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Smith, Geoffrey M. "Pre-Archaic technological organization, mobility, and settlement systems : a view from the Parman Localities, Humboldt County, Nevada /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2006. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1436213.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2006.
"August, 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-268). Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2006]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Online version available on the World Wide Web.
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Koutrafouri, Vasiliki G. "Ritual in prehistory : definition and identification : religious insights in early prehistoric Cyprus." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3288.

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Prehistoric archaeology has had major difficulties in identifying ritual practices. The history of archaeological approaches ranges from a total repudiation of the capability of the discipline to recognise and analyse ritual activities in the past, to absolute acceptance of all identified prehistoric patterns as ritual. Even within a postmodern apprehension of the world, where deconstruction of all established perceptions seems to have reached an end point, prehistoric archaeology has never successfully constructed a notion of ritual in prehistory. Acknowledging that ritual definition and identification is a problem of the modern western archaeologist, this thesis identifies the root of the problem in methods of thinking deeply rooted in western civilization, in our cultural schemata, and in approaches to archaeology that only superficially observe the problem rather than confront and resolve it. In seeking a resolution, this work proposes a structural dismantling of the problem and its recomposition from its basics. The thesis proposes a middle-range theory based on structuralism and pragmatics and a method of meticulous contextual and relational analysis for the identification and interpretation of ritual practices in prehistory. As a starting point, death is identified as the quintessential category for the exploration of a mytho-logic system and its subsequent definition. The treatment of the dead is recognised as the ideal starting point for an examination of the archaeological record in quest for ritual. Ritual structural elements identified in the context of burial are used subsequently for the identification of non-death ritual practices. The identification of religious practices in Early Prehistoric Cyprus reveals a vibrant ritualpracticing culture contrary to previous commonly accepted observations. Structured depositions in ritually empowered containers; ritual transport; hoarding; symbolic abandonment; ritual sealing; ritual burning; ritual use of burials for the creation of liminality; construction of highly symbolic structures and subsequent attribution of agency to them, all constitute religious practices attested by this thesis for the Cypriot PPNB and Aceramic Neolithic. This identification of ritual in Early Prehistoric Cyprus enables the exploration of this culture’s mytho-logic. The thesis demonstrates how early Cypriots viewed their world and their position in it. Finally, this research offers new perspectives in recognising past socio-cultural realities through the examination of ritual practices.
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Evans, Irene Helen. "Prehistoric landscapes of Cumbria." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425138.

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Sophady, Heng. "Archaeo-stratigraphy of Laang Spean prehistoric site (Battambang Province) : a contribution to Cambodian Prehistory." Thesis, Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MNHN0025.

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Laang Spean est la plus grande grotte préhistorique du nord-ouest du Cambodge, située au sud-ouest de la province de Battambang à environ 330 km de Phnom Penh. Nichée au sommet de la colline calcaire de Phnom Teak Trang, cette grotte a été découverte et fouillée dans les années 1960 par Cécile et Roland Mourer puis reprise en 2009 par la Mission préhistorique franco-cambodgienne (MNHN, Paris et le Ministère de la Culture du Cambodge). Les découvertes obtenues entre 2009 et 2015 constituent le matériel d’étude de cette thèse et ont permis d’enrichir la séquence archéologique connue sur une puissance stratigraphique de 5 mètres de profondeur. Les horizons culturels comprennent des artefacts lithiques (galets et silex), de la poterie, des os d'animaux et des sépultures humaines. Le résultat principal repose sur la mise en évidence de trois couches distinctes d'occupation comprise entre 71000 BP à 3000 BP : Néolithique, Hoabinhien, pré-hoabinhien. Un nouveau cadre chrono-culturel a été obtenu en croisant des méthodes modernes de datation (14C-AMS, OSL, U-Th et fraction minérale). Nous avons pu ainsi discuter de l'occupation Hoabinhienne (derniers chasseurs-cueilleurs du Sud-Est asiatique) et la replacer à la transition pléistocène-holocène. Antérieur au niveau Hoabinhien (11 à 71ka), une autre occupation de chasseurs-cueilleurs a été enregistrée avec des restes de faune et des éclats de silex, qui conduit à nous interroger sur la succession des activités humaines préhistoriques avant l’Holocène dans cette région calcaire du nord- ouest du Cambodge. Les résultats chronologiques et archéo-stratigraphiques nous permettent à présent de mieux comprendre la position du techno-complexe Hoabinhien dans son cadre culturel, environnemental et spatial à des fins de comparaisons futures avec d’autres sites de chasseurs-cueilleurs d’Asie du Sud-Est continentale. Enfin, l’étude du site de Laang Spean met en parallèle deux modèle inédits d’occupation ancienne et d’exploitation du territoire : un campement pour les chasseurs Hoabinhiens et une nécropole pour les gens du Néolithique
Laang Spean is the biggest prehistoric cave situated near the top of the limestone mountain known as Phnom Teak Treang, southwest of Battambang province, northwest of Cambodia, and approximately 330 km from Phnom Penh. The cave was discovered and initially excavated by Cécile and Roland Mourer in the 1960s. Since 2009, the site has been re-excavated by the Franco-Cambodian Prehistoric Mission (MNHN-Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia). The abundant archaeological remains collected between 2009 and 2015 represent the database of this Ph.D. and have now been complemented the archaeological occupations on 5 meters of a long sequence. The cultural layers included lithic artefacts (pebbles and flint), pottery, animal bones, and human burials. The new results from seven years of excavation campaigns reveal three main occupation layers ranging from 71 000 BP to 3000 BP: Neolithic, Hoabinhian, and Pre- Hoabinhian levels. A new chronological framework was obtained using modern complementary methods (14C, OSL, U-Th dating and mineral fraction). We were able to discuss the Hoabinhian occupation (last hunter-gatherers of Southeast Asia) and replace the Pleistocene - Holocene transition. Previous Hoabinhian level (11 to 71ka), another hunter-gatherers occupation was registered with animal remains and flint flakes, which lead to question about the succession of prehistoric human activities before the Holocene in this limestone region of Northwestern Cambodia. The chronological and archaeo-stratigraphic results allow us now to better understanding the position of the Hoabinhian techno-complex in its cultural, environmental and spatial framework for the purpose of future comparisons with other hunter-gatherer sites in Mainland Southeast Asia. Finally, the Laang Spean study case shows an association of two kinds of occupation and territory exploitation: a living camp for Hoabinhian hunters and a burial site during the Neolithic period
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Ross, Alistair. "Stereo reconstruction of prehistoric footprints." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.597104.

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The preservation and understanding of our past is fundamental to our development as a society and without the dedicated work of scientists, archaeologists and historians, the clues as to how we have evolved over the millennia would be lost. The work underlying this thesis provides a permanent 3-dimensional record of the hominid trackway discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania in 1978 from the stereo photographs taken during the expedition. Despite great care and attention from the archaeologists, many of the footprints have, since initial excavation, been irreparably damaged and as a result, the photographs and 3-dimensional models produced are all that remain of a vitally important discovery. In order to overcome issues presented by the original stereo photographs, robust reconstruction techniques have been implemented in conjunction with a novel segmentation approach for the extraction of the footprint from the background surface. The accuracy of the resulting models is then assessed by way of photogrammetric plots of the footprints, drawn soon after their discovery. This is achieved via a novel contour matching and evaluation technique. Finally, the results of the application of these algorithms to the entire laetoli footprint dataset are provided for the benefit of future researchers in related fields.
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Williams, Samuel Rees. "Prehistoric landscapes in North Wales." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425449.

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This thesis evaluates man's physical imprint on the natural landscape of North Wales in the prehistoric period and considers what imprint remains from his activities. Man's imprint can be classed under four main headings, namely, that arising from domestic, ritual, economic and defensive activities. Such diverse activities afford opportunities to consider multiple features together, thereby illuminating coordinated action between regions and emerging tribal groups. The investigations have emphasised the importance of open coastal and estuarine landfalls, from the Neolithic period onwards, and routes leading inland from them, especially along river valleys. Settlements tended to form clusters along them, the research suggesting that the earliest small upland sites were probably of the Beaker period. Late Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual is well attested, but the research also reveals the ritual importance of watersheds and running water in these periods. Constructional skills developed rapidly, even to developing an architectural awareness. A consideration of structures from the Bronze and Iron Ages suggested guidelines for distinguishing between unexcavated, and therefore not otherwise dated, structures from these periods. Some buildings, together with some other factors, strongly suggest the practice of transhumance in North Wales from as early as the Neolithic; while the layout of some settlements, believed to be Iron Age, suggest the development of partible inheritance among families, with the consequent multiple sub-division of land.Research into the siting of hill-forts has revealed observational and defensive networks, both coastal and inland, including along some identifiable tribal boundaries. Some hill-forts are now seen to have been collecting points and storage depots for goods, temporarily held for onward transmission, or for longer periods for redistribution, perhaps for other tribes as well as for local groups. These investigations suggest that the North Wales landscape, excluding the effects of modem industry and mechanized farming, with their attendant land enclosures, had changed little since prehistoric times and the pattern of the ancient landscape can still be discerned.
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Lagana, Louis. "Prehistoric Malta and contemporary art." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2005. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7718.

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Malta, a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean is extremely rich in its Prehistoric archaeological heritage. Local and also foreign artists were and continue to be fascinated and influenced by prehistoric art during the course of their careers. This thesis demonstrates the ways in which contemporary artists interpret Neolithic symbolism, particularly the images of Neolithic Goddesses found in various temples on the islands. The well preserved state of the Maltese Temples and their artefacts, and their beauty, still stimulate the imagination of artists to create works of art that show not only their personal reflections, but also their 'collective' psychic qualities. My methodological approach is to employ Jungian theory and contemporary theories of Primitivism to analyse such these works of art. I explore the reasons why artists are still interested in recreating symbols of the past. My general line of argument in the thesis is that some contemporary artists have a strong desire to recapture what they see as the 'spiritual perception of nature' that seems to be lacking at the present time. Through personal and collective symbols artists can be seen to be creating a new vocabulary which might act as a healing agent to relieve society from its persisting ills. The particular facets of this work and issues arising within practices relating to Malta's Neolithic past are explored through a number of case studies, examining closely the works of some well-known artists (local and foreign), such as Neville Ferry, Eva-Gesine Wegner, Sina Farrugia, Louis, Casha, and Jean Busutil Zalcski.
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Hägg, Karin Niklasson. "Early prehistoric burials in Cyprus /." Jonsered : Åström, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35588027j.

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Fish, Suzanne K., Paul R. Fish, Charles Miksicek, and John Madsen. "Prehistoric Cultivation in Southern Arizona." University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/554214.

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Gathering of wild agave for food and fiber is widely recognized in ethnographic accounts of Southwestern Indians. Historically documented cultivation is limited to small-scale plantings and has not established agave as a significant aboriginal cultigen. The apparent absence of agave as a cultivated staple among peoples of the Sonoran Desert contrasts with pre-Columbian and historic ubiquity of this crop further south. It is a major cultigen throughout the rest of highland Mexico, including areas in Durango and Zacatecas, often considered within the greater Southwestern cultural sphere. Current archaeological evidence suggests that agave figured more prominently in prehistoric Southwestern agriculture than in that of subsequent groups.
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Coupland, Gary. "Prehistoric cultural change at Kitselas Canyon." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27059.

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This study investigates the prehistoric transition from egalitarian to ranked social structure at Kitselas Canyon, Skeena River, British Columbia. It contributes to archaeological theory by developing and testing a model of the evolution of cultural complexity. A culture historical contribution is also made in the development of a prehistoric local sequence for Kitselas Canyon. The theoretical model argues that cultural change at Kitselas Canyon occurred as a deviation amplifying process. Beginning with an initial condition of environmentally limited access to the critical salmon resource, the cultural response was to impose further access restriction by placing control of the resource in the hands of fewer and fewer individuals. An important stage in this process is the formation of corporate groups, initially organized along egalitarian lines. It is argued that ranked corporate groups emerged from egalitarian corporate groups, not as a response to subsistence-related stress, but rather as a means of consolidating control over the most productive resource locations. This model is tested against archaeological data from Kitselas Canyon. The historic period is described to elucidate the ethnographic model, which represents the comparative base for the study of prehistoric social change. Data from the Paul Mason Site at Kitselas Canyon is presented. Three cultural components at this site are identified through multivariate quantitative analysis. These results are then integrated with the existing sequence from the nearby Gitaus site to establish a five-phase prehistoric cultural sequence for Kitselas Canyon. This constitutes the temporal framework for the investigation of prehistoric social change. Social change is investigated in terms of a series of variables - residential permanency, storage, population aggregation, household variability, and status goods. Much of the investigation focusses on the Paul Mason Phase, dated at ca. 3000 B.P. This phase represents the development of salmon intensification, residential permanency, large-scale storage, and substantial population aggregation. However, there is no evidence of ascribed status differentiation, as seen historically among the Skeena River groups. This pattern is attributable to the formation of egalitarian corporate groups. This study demonstrates the importance of egalitarian corporate groups in the evolution of Northwest Coast society. Identification of such a group at Kitselas Canyon during the Paul Mason Phase supports the proposition that social ranking evolved as a deviation amplifying process with respect to resource access.
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Cox, Katharine, and n/a. "Human migration in prehistoric Northeast Thailand." University of Otago. Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090626.150746.

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The aim of this thesis is to examine the scale of human migration in three prehistoric settlements in the Upper Mun River Valley (UMRV) Northeast Thailand, from c. 1700BC - AD500. Archaeological data implies migration may have had a central role in the development of agriculture and later metal technology in the region, which is suggested to show increased social complexity over this important stage in the development of states in mainland Southeast Asia. The scale of these migrations, however, are not known and based on archaeological evidence it is unclear whether there were large numbers of individuals migrating into the region in order to bring about the changes seen in the archaeological record. Two potentially complementary-methods are used to identify the extent of migration in the UMRV in this thesis. The first method, the study of dental morphological traits, is used as an indication of genotype of 78 prehistoric individuals. The second method is isotope analysis of the dental enamel of 74 individuals, used as indicators of childhood residence and diet. Strontium (Sr), Carbon (C) and Oxygen (O) isotopes are analysed. The first method reflects an individual�s genetic heritage through inherited traits, while the second method is an indication of an individual�s migration during their lifetime. Together, these methods may provide a powerful means to assess the scale of migration over an extended period of time in this region. As it has been posited that the introduction of agriculture is related to migration of people into the region, the current study hypothesises that while immigrants would be identified from outside the UMRV during all phases of occupation at the sites, this would be particularly so during the earlier phases. It is also hypothesised through analysis of the morphological traits that genetic relationships at each site could be suggested. Finally, it is also hypothesised that individuals with evidence for infectious diseases, which are otherwise rare in the region, would be immigrants. The frequencies of the dental morphological traits at each site are calculated, and a local pattern for each site developed. The results from the morphological traits suggest low levels of migration into the UMRV, and overall group homogeneity. Despite this homogeneity, it is suggested that several individuals may have been from a different genetic pool to others at the sites, reflected in a different combination of dental traits. There is also some evidence for genetic relationships between individuals, and over time, possibly indicating familial relationships at the sites. Stability in the Sr isotopes over time suggest a local signature for the UMRV. Sr isotopes did not support a hypothesis of large-scale immigration into the UMRV, as there were few isotopic outliers identified. Those individuals with clear outlier Sr results, and therefore probable immigrants, were predominately female. All phases of occupation of the UMRV attracted some long-range inward movement of people, although the data suggests long-range migration diminished over time. [delta]��C values show no significant change over time, possibly supporting the Sr data of limited migration into the region. While the interpretation of this isotope is primarily from a perspective of migration it is recognised that this may be limited to understanding variation in diet in the individuals. [delta]�⁸O values show significant change over time (p = 0.00, ANOVA), perhaps consistent with previous research which suggested increased aridity in the UMRV. An alternative explanation of the [delta]�⁸O data is that migration increased with time, with people who were differentiated by their O isotopes but not their Sr, however the increased aridity hypothesis is favoured here. The hypothesis that individuals with evidence for infectious disease would be long-range immigrants into the region is rejected. None of the individuals who had physical evidence for infectious disease had chemical data to support their being immigrants. The putative migrants to the UMRV are presented as case studies, assessing the complementarity of the methods used. It is argued that given the changes in the environment over time in the UMRV the area may have become less attractive to immigrants and as a result the communities may have become more insular. The data yielded from the two methods have demonstrated the value of using inherited dental traits together with isotopic data of individual migration for investigating human mobility in the past. Using these methods, this study shows that there were low levels of migration into the UMRV and that long-range migration was more frequent in the earliest phases of occupation in the region.
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Ounjian, Glenna Lorraine. "Glen Meyer and prehistoric Neutral paleoethnobotany." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ35273.pdf.

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Searight, Susan. "The prehistoric rock art of Morocco." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2001. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/381/.

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This study aims to examine all aspects of Moroccan rock art and place it in an archaeological and environmental context. Almost 300 sites are now known but few have been studied fully. This work is the first overall analysis to be attempted. Data on climatic changes during the Holocene period, together with archaeological and faunal reports, provided the necessary background to the rock art. The distribution of engraved and painted sites in Morocco is very uneven. Animals were the most frequent themes, but a review of all the sites revealed great site and subject diversity. Four main types of engravings were Identified, their Characteristics described and their distribution plotted. Climatic fluctuations, new animal species, the introduction of meth weapons, the chariot and writing established a chronological framework. A critical appraisal of these events led to a tentative chronology for Moroccan rock art, thought here to have started around 2500 be. The situation of rock art sites showed that they were chosen for very specific reasons, some of them by nomadic pastoralists. Viewing rock art as a medium of communication, it was proposed that the images were messages defining territories, proclaiming ownership or commemorating heroes or battles. The images may have two levels of meaning: one easily understood by members of the group and by outsiders, the second, symbolic, less obviously comprehensible. Moroccan rock art was not an isolated phenomenon in north Africa. The rock art of Algeria, Libya and Mauritania showed both similarities and differences, IrnpMng a cultural link, albeit tenuous, between these countries. Available archaeological, environmental and rock art data revealed striking differences In information-availability between north and south Morocco. Archaeological research has established a chronologicaal nd cultural framework, in northern Morocco,to which rock art adds nothing. On the other hand, rock engravings of metal weapons are almost the only evidence of a Moroccan Bronze Age. In southern Morocco, the distribution of rock art sites reveals intensive human activity in an area little known from excavation. Rock art, archaeology and environment are thus related in this study to producea comprehensive picture of the past.
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Tuohy, Christina. "Prehistoric combs of antler and bone." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296261.

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Winthrop, Kathryn R. "Prehistoric settlement patterns in southwest Oregon." Thesis, View full-text version online through Southern Oregon Digital Archives, 1993. http://soda.sou.edu/awdata/030904f1.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 1993.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 256-275). Also available via Internet as PDF file through Southern Oregon Digital Archives: http://soda.sou.edu. Search First Nations/Tribal Collection.
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Lidén, Kerstin. "Prehistoric diet transitions : an archaeological perspective /." Stockholm : Archaeological research laboratory, Stockholm university, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35818467z.

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Tuohy, Tina. "Prehistoric combs of antler and bone /." Oxford : British archaeological reports, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37197281f.

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Robinson, G. "The prehistoric island landscapes of Scilly." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445908/.

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The Isles of Scilly are located 48km south-west of Lands End, Cornwall, and comprise a small archipelago of granite islands. The interpretation of the islands' archaeology has received no recent detailed consideration and has therefore not been studied within a contemporary archaeological framework. This research seeks to redress this by considering the prehistory of Scilly from the earliest evidence for a human presence on the islands until the end of the 1st century BC (Mesolithic until Iron Age). It will draw upon recent approaches to the study of landscapes, seascapes and islands and from within archaeology and anthropology, as well as other approaches developed within the broader social sciences. The study will provide the first detailed chronological framework for Scillonian prehistory and will reconsider evidence for the prehistoric environmental background of the islands. The analysis of the archaeological record of the islands will be based upon data collected through fieldwork and from published and unpublished sources. The archaeology will be examined through a detailed study of the distribution and configuration of prehistoric settlements, monuments and material culture and their significance within the island landscape. Exploring changes and continuities within the archaeological record of the islands the study will provide insights into how prehistoric societies may have transformed and sustained their use and perception of the island landscape.
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Canaday, Timothy W. "Prehistoric alpine hunting patterns in the Great Basin /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6554.

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Bartelheim, Martin. "Die Rolle der Metallurgie in vorgeschichtlichen Gesellschaften : sozioökonomische und kulturhistorische Aspekte der Ressourcennutzung ; ein Vergleich zwischen Andalusien, Zypern und dem Nordalpenraum = The @role of metallurgy in prehistoric societies /." Rahden, Westf. : Leidorf, 2007. http://www.vml.de/d/detail.php?ISBN=978-3-89646-872-7.

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King, Jerome Hardy. "Prehistoric diet in Central Baja California, Mexico." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq24174.pdf.

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Chu, Pei Pei. "Dietary variation among the prehistoric Asiatic Eskimo." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq37502.pdf.

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Williams, Diane M. "Later prehistoric environments in the Danebury region." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366461.

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Lowell, Julie C. "Prehistoric Households at Turkey Creek Pueblo, Arizona." University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595506.

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Brunning, Richard Anthony. "Structural wood in prehistoric England and Wales." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441769.

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Erdoğu, Burçin. "Prehistoric settlements of Eastern Thrace : a reconsideration /." Oxford : Archaeopress, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40072602r.

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Coleman, Dwight F. "Archaeological oceanography of inundated coastal prehistoric sites /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2003. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/dlnow/3115624.

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White, Gregory G. "Population ecology of the prehistoric Colusa Reach /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2003. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Peacock, Sandra Leslie. "Putting down roots, the emergence of wild plant food production on the Canadian plateau." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ36647.pdf.

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Jia, Weiming. "Transition from foraging to farming in northeast China." Connect to full text, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/653.

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Naschinski, Anja. "Möglichkeiten und Grenzen funktionaler Interpretation an Keramik : Experimente, Beobachtungen, Analysen /." Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, 2001. http://books.google.com/books?id=YSVmAAAAMAAJ.

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Ferraro, Joseph Vincent. "Broken bones and shattered stones on the foraging ecology of Oldowan hominins /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1568044151&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Hughes, Susan S. "Beyond the altithermal : the role of climate change in the prehistoric adaptations of northwestern Wyoming /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6513.

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Igarashi, Yuriko. "Subsistence activities of prehistoric Polynesians : Analyses of shell artifacts and shell remains excavated at prehistoric sites on Mangaia, Cook Islands." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/86282.

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Wymer, Dee Anne. "The paleoethnobotanical record of central Ohio - 100 B.C. to A.D. 800 : subsistence continuity amid cultural change." Connect to resource, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1219945114.

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Chen, Chun 1948. "A comparison of microblade cores from East Asia and northwestern North America : tracing prehistoric cultural relationships." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39342.

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Intercontinental similarities in microblade technology have long been used as evidence in support of the hypothesis that human populations migrated from East Asia to northwestern North America during the late Pleistocene. This study synthesizes the available data in an effort to provide a preliminary overview of this technological tradition. Comparative analysis reveals that wedge-shaped cores from Chinese Upper Paleolithic assemblages, the Dyuktai Culture of eastern Siberia, Japan, and the American Paleo-Arctic Tradition of Alaska share many similarities in the selection of raw materials, core morphology, platform preparation and rejuvenation, and edge angle variation. However, it also reveals that Alaskan wedge-shaped cores are more closely related to Dyuktai Culture cores than they are to Hokkaido cores. The study concludes that the distribution of microblade complexes is best explained by migration and/or diffusion from inland Asia to North America during the late Pleistocene.
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Heidkamp, Blair. "Spinning through Time: An Analysis of Pottery Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Early Bronze I Spindle Whorl Assemblages from the Southern Levant." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535374272535722.

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Barton, Huw James. "Mobilising lithic studies : an application of evolutionary ecology to understanding prehistoric patterns of human behaviour in the simpson Desert, far western Queensland." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2746.

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Eckmeier, Eileen. "Detecting prehistoric fire-based farming using biogeochemical markers /." Zürich : Universität Zürich. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2007. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/3752.

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Munoz, Samuel E. "Prehistoric Human-Environment Interaction in Eastern North America." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28665.

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Industrialized human societies both affect and are vulnerable to environmental change, but the dynamics of human-environment relationships during prehistory are less well understood. Using large databases of accumulated paleoecological and archaeological records, this dissertation explores the relationship between prehistoric humans and environmental change in eastern North America. A synthesis of late Quaternary paleoecological and archaeological data from the northeastern United States shows a close temporal correspondence between changes in climate, terrestrial ecosystems, human culture and population numbers. These synchronous changes occurred at 11.6, 8.2, 5.4 and 3.0 thousand years before present, before the adoption of maize agriculture when human groups in eastern North America subsisted by hunting and gathering. Further examination of these datasets in southern Ontario over the last two thousand years found that clearance of forests by prehistoric Native Americans for agricultural fields significantly altered terrestrial ecosystems at a sub-regional scale (102-10 3 m). Together, these results support the hypothesis that prehistoric Native Americans had a greater environmental impact than previously believed, but show that this impact was concentrated around agricultural settlements and was less substantial than that associated with European settlement during the historic period. The methodologies developed in this dissertation provide a means to better understand human-environment relationships in other regions which differ in their environmental and cultural histories.
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Ackerman, Kyle. "Mortuary variability on the late Prehistoric Southern Plains." Thesis, Wichita State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/6128.

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Zoll, Mitchell K. "Prehistoric settlement in the upper Wabash River Valley." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/864934.

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1989, the Archaeological Resources Management Service Ball State University conducted a reconnaissance level survey of 550 acres located within and adjacent to the Wabash River Valley in Huntington and Wabash Counties, Indiana. Additional survey was conducted in 1990 and 1991 on areas of expanded right-of-way within the original project area. The field reconnaissance located 188 archaeological sites. Twenty-one of the sites located by those surveys were subjected to archaeological testing.This study examines data from the survey and testing and presents a distribution of sites and human settlement across the study area. The study also develops a site typology which is used to address settlement pattern questions for the study area.
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Fitzgerald, Maria Amelia. "Textile production in prehistoric and early medieval Ireland." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326250.

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Cavers, M. Graeme. "Crannogs and later prehistoric settlement in western Scotland." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421487.

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Tingle, Martin. "The prehistoric exploitation of flint at Beer Head." Thesis, University of Reading, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319242.

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Parker, Matthew John. "Early prehistoric petrology : a case study from Leicestershire." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6310.

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This research focused on the petrographic analysis of prehistoric ceramics within the East Midlands. Prior assessments have been intermittent and not drawn together by a research-based agenda, with a few notable exceptions. This research uses petrographic analysis to shed light on early prehistoric society within Leicestershire, a county overlooked in comparison to other regions. The aim of this research was to investigate the procurement of raw materials and the subsequent production of Neolithic and early Bronze Age ceramics in Leicestershire, placing the county in its regional context. Petrographic slides from several early prehistoric sites were produced and analysed to determine the presence of any non-local material within the fabric of the ceramics. Existing petrographic data from other sites in the East Midlands were used as a comparative data set to test whether the ceramics from Leicestershire were typical or atypical of the wider production and procurement pattern. The results of the petrographic analysis on the Leicestershire sites indicated that the clay and inclusions were most likely of local origin, with no definitive evidence for non-local inclusions. However, the results from the comparative petrographic data obtained from sites within the wider East Midlands does support the movement of raw materials and/or finished ceramic products within the region. Preferential sources appear to have been continually exploited, both chronologically and geographically. The prime target of the exploitation was the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire, with groups from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire utilising this resource in addition to more local groups within Leicestershire.
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Crosby, Victoria Mary. "Agricultural change in later prehistoric and Roman Britain." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1989. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/413914/.

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This thesis has the dual aim of examining the agriculture of the later prehistoric and Romano-British period and investigating the ways in which agricultural systems and agricultural change can be described and explained in an archaeological context. It is argued that a broader approach will enable more useful information to be extracted from the increasing volume of data available. An eight part framework is used as the basis for a discussion of some classes of evidence for agriculture. The framework encompasses socio-economic factors as well as aspects of agricultural practice. It is argued that an agricultural system is defined by its organisation as much as its practices, and that it can only be understood in its socio-economic context. Conversely, agriculture discussed in this way becomes a source of information on social, economic and political organisation. Patterns of change are identified, and it is suggested that the essentially static picture of later prehistoric agriculture prevalent in much of the literature is erroneous and hinders understanding. The areas of fertility maintenance and the organisation of land use are particularly emphasised. The use of historical and experimental data to estimate productivity of past agricultural systems is discussed. Problems in drawing social inferences from the remains of agricultural activity are considered, and it is suggested that considering the organisation of agriculture as an element in a society provides a key to these difficulties. Some relationships between agricultural and social organisation in the Iron Age are suggested.
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Curtin, Alice Joanne. "Prehistoric mortuary variability on Gabriola Island, British Columbia /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487951595500141.

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Olding, Frank. "The Prehistoric lanscapes of the Eastern Black Mountains /." Oxford : Archaeopress, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb371978337.

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Farnum, Julie F. "Biological consequences of social inequalities in prehistoric Peru." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3074399.

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