovered from C4-096-2. Diversity indices indicate that C4-044-1 has the highest diversity of vessel forms and that its diversity differs significantly from the other structures. The correspondence analysis reinforces these results, with the high segregation of the lots and vessel forms .
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004485, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004485
Subject Headings: Distribution archaeology -- Ecuador, Ethnoarchaeology -- Ecuador, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ecuador, Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Antiquities, Jama River Valley (Ecuador) -- Antiquities, Manabí (Ecuador) -- Antiquities
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Title: Investigating Abandonment Processes in the Cloud Forest: An Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological study of Manteño site abandonment from Manabí, Ecuador.
Creator: Scott, Tasia R., Harris, Michael S., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This thesis provides an analysis of Manteño site abandonment in the cloud forest of Manabí, Ecuador. First, the types, frequency, and distribution of artifacts at site C4-044 were recorded, mapped, and compared to levels of phosphate in the soil to determine activity areas. The obtained evidence allowed me to make general approximations of the site’s pre-abandonment behavior. Then, the archaeological data together with environmental and bioarchaeological information from the region were...
Show moreThis thesis provides an analysis of Manteño site abandonment in the cloud forest of Manabí, Ecuador. First, the types, frequency, and distribution of artifacts at site C4-044 were recorded, mapped, and compared to levels of phosphate in the soil to determine activity areas. The obtained evidence allowed me to make general approximations of the site’s pre-abandonment behavior. Then, the archaeological data together with environmental and bioarchaeological information from the region were assessed to propose the mode of departure from site C4-044. Through ethnography and ethnoarchaeology, a recent historical account of abandonment in the cloud forest was obtained as well, providing additional insight regarding adaptive strategies and behavioral choices to changing contextual circumstances. The culmination of this evidence shows a gradual mode of abandonment from site C4-044 in the cloud forest that was planned and executed accordingly.
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Date Issued: 2018
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005985
Subject Headings: Manabí (Ecuador), Ethnoarchaeology, Pre-Columbian archaeology, Cloud forests, Manteño
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Title: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MIDWESTERN HOPEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN PREHISTORY.
Creator: RUHL, DONNA LYNN., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Hopewell and Hopewell related sites in the midwest and southeast United States are presented through an analysis and comparison of ceramic and non-ceramic artifacts and traits. Consideration of the sacred/secular distinction for Hopewell, Tchefuncte-Marksville, Troyville, Coles Creek, Deptford-Yent, Cartersville-Tunacunnhee, Early Swift Creek-Green Point, and Weeden Island are discussed as well as their economic, religious, political, and social systems. Interregional comparisons suggest that...
Show moreHopewell and Hopewell related sites in the midwest and southeast United States are presented through an analysis and comparison of ceramic and non-ceramic artifacts and traits. Consideration of the sacred/secular distinction for Hopewell, Tchefuncte-Marksville, Troyville, Coles Creek, Deptford-Yent, Cartersville-Tunacunnhee, Early Swift Creek-Green Point, and Weeden Island are discussed as well as their economic, religious, political, and social systems. Interregional comparisons suggest that the east side deposit type mounds of the Weeden Island cultures along the northwest Florida coast and adjacent areas reflect the burial customs of midwestern Hopewell and its southeastern affiliates. The east side deposit type mounds are shown to be derived from midwestern Hopewell, but have closer affinities with the southeastern Hopewellian affiliates (Marksville, Yent, and Green Point). Parallelism between Hopewell and Weeden Island cultures revolves around a ceremonialism presumably associated with a corn based economy.
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Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14070
Subject Headings: Hopewell culture, Weeden Island culture, Indians of North America--Antiquities
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Title: AN INVESTIGATION OF ETHNOGRAPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
Creator: OLAH, JOHN ALBERT., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: If the state is that complex of institutions which integrates a culture on a non-kinship basis so as to maintain some order of class stratification, can prehistoric examples of the state, particularly in its nascent stages, be archaeologically demonstrated? Using the historic Indian cultures of the Natchez of Mississippi and the Timucua of northeast Florida as examples of such nascent states, archaeological implications are drawn from them. The hypothesis that prehistoric cultures with...
Show moreIf the state is that complex of institutions which integrates a culture on a non-kinship basis so as to maintain some order of class stratification, can prehistoric examples of the state, particularly in its nascent stages, be archaeologically demonstrated? Using the historic Indian cultures of the Natchez of Mississippi and the Timucua of northeast Florida as examples of such nascent states, archaeological implications are drawn from them. The hypothesis that prehistoric cultures with ceremonial centers at the Etowah and Kolomoki sites; both in Georgia, were also examples of nascent states is then tested against these implications, and found to meet them. It is very probable, then, that Etowah and Kolomoki were prehistoric states, and desirable that the attempt be made to further elucidate their particulars.
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Date Issued: 1974
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13633
Subject Headings: Indians of North America--Southern States, Natchez Indians, Timucua Indians
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Title: Jaws of significance: the conservationist's perception of the shark in South Florida.
Creator: Nason, Patrick., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: In examining the intentional relationship between the conservationist and the shark in South Florida, this thesis considers the latter as both a scarce natural resource - caught up in what Clifford Geertz citing Weber referred to as "webs of significance" (Geertz 1973:5) - and as a reflection of dynamic human conceptions of nature : a meta shark. This complex relationship is described by interpretations of conservation discourse recorded through ethnographic interviews that demonstrate how...
Show moreIn examining the intentional relationship between the conservationist and the shark in South Florida, this thesis considers the latter as both a scarce natural resource - caught up in what Clifford Geertz citing Weber referred to as "webs of significance" (Geertz 1973:5) - and as a reflection of dynamic human conceptions of nature : a meta shark. This complex relationship is described by interpretations of conservation discourse recorded through ethnographic interviews that demonstrate how these perceptions have been influenced by factors such as personal experiences, film and text, and broad changes in the relationship between humans and nature since the early days of the environmental movement. By linking these perceptual changes with changes in American shark conservation policy, this work not only explains a relationship between culture, perception, and policy, but also celebrates the emergence of a multispecies marine community.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358755
Subject Headings: Sharks, Conservation, Predation (Biology), Wildlife conservation, Aquatic resources conservation, Marine animals, Ecology, Human-animal relationships
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Title: Jewish Identity: Sexuality, Doctrine and Faith.
Creator: Salman, Sara, Cameron, Mary, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Contemporary studies demonstrate that non-marital sex (heterosexual penetrative sex) is on the rise and opinions about it have become more liberal, as shown by The Pew Research Center and a study published in 2014 by ChristianMingle and JDate. Pew research also revealed that there are 5.3 million Jews in the United States and one out of five ethnic and cultural Jews report having no religion (Lugo 23). The combination of these two societal trends has caused new issues to emerge in the age-old...
Show moreContemporary studies demonstrate that non-marital sex (heterosexual penetrative sex) is on the rise and opinions about it have become more liberal, as shown by The Pew Research Center and a study published in 2014 by ChristianMingle and JDate. Pew research also revealed that there are 5.3 million Jews in the United States and one out of five ethnic and cultural Jews report having no religion (Lugo 23). The combination of these two societal trends has caused new issues to emerge in the age-old debate within educational, civic and religious communities about non-marital sex. The conflict over non-marital sex can be traced through the writing of contemporary cultural and feminist critics and parallel trends in rabbinic thought. Socio-sexual change (here explored through the rise in non-marital sex) does directly affect Jewish religiosity and identity.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004542, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004542
Subject Headings: Conduct of life, Jewish way of life, Jews -- Identity, Judaism -- Doctrines, Judaism -- Essence, genius, nature, Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism, Sex and rabbinical literature, Sexual ethics
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Title: LA SANTERIA, A WAY OF LOOKING AT REALITY.
Creator: SOSA, JUAN JORGE., Florida Atlantic University, Early, John D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Faced with a highly industrial society, traditional Cubans, who began to leave the island for political reasons since 1959, have experienced repeated social strains under rapid social changes: strains at the levels of economics, the family, social relationships and a system of meaning. Cubans have resisted the pressures of assimilation from a larger, dominant, group by integrating into American society while re-enacting their traditional worldview. This integration has established their...
Show moreFaced with a highly industrial society, traditional Cubans, who began to leave the island for political reasons since 1959, have experienced repeated social strains under rapid social changes: strains at the levels of economics, the family, social relationships and a system of meaning. Cubans have resisted the pressures of assimilation from a larger, dominant, group by integrating into American society while re-enacting their traditional worldview. This integration has established their diversity, their capacity to select traits that confrom to, and do not clash with, pre-existent traits, and their need for supportive, 'liminal,' mechanisms of a 'relational' quality which C&~ aid them move through life crises. LA Santeria, the worship of African gods as catholic saints, is one of the adaptive mechanisms used by Cubans in their process of transculturation. This syncretism of La Santeria provides a mythological worldview that integrates meaning in the midst of social stress through ritual activity.
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Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14083
Subject Headings: Santeria, Cubans--Florida--Religion
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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: Landscaping Practices, Environmental Ethics, and Sustainability in South Florida.
Creator: Maki, Iiro, Harris, Michael S., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The research conducted for this thesis explores the link between environmental ethics and household landscaping practices. The central issue of any concept of sustainability is the incommensurability of various elements that define approaches, which is why it is treated here as a politicoethical process of subjective valuation. The ethics of sustainability were delineated according to major currents in environmental ethics, as well as briefly illustrated in the context of a broad discussion...
Show moreThe research conducted for this thesis explores the link between environmental ethics and household landscaping practices. The central issue of any concept of sustainability is the incommensurability of various elements that define approaches, which is why it is treated here as a politicoethical process of subjective valuation. The ethics of sustainability were delineated according to major currents in environmental ethics, as well as briefly illustrated in the context of a broad discussion of climate change and resource availability, with some examples of strategies at different institutional levels. An online survey of 87 participants provided responses about local landscaping practices, environmental concerns, environmental ethics, and landscaping aesthetics at the household level. Quantitative analyses of the data yielded significant, but lowstrength correlations between environmentally sustainable landscaping practices and environmental ethics.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004835, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004835
Subject Headings: Lawn ecology--United States--Florida., Environmental ethics., Sustainability., Landscape architecture--Environmental aspects., Landscape architecture--Moral and ethical aspects., Sustainable horticulture--United States--Florida.
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Title: Latin American Gentrifications: Tourism, Rural Development, and Community in Ayampe, Ecuador.
Creator: Salas, Mateo, Harris, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: This thesis explores the gentrification of a rural village along the Ecuadorian coast by exploring its connection with the tourism industry. Through the use of several ethnographic methods, the data collected demonstrates gentrification outside of the context of urban areas by focusing on a rural area of the Global South. The rural gentrification of this village results in drastic increases in land value and the subordination of local people within the labor hierarchy, relegating them to...
Show moreThis thesis explores the gentrification of a rural village along the Ecuadorian coast by exploring its connection with the tourism industry. Through the use of several ethnographic methods, the data collected demonstrates gentrification outside of the context of urban areas by focusing on a rural area of the Global South. The rural gentrification of this village results in drastic increases in land value and the subordination of local people within the labor hierarchy, relegating them to positions of service. As the dominant economy, tourism leaves locals with few avenues for economic mobility. In doing so, tourism forces its own reproduction as locals engage in the industry through the creation of their own touristic businesses. Finally, this thesis exhibits how local communities control the type of tourism and tourists they host. Community-tourism discourse provides us with the tools necessary to illustrate local hosts as dynamic actors who sustain the tourism industry.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013728
Subject Headings: Gentrification--Latin America, Tourism, Rural development
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Title: Less Is More: Three Traits to Reveal a More Accurate Aging Method.
Creator: Miller, Megan Marie, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Recently a new strategy for age-at-death estimation has been developed. In Stephanie Calce’s 2012 article, ‘A New Method to Estimate Adult Age-at-death Using the Acetabulum,’ she redesigns the previous attempts made by Rissech et al. (2006). Her technique simplifies Rissech et al. seven traits by condensing them into three easily identifiable traits. The aim of this paper is to determine that Calce’s original intent to create a more user-friendly and comprehensible scoring method was...
Show moreRecently a new strategy for age-at-death estimation has been developed. In Stephanie Calce’s 2012 article, ‘A New Method to Estimate Adult Age-at-death Using the Acetabulum,’ she redesigns the previous attempts made by Rissech et al. (2006). Her technique simplifies Rissech et al. seven traits by condensing them into three easily identifiable traits. The aim of this paper is to determine that Calce’s original intent to create a more user-friendly and comprehensible scoring method was successful. My focus is to reveal if Calce’s technique is effective between different populations or whether interpopulation variation renders it an unstable approach to age estimation. I tested Calce’s forensic method of aging human skeleton’s on a random sample of skeletons of known age from the Hamann-Todd collection. In the test, Calce’s method proved to work well. As it is simpler than previously proposed methods, investigators should consider adopting it under appropriate circumstances.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004963, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004953
Subject Headings: Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Acetabulum (Anatomy)., Age Determination by Skeleton., Forensic Anthropology., Human skeleton.
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Title: THE LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY HYPOTHESIS.
Creator: NATHAN, MICHELE., Florida Atlantic University, Early, John D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Although interest in the linguistic relativity hypothesis seems to have waned in recent years, this thesis attempts to assess the available evidence supporting it in order to show that further investigation of the hypothesis might be most profitable. Special attention is paid to the fact that anthropology has largely failed to substantiate any claims that correlations between culture and the semantics of language do exist. This has been due to the impressionistic nature of the studies in this...
Show moreAlthough interest in the linguistic relativity hypothesis seems to have waned in recent years, this thesis attempts to assess the available evidence supporting it in order to show that further investigation of the hypothesis might be most profitable. Special attention is paid to the fact that anthropology has largely failed to substantiate any claims that correlations between culture and the semantics of language do exist. This has been due to the impressionistic nature of the studies in this area. The use of statistics and hypothesis testing to provide more rigorous methodology is discussed in the hope that employing such paradigms would enable anthropology to contribute some sound evidence regarding the hypothesis.
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Date Issued: 1973
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13615
Subject Headings: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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Title: LOCATING THE VILLAGE TEQUESTA USING CHI-SQUARE ANALYSIS.
Creator: Thai, Justin, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: The Miami Circle (8DA12) is a site in downtown Miami, Florida with a unique prehistoric feature. The feature is made up of small post holes which reflect a larger patterned arrangement that resembles a circle, most probably the remnants of a prehistoric structure. The Miami Circle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and declared a National Historic Landmark on January 16, 2009. The site has been linked to the Tequesta Indians. This project utilized chi-square 𝑥2...
Show moreThe Miami Circle (8DA12) is a site in downtown Miami, Florida with a unique prehistoric feature. The feature is made up of small post holes which reflect a larger patterned arrangement that resembles a circle, most probably the remnants of a prehistoric structure. The Miami Circle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and declared a National Historic Landmark on January 16, 2009. The site has been linked to the Tequesta Indians. This project utilized chi-square 𝑥2 test of independence statistical analytical methods using data obtained from the Miami Circle site and neighboring sites to determine the logical boundaries of the prehistoric village called Tequesta. Chi-square testing will determine if there is a statistically significant difference between the sites based on calculations of expected and observed frequency for sets of recovered artifacts.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014200
Subject Headings: Miami Circle (Miami, Fla.), Tequesta Indians, Anthropology
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Title: Long call frequency variation in mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta Palliata).
Creator: Wheeler, James, Broadfield, Douglas C., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The long call frequency of male mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) varies across individuals. In a forest environment where visual contact is impossible at greater distances the long call is utilized for inter-group spacing and for male-male communication. As lower frequencies are capable of traveling longer distances, it is quite possible that there is a correlation between group size and long call frequency. This link lies in the premise that smaller groups have fewer individuals...
Show moreThe long call frequency of male mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) varies across individuals. In a forest environment where visual contact is impossible at greater distances the long call is utilized for inter-group spacing and for male-male communication. As lower frequencies are capable of traveling longer distances, it is quite possible that there is a correlation between group size and long call frequency. This link lies in the premise that smaller groups have fewer individuals thus fewer males, and spread out less over the course of each day while obtaining food resources, thus the distance these males call over their lifespan is generally less than the males in a larger group. This thesis investigates the relationship between group size and long call frequency in mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) on Isla de Ometepé, Nicaragua.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004072
Subject Headings: Howler monkeys -- Habitat -- Nicaragua -- Isla de Ometepé, Howler monkeys -- Migration, Howler monkeys -- Vocalization, Primates -- Speciation
Format: Document (PDF)

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