Dissertations / Theses: 'Archaeological Survey of India'

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Roy, Kingkini. "A Case for Change in Indian Historic Preservation Planning: Re-Evaluating Attitudes toward the Past." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1298040245.

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Angst, Michael G. "An archaeological survey of Fayette County." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958770.

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An archaeological survey of Fayette County, Indiana was conducted under a Department of the Interior Historic Preservation Fund Survey and Planning Grant administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. The reconnaissance covered 747.3 acres by systematic survey.Prior to the survey, only 102 sites were on record in Fayette County. The systematic survey, collector interviews and background research identified 275 new sites. A total of 252 sites were identified through the systematic survey, while 23 sites were identified through collector interviews, background research and non-systematic field survey. A total of 4081 prehistoric and 13 historic artifacts were recovered. Site density for Fayette County was compiled from the systematic survey of the county and sites not found in conjunction with the systematic survey were not included. Overall site density for Fayette County is 1 site per 2.97 acres with an average of 15.66 artifacts per site and 5.28 artifacts per acre. Site densities for the Dearborn Upland were also compiled with an overall site density of 1 site per 2.64 acres.
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Pfauth, Thomas James 1954. "A proposed archaeological survey of Tegea." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291875.

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This paper proposes a plan for an archaeological survey of the ancient Greek city of Tegea, in Arcadia. Excavations at the temple of Athena Alea in Tegea have uncovered evidence of cult practice that extends into the tenth century BC, which provides the basis for further archaeological investigation. An archaeological survey would connect known developments within the religious sphere to developments in the social and political spheres of the surrounding territory. The survey will be an intensive, pedestrian, and all-period survey, will follow the methodology of the Cambridge/Bradford Boeotian Expedition, and will use computer databases and GIS. From the diachronic changes in settlement pattern discovered, we can infer the answers to questions regarding the social, political and economic structures in all periods from the Neolithic to modern times. The materials collected by the survey will provide opportunities for research beyond their immediate usefulness to the survey itself.

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Carey, Christopher James. "Geochemical survey and metalworking on archaeological sites." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439864.

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Roberts, Kathryn. "The archaeological applications of geophysical survey techniques." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272264.

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Christensen, Catherine M. "An Archaeological Survey of Bettie's Hope Estate." W&M ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626392.

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Koutsoukou, A. "An archaeological survey in north-west Andros, Cyclades." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.528904.

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The scope of this survey was twofold: a) to locate and study sites reported to have antiquities and b) to investigate selected areas with intensive methods. The sites are described and interpreted in Chapter III. - Evidence from both the extensive and intensive part of the survey is combined to observe general trends in the distribution patterns from the Neolithic to the Roman period in the Conclusions. A greater emphasis is given to the prehistoric period, for which two main observations were made: a) the number of Neolithic sites recovered show that the North-West part of the island was already settled since the Late phase of this period and b) during the Bronze Age the small number of finds suggest that Andros followed the general developments in the Aegean, except for the Early Cycladic period which is not well represented. The limited number of ancient sources referring to Andros do not allow to reconstruct the ancient topography and history of the island in any detail. The effort to associate finds from the survey with historical developments had some success mainly for the Classical and Hellenistic period. It appears that the location of the port and the proximity of the North-West part of the island to the mainland was the main reason for the development of this region. Finds from the Roman period are more difficult to interpret since ancient sources are even more limited.

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Foley, Anne. "The Argolid 800-600 BC : an archaeological survey." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1985. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/0f1e0a3a-c805-497e-91c2-2e9eab40a348/1/.

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Ever since Schliemann's excavations in the Argolid, the area has been popular with archaeologists. One hundred years later the Geometric period is fairly well known in certain aspects but in other ways it is still unclear and even less is known about the immediately succeeding period, the early Archaic. The aim of this thesis, therefore, is to present the archaeological evidence for both the later part of the Geometric and early Archaic periods, the eighth and seventh centuries, and to examine the differences and the changes that occur within that time at the various sites, noting in particular the contrasts between the eighth and seventh century. This is a purely archaeological survey; historical accounts are not considered except in passing. The thesis attempts to put into proper perspective the position of Argos in relation to her neighbours in the Argolid, and the position of the eastern peninsula in relation to the central plain. Reasons are also suggested for the sudden and important changes noticeable in the seventh century. All the major facets of the archaeological evidence are presented, each in its own chapter beginning with the sites themselves, including distribution maps and a site index. Trends in settlement patterns from the LHIIIB to the Archaic period are noted, with particular attention to the Geometric and Archaic. The graves are then considered with an index of all graves of the eighth and seventh centuries. Contrasts and comparisons are made between the periods at each site. Pottery is examined by period and site, then metalwork in terms of the different types of artifacts found in the eighth and seventh centuries. The evidence of terracottas is treated in the same way and inscriptions and script are studied; finally the evidence for sanctuaries and cults brings together much of the previous material.

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Banerjee, Sibasish. "India`s nuclear strategy : a survey." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/313.

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Chhabra, Vishal. "Dental Survey Of Children In Ferozepur, India." Thesis, Faculty of Dentistry, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4585.

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Kimble, Elicia Victoria. "Archaeological Survey and Testing on St. Vincent Island, Northwest Florida." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4349.

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St. Vincent Island is one of the barrier islands in the Florida panhandle between Apalachicola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge encompasses all 5000 hectares of the island. Archaeological fieldwork in the summer of 2009 included a survey of the entire island and a test unit at one of the island's richest sites. In spring of 2010 a second test unit was excavated at another archaeologically rich site. A total of 16 known sites were investigated and two newly discovered sites recorded. This research combines all these data with information obtained from existing artifact collections and archives, as well as results of a widespread geological survey of the island, in order to characterize the prehistoric archaeological record on the island, which stretches back at least 4000 years or more, to the time of the island's first formation. Subsistence, settlement patterns, site use, and change through time in the human adaptation on St. Vincent are described in relation to the preexisting cultural chronology of the region, especially that of other barrier islands. Settlement from all time periods is concentrated on the north and east shorelines, with not much human use of the island interior until recent historic time. Geological indication of sea level fluctuations on the islands oldest shoreline section, on the northeast tip, is combined with archaeological evidence to suggest responses to rising sea levels.

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Colton, Dan. "An archaeological and geomorphological survey of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494162.

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The aim of this research was to develop an understanding of the geomorphological processes that have affected the archaeological record in the South Luangwa National Park area of the Luangwa Valley, in eastern Zambia, and determine the extent to which genuine behavioural residues survive. Prior to this research little or no investigation had been initiated into Pleistocene and Holocene geomorphological processes, or the archaeological record.

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Gerrard, George Alexander Mackay. "The early Cornish tin industry : an archaeological and historical survey." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1986. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683231.

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Fuller, Dorian Q. "The emergence of agricultural societies in South India: botanical and archaeological perspectives." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.576552.

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Aruni, S. K. "Surapura samsthana : historical and archaeological study of a poligar state in South India /." Delhi : Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb401407968.

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Texte révisé de: Doctoral thesis--Deccan College & Research Institute--Pune University. Titre de soutenance : History and culture of Surapura Samsthana, North Karnataka, A.D. 1650-1858.
Bibliogr. p. 198-218.

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Badwal, Amandeep Singh. "Dental Survey Of School Children In Chandigarh, Punjab, India." Thesis, Faculty of Dentistry, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4163.

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Creighton, Oliver Hamilton. "Castles and landscapes : an archaeological survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/30816.

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This thesis adopts an interdisciplinary methodology, synthesising archaeological, historical and topographical data; it aims to re-integrate English medieval castles into contemporary landscapes, both social and physical, in order to achieve a more holistic understanding of the castle as an instrument of manorial administration, as a key feature within the planning of medieval townscapes, and as an iconic manifestation of seigneural power in rural landscapes. This is achieved using an explicitly regional framework, analysing the impact of castles upon a range of landscape types in Yorkshire and the East Midlands. Although the thesis focuses primarily upon 'early castles' (c. 1066-1216), the impact of castles on Anglo-Saxon landscapes in assessed, whilst later foundations are considered where appropriate. The study is founded upon analysis of existing published material, and a corpus of primary data assimilated from a variety of sources including SMRs (Sites and Monuments Record Offices), CROs (County Records Offices) and the NMR (National Monuments Record), augmented by the selective recording of sites in the field. These data form the basis of an extensive site-based gazetteer (Volume II: Appendix I), and the platform for a thematic discussion of castle-landscape relationships. The thesis comprises four main sections. The first (Chapters 1-3) defines the theoretical and practical basis of viewing castles within a wider frame of reference than that afforded in tradition archaeological research designs. The second (Chapters 4-6) examines the interrelationships between castles and land-holding, the significance of pre-castle occupation and the complementary role of castles and churches as instruments of Anglo-Norman social control. The third (Chapter 7-8) examines the complexities of physical, chronological and social relationships between castles and urban settlement patterns, whilst the relationship between castle and rural settlement, both nucleated and non-nucleated, forms the focus for the fourth section (Chapters 9-10). The study concludes (Chapter 11) by emphasising the need for a broader context for an established focus of research, highlighting in particular the role of integrated analysis.

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Nakonechny, Lyle Daniel. "Archaeological survey and testing in the Willapa River Valley of southwest Washington." Thesis, Washington State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3717424.

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Modern studies of site distribution, utilization of near-coastal riverine resources, and the development of cultural complexity during the Holocene in southwestern Washington are hampered by the limited amount of data from previous archaeological investigations. This study of Willapa River Valley archaeology provides a context in which to interpret southern Northwest Coast near-coastal pre-contact archaeological sites.

Three areas for investigation became evident during the initial research phase and directed subsequent inquiries. The first dealt with prehistoric site distribution in the Willapa region landscape, the potential for locating sites, and site distribution patterns on the Willapa River Valley alluvial terraces. Bayesian GIS modeling and geomorphologic-based survey techniques identified a new sample of 26 localities representing approximately 10,000 years of occupation. Eustatic sea level rise, seismic movement, tsunamis, and fluvial processes formed the Willapa region's landscape, and promoted natural redox reaction formation processes within submerged archaeological contexts.

The second involved the pre-contact utilization of lithic, floral, and faunal natural resources, and how these adaptations relate to what we know from past work at coastal-adjacent midden sites. Excavation at the Forks Creek terrace site revealed a detailed chronology of a 2700 BP Willapa River Valley camp oriented toward the seasonal hazelnut, bitter cherry, elk, deer, and salmon resources of a fire-maintained prairie "garden" and the Willapa River. Microblades were manufactured for their technological qualities, illustrating similarities to Salish Sea "Locarno Beach" assemblages.

The third encompassed the archaeology of the Athabaskan Kwalhioqua, and addressed the potential for recognizing cultural enclaves in the archaeological record through the study of exotic obsidian and blueschist artifacts. Obsidian "wealth blades," blueschist clubs, and nephrite adze artifacts define a pattern of late prehistoric long-distance trade and exchange. The "Pacific Athabaskan coastal trade network" hypothesis poses that direct sea-going canoe trade occurred between Athabaskan cultures of the southern Northwest Coast within a counter-seismic ceremonial dance network prior to the great earthquake of AD 1700.

New insights into the prehistory of the Willapa River Valley are provided with consideration given to site location, age of occupation, cultural landscapes, and the position of the Willapa River Valley prehistoric occupation within the Pacific Northwest.

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Neogi, Sayantani. "Geoarchaeological investigations of Indus settlements in the plains of Northwestern India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648751.

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McDonald, Patrick Reed. "Site-Based and Nonsite Archaeological Survey: A Comparison of Two Survey Methods in the City of Rocks, Idaho." DigitalCommons@USU, 2015. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4535.

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Pedestrian based archaeological survey is commonly used throughout the western United States to locate, identify, record, and interpret archaeological sites. While procedures, such as transect spacing, transect orientation, data collection, artifact documentation, and site criteria may vary, most survey methods share a common goal: to locate and define the boundaries of archaeological sites. Other researchers question the traditional site-based survey method. Critics suggest that site-based surveys may fail to adequately detect and document artifacts outside of site boundaries (Dunnell and Dancey 1983; Wandsnider and Camilli 1992). Site-based methods may not discern archaeological signatures of past cultures that occurred on the scale of landscapes rather than discrete sites (Ebert 1992; Robins 1998) In response, siteless approaches have been developed to test and address perceived shortcomings of site-based survey methods. The siteless survey utilizes artifacts as the basis for studying the relationships between clustered and non-clustered materials. This thesis examines traditional site-based survey vs. siteless survey within a study area in southern Idaho. Moreover, the study investigates the utility of the nonsite approach to identify spatial distributions, associations, and patterning in cultural materials on the surface of the analysis area. The results of the survey, data management and analyses evaluate if artifacts are randomly distributed or aggregated. Survey results compare the surveys’ effectiveness in detecting artifacts. In this comparison, the effects of artifact obtrusiveness/visibility are considered. Results of survey data are examined at different spatial scales to identify clusters and evaluate cluster attributes. Spatial patterning analyses use GIS software including the Getis Ord Gi* hot spot analysis tool and the buffer tool in ArcMap 10.2. Both GIS analyses successfully identified clustering. Finally, the results of analysis compare artifact cluster attributes identified by GIS analyses with site attributes. Siteless survey data and post-field, GIS analyses demonstrate the ability to offer information not available through traditional site-based survey. These results suggest that the siteless survey methods and analytic techniques employed in this study warrant further testing and evaluation.

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Cuenca-Garcia, Carmen. "The interface of geophysical & geochemical survey at Scottish archaeological sites : exploring the potential of an integrated approach for archaeological prospection." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2013. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4535/.

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This thesis illustrates how geophysical and geochemical methods can be combined to study archaeological sites and obtain enhanced interpretations of the results using the complementary information they provide. Whilst these two disciplines tend to be used independently, this thesis brings them together, with a view to exploring their relationships and developing strategies that lead to non-destructive and cost-effective surveys. The investigation focuses on the correlation of geophysical and geochemical results over common archaeological features and their analysis using soil geochemistry in order to understand the factors of contrast involved in their detection. Five case study sites in Scotland were selected, each one presenting a specific challenge to be assessed by the integrated methodology developed in this thesis. The research employed a range of geophysical (earth resistance, magnetometry, magnetic susceptibility, FDEM and GPR) and geochemical (total phosphate and multi-element analysis) techniques routinely used in archaeological prospection. The different geophysical responses obtained over targeted archaeological features were considered with respect to soil texture, organic matter content, pH, conductivity and chemical composition from archaeological deposits, topsoil and subsoil samples. The results not only provide a nuanced understanding of the character of the archaeological features surveyed, but begin to develop a better insight of how the setting of a site may affect geophysical and geochemical datasets at Scottish archaeological sites. This thesis concludes that the detection of archaeological anomalies depends upon inter-related and site-specific contrast factors including: general site settings (e.g. the effect of highly variable glacial drift deposits), the type of features to be detected (e.g. cut or impervious), and the effect of soil post-depositional processes inside archaeological features and surrounding matrix. For example, at the prehistoric site at Forteviot site (Perthshire) redox processes inside archaeological ditches contribute to their negative magnetic response. Also, chemical composition related to anthropogenic organic materials may enhance the conductivity of theoretical impervious features as illustrated at the Bay of Skaill site (Orkney).

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Draeger, Cathy L. "Evaluation of archaeological survey techniques : a comparison of phase Ia methodology at Site 12Ma648." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1371200.

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Reconnaissance survey (Phase Ia) provides the backbone to archaeological field methodology. Archaeological sites are typically discovered through reconnaissance techniques, more often via pedestrian survey and shovel probe testing. There is a lack of a consensus in the archaeological community on whether or not these techniques are effective as reconnaissance methodology. The following thesis evaluates these techniques' relative effectiveness at finding and preliminarily evaluating archaeological sites, the main objectives of reconnaissance. This study compares actual and simulated surveys using both techniques on a multi-component site in a woodland setting as well as addressing the cost-effectiveness of these techniques when estimating the time needed to complete them.
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Boivin, Nicole Lise. "'Archaeological science as anthropology' : time, space and materiality in rural India and the ancient past." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620176.

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Shaw, Julia. "The sacred geography of Sanchi Hill : the archaeological setting of Buddhist monasteries in central India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272040.

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Kimball, Michael J. "The lough swilly archaeological survey : Investigations into the Neolithic transition in eastern Donegal, Ireland." Ann Arbor (Mich.) : UMI dissertation Services, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb400177516.

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Wedmark, Mats. "A small scale, high resolution magnetic survey at the archaeological site of Birka, Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Geofysik, 1999. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-303228.

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A high resolution magnetic survey was carried out at the archaeological site of Birka, situated approximately 20 km west of Stockholm. A new-generation optically pumped cesium magnetometer, G-858 from Geometrics, with a maximum sensitivity of 0.01 nT was used in the survey. An area of totally 504 m2 was covered in three windy days in September 1997 with the cesium magnetometer working in vertical-gradient mode. Remnants of the old houses, some of the oldest ditches and an earlier excavation could be seen in the gradient data after processing. Also a total-field measurement was carried out to search for the oldest defence wall at Birka. The bad positioning that followed with the continuous-scan mode made the data very difficult to process efficiently. Some processing was done in Matlab to eliminate effects that might be caused by the geology, but no substantial archaeological results emerged.This work shows that high resolution magnetic surveys can be efficient in detecting archaeological remains even in a very heterogeneous soil, provided very sensitive equipment and correct choice of method. It also emphasized the importance of good positioning in a survey.

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Wainwright, Sunila Claire. "Gender and family formation in Uttar Pradesh, India." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1512.

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While modernising influences affect many facets of the lives of millions of Indian families, there remain deep-rooted socio-cultural practices and traditions that survive and become engendered in new institutional mechanisms. Labour market policy is but one example where age-old ethnic affiliations distort governmental efforts and find new ways of expressing themselves. Efforts over the past decade to slow the rate of population growth, by encouraging adoption of modern family planning methods have failed to tackle son preference and have caused the sex ratios at birth to be worse than at any other time in the nation's history. This is particularly so in urban India, even among the more educated populace, and it is worsening. This thesis sets out to assess the way in which such gender considerations affect family formation decisions, primarily concerning the quantity and quality of children, with an appreciation of the dynamic nature of the problem. First we assess how fertility preferences and past child outcomes affect the demand for family planning and how behaviours associated with the greater autonomy of women impact upon this process. The empirical work makes use of data from the latest round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for India, 1999, for the state of Uttar Pradesh, in a simultaneous equation framework, in an effort to take account of the joint determination of many of the variables inherent in modelling such dynamic processes with cross-sectional data. We find that although women's autonomy has been held up as a means of achieving lower fertility, the two do not necessarily go hand in hand, unless coupled with the wider participation of women. Unless the primary social and economic motivations for preferring sons are tackled and dismantled through legislation and through changes to social attitudes, superficial policies to promote the well-being of women will have little real impact and may lead to worsening female child outcomes. One of the policies heralded to achieve the deeper goal of gender equality has been the promotion of education of female children, who as a group lag well behind their male counterparts on both literacy and numeracy rates. We thus turn our attention to investigating the way in which household time allocation decisions are made, focusing on the parental choice of each child's main activity; to go to school, to work in the home, or in the formal labour market, in an effort to understand how the household's opportunities and resource constraints, along with social norms impact such decisions. While some state governments are offering cash incentives to families to keep their female children in school and unmarried, significant labour market discrimination against women continues and constrains the value of this government investment. Making use of the same NFHS data for Uttar Pradesh, we estimate each child's trinomial time allocation with competing speci cations and then compare the results. The standard multinomial logit model is estimated initially but imposes some fairly tight assumptions on behaviour and the resultant data, that are unlikely to hold in the present application. A Mixed Logit model is then estimated that is able to bring greater flexibility and descriptive richness than is possible with the standard Logit model. Estimation results are compared and con firm the ability of the Mixed Logit to capture more fully the unobserved heterogeneity inherent in the data and to allow for correlation in the errors across children of the same family that is not permitted within the standard logit setup.

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Heitger, Raymond. "Thermal Infrared Imaging for the Charity Hospital Cemetery Archaeological Survey: Implications for Further Geological Applications." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2006. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/318.

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Recent work by Bob Melia of Real Time Thermal Imaging L.L.C. suggests thermal infrared (TIR) imaging can be used to identify subsurface archaeological features buried as deep as 3 meters but the basis for his work has not been tested. In November of 2002, Bob Melia and I attempted to locate unmarked graves at the Charity Hospital Cemetery using TIR imaging. Unfortunately, shortly after that survey, Bob Melia passed away without documenting his work or preparing the final report. Based on a review of previous research and modeling related to TIR imaging of subsurface features, I conclude that the high altitude that Bob Melia used for this type of study was key to his success. The larger field of view allowed recognition of longer spatial wavelength anomalies and more subtle temperature variations expected from features at greater depths than those in previous studies. Furthermore detecting features at these depths is aided by diurnal heating but is primarily made possible because annual seasonal temperature variations are significant 3-4 meters deep.

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Lowe, Christopher. "Early ecclesiastical sites in the northern isles and Isle of Man : an archaeological field survey." Thesis, Durham University, 1988. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1361/.

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This is a study of the small local chapels and burial grounds which are found throughout Man, Orkney and Shetland and an investigation into their relationship to the land divisions of these islands. It is a study which attempts to look at these sites within the context of their contemporary landscape. The historical evidence for the early Church in the Northern Isles and Man is introduced in Chapter 2 and interpretative accounts, based on that evidence, are considered in Chapter 3. The basic problem of chronology is then considered in Chapter 4 which sets out and examines historical, stylistic and archaeological criteria for the dating of sites. In essence, Chapters 2-4 provide an account of the current state of knowledge regarding the Manx and Northern Isles' chapels. Archaeological evidence is introduced in Chapter 5. This chapter, together with the survey of sites in Man and the Northern Isles (Volume 2), provide the necessary background material for the analytical work in Chapters 6&7. The association of the Manx and Northern Isles' chapels with the land divisions is considered in Chapter 6 and a theoretical model for the development of the Manx land system and for the association of keeill and treen is presented. This model is based partly upon this study's analysis of boundary association, a phenomenon which, it is suggested, may be indicative of Early Christian ecclesiastical organization. This model is also tested against the Northern Isles' data. Aspects of continuity are considered in Chapter 7 and conclusions and topics for future research are presented in Chapter 8.

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Panayotov, Alexander. "The Jews in the Balkan provinces of the Roman Empire : an epigraphic and archaeological survey." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13849.

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The dissertation investigates the social, economic and religious aspects of Jewish life in the Balkan provinces of the Roman Empire between the 4th century BCE and 8th century CE. This is the first study, which studies the social and religious life of the Jewish communities in the Balkans, as recoded in the epigraphic and archaeological material, and will provide scholars with much needed basis for further research in the field. The primary focus of my research is a historical analysis of the epigraphic and archaeological evidence regarding the Jewish communities in the Roman provinces of Pannonia Inferior, Dalmatia, Moesia, Thracia, Macedonia, Achaea and Crete. The work is arranged in the form a corpus of inscriptions with additional entries on the archaeological and literary evidence. The intention has been to include all Jewish inscriptions and archaeological remains from the Balkans, which are likely to date from before c.700 CE. The analysis concentrates on the language and content of the available inscriptions, the onomastic repertoire employed, the historical context of the Jewish archaeological remains and their relation to the non- Jewish archaeological material from the region. The results of my research are important for understanding the involvement of Jews in the city life and their civic status, the cultural interaction between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbours and may define the local community organisation and background of Jewish settlement in the Balkan provinces of the Roman Empire. In my commentaries I suggest that the social system of the Jewish communities in the Balkans was dependent upon the local public and economic situation in the Roman city but not determined by it.

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Kimball, Michael J. "Human ecology and neolithic transition in eastern county Donegal, Ireland : the lough Swilly archaeological survey /." Oxford : Archaeopress, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37209249r.

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Leibner, Uzi. "Settlement and history in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Galilee : an archaeological survey of the Eastern Galilee /." Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2009. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=3241185&prov=M&dok%5Fvar=1&dok%5Fext=htm.

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Acharya, Shiva. "Nation, nationalism and social structure in ancient India : a survey through Vedic literature /." New Delhi : Decent Books, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40141171h.

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Grover, Priyanka. "Dental Survey Of School Children Aged 6 And 12 Years In Haryana, India." Thesis, Faculty of Dentistry, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4162.

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Lacey, Harriet Ruth. "Rāmṭek and its landscape : an archaeological approach to the study of the Eastern Vākāṭaka kingdom in central India." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12377/.

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This thesis investigates the development of the landscape surrounding the Eastern Vākāṭaka ritual centre of Rāmṭek in central India. The research aims to contextualise the site of Rāmṭek through the use of landscape archaeology, to explore its relationship to rural settlement and thus go beyond the existing preoccupation with the isolated study of its monumental remains. The results of the survey are used to construct a hypothetical case study for the development of the Early Historic landscape in this region. This narrative of landscape development is connected to the region’s socio-economic development under the Vākāṭakas, which will be related to the wider context of Early Historic to Early Medieval change in India. The survey develops existing methodologies to suit the environment encountered on fieldwork and subsequently a preliminary approach to data analysis is presented. Through landscape survey and ceramic seriation, broad phases of development can be determined. Based on a significant increase in material evidence from the Early Historic period, it is argued that this phase witnessed changes in religious, political and socio-economic spheres. Whilst these developments are only securely related to the over-arching Early Historic period, there is evidence to suggest that the Vākāṭakas influenced development following their establishment of the ritual site and occupation of the area as a dynastic centre. The survey results demonstrate a prosperous local economy as opposed to deurbanisation and economic decline, which is popularly associated with the period of Vākāṭaka rule. The Eastern Vākāṭaka data is then referred to the wider context of the nature of Early Historic to Early Medieval urbanism in the Indian subcontinent. It is argued that ‘urbanism’ may have been expressed differently in this period resulting in low-density networks of productive settlements or conurbations.

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MacDonald, Alison. "Roman pottery from surface survey and the evaluation of landscape, society and economy : a study with special reference to the Tuscania Archaeological Survey, Italy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275764.

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Joseph, John Santiago. "The relevance of involvement in micro-credit self-help groups and empowerment : findings from a survey of rural women in Tamilnadu." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100632.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to establish the extent to which women's membership in self-help groups and their involvement in various activities of these groups, with particular reference to Micro Credit programs, impacted their socio-economic empowerment. The objective is to study the socio-economic empowerment impact factors (evidences) in women members of micro-credit self-help groups in rural India upon the self, the family and the community.
Data selected for analyses was based on an operational model of empowerment that encompassed indicators of purported empowerment at the personal, family and community levels. The working hypotheses in quantitative analyses are that there are significant differences in income, savings, assets, expenditure, basic amenities, as well as attitudinal and behavioral changes in the rural women before and after their group membership.
The qualitative interviews helped to assess the life conditions of the women as the process of empowerment before and after their participation in self-help group micro-credit program. The qualitative interviews were to corroborate the veracity of reported progress from the survey to shed some light on the specific factors that contributed to their empowerment in line with their present quality of life at personal, family and community levels. Hence, the impact of the program is measured as the difference in the magnitude of a given parameter between the pre-and post-SHG situations by comparing the life condition of members before joining the self-help group to their condition three years after joining.

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Findlater, George MacRae. "Imperial control in Roman and Byzantine Arabia : a landscape interpretation of archaeological evidence in Southern Jordan." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9789.

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The dominant interpretation of Roman imperialism in the provinces of Arabia and then Palaestina Tertia holds that the Empire was seeking to combat external military threats from nomads. This interpretation is based on archaeological evidence of Roman military sites forming a static defensive system linked by a road network. Recent scholarship in Jordan has questioned this interpretation. Alternative hypotheses have been advanced proposing that these sites acted as points of provincial control or were situated to maintain routes for long distance trade. It is proposed here that these interpretations of imperial control are flawed, either because of poorly realised explanatory models or improperly sampled datasets. In contrast, this study achieves an integration of textual and archaeological data through the conceptual framework of landscape. This approach stresses the spatial correlates of human behaviour and allows an alternative interpretation of imperial control to be validated. This study proposes the hypothesis that the aim of Roman imperialism in this area was to control directly imperial material resources. It does not present a historical reconstruction but demonstrates the power of a landscape approach over other models in the interpretation of Roman imperial control in southern Jordan. A rigorous review of existing textual and archaeological evidence from southern Jordan to establish military spatial and temporal development concludes that the scale of military fluctuations to support the hypothesis of a desert frontier sy~tem has been exaggerated. To test this conclusion primary data from the Dana Archaeological Survey (DAS), a three-year survey project directed by the author, was rigorously correlated with existing datasets. By strictly defining military sites and emphasising these monuments as part of wider settlement pattern, the survey demonstrated that military variability was in fact highly conservative and cannot support the hypothesis of frontier defence or provincial control. The DAS data was then used to test an alternative hypothesis that military variation is linked to the control of trade and wider socio-economic integration. This was achieved by correlating military sites with the wider settlement hierarchy through patterns of ceramic continuity. However, contrary to previous interpretations showing highly variable settlement change, the results proved that the correlation with military sites is not exact. These results were then compared with critically evaluated data from four other surveys (Wadi Hasa Survey, Southern Ghors and North Arabah Survey, Limes Arabicus survey and the Kerak Plateau Survey), which broadly supported the DAS results. This study makes clear that there is a spatial correlation between the existence of imperial estates, industrial centres and military sites. Archaeological evidence of an imperial estate in the DAS project area is presented and is contrasted with the different spatial and temporal features of a civilian estate. This imperial estate can be spatially correlated with several military sites. A review of the historical and textual evidence for imperial estates in Arabia suggests a provincial-wide pattern. This re-interpretation of the imperial landscape in southern Jordan views the location of military sites and the road network as a part of a vast integrated resourcing system of the Eastern Empire.

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Georgiadis, Pavlos. "Local plant knowledge for livelihoods an ethnobotanical survey in the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India." Weikersheim Margraf, 2008. http://d-nb.info/987714694/04.

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Jeffreys, Kendralyn G. "A Survey of Point of Use Household Water Treatment Options for Rural South India." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/190.

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Contaminated drinking water is one of the major health challenges facing people in the developing world. The country of India leads the world in under age five mortality due to diarrheal disease, which is attributed to water and food contamination. While the Indian government has made progress in expanding access to improved water sources in the last decade, the microbiological quality of the water is unpredictable. Point of use household water treatment systems can provide clean drinking water for people who do not have access to a clean water source. This report examines five non-electrical point of use household water treatment options which have been extensively field-tested and could potentially be used in rural, South Indian villages: chlorine disinfectant, chlorine-flocculant sachets, ceramic filters, biosand filters and solar disinfection. A case study of a village in Andhra Pradesh is presented that highlights the factors to consider when introducing a new POU technology into a community.

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Kaur, Ravinder. "Survey of tobacco use and oral health among male factory workers in Hoshiarpur, India." Thesis, Faculty of Dentistry, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4280.

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Rai, Prem Chandra. "Survey of the flora of Neora Valley national park in Darjeeling, west Bengal, India." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/879.

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Gallaga, Murrieta Emiliano. "An Archaeological Survey of the Onavas Valley, Sonora, Mexico: A Landscape of Interactions During the Late Prehispanic Period." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195834.

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Traditionally, the Onavas Valley located in the middle Rio Yaqui, has been identified as part of the Rio Sonora archaeological tradition. However, no archaeological research has taken place in this region to verify this cultural model. This work presents new data from the Onavas Valley Archaeological Project (OVAP), conducted in the summer of 2003 and 2004, which provide basic data to solidify our understanding of an archaeologically poorly researched area, examine its role in interactions with the neighboring archaeological areas, and contrast the Rio Sonora tradition model. The methodology used combine archaeological survey, artifact analysis, and ethnohistorical research. A full-coverage systematic pedestrian survey, at the center of the Onavas Valley, was conducted covering an area of 67 km² and recorded 122 new sites. Three research approaches where set to discern and define the archaeological tradition within the Onavas Valley and then examine extra-regional interactions with neighboring archaeological areas. Those are 1) building a local chronology and a diagnostic inventory of material culture; 2) establishing the landscape structure (settlement pattern and ritual landscape) of the area; and 3) collecting and analyzing evidence for the manufacture, use, and exchange of trade goods. At the end of the material analysis, the OVAP conclude that the Onavas Valley had more cultural relation with the Huatabampo archaeological tradition than to the Rio Sonora archaeological tradition. Finally a comparison of the cultural landscape of the Onavas Valley with those of the Marana, Cerro de Trincheras, and Paquime traditions was made, to see different cultural developments in similar geographical condition using same methodological and analytical framework.

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Viberg, Andreas. "Remnant echoes of the past : Archaeological geophysical prospection in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-79239.

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The aim of this thesis has been to investigate the benefits, pitfalls and possibilities of using geophysical methods in archaeological projects. This is exemplified by surveys carried out at archaeological sites in different geographical and chronological contexts. The thesis also aims at investigating the cause for the under-use of the methods in Swedish archaeology by looking at previously conducted surveys. The methods used during these surveys have been Ground-penetrating radar (GPR), magnetometer, slingram and a kappameter. The surveys in the mountain tundra region of Lapland show that magnetic susceptibility surveys is a valuable aid in discovering heaps of fire-cracked stones and when combined with magnetometry, also hearths. GPR and magnetometer surveys within the Migration Period ringfort Sandbyborg provided the spatial layout of the fort and indicated, along with results from recent excavations and metal detections, many similarities with the ringfort Eketorp II. The non-magnetic character of the sedimentary bedrock on Öland and Gotland is suitable for magnetometer surveys and the method is also highly appropriate for the detection of the remains of high-temperature crafts. GPR surveys at St. Mary’s Dominican convent in Sigtuna produced the spatial layout of the central cloister area. The investigations also show that the geology, pedology, land use and the character of commonly occurring prehistoric remains in Sweden, in certain circumstances and in certain areas, have restricted the possibility of successfully carrying out geophysical surveys. Care must therefore be taken to choose the right instrument for the survey and to tailor the sampling density of each geophysical survey, according to the character and size of the expected archaeological remains, in order to maximize their information return. To increase the use of geophysical methods in Sweden the educational opportunities, both for surveyors and professional archaeologists, need to improve.

At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Submitted. Paper 3: Manuscript.

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Kinkella, Andrew James. "Draw of sacred water an archaeological survey of the ancient Maya settlement at the Cara Blanca pools, Belize /." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=48&did=1907248551&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=7&retrieveGroup=0&VType=PQD&VInst=PROD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270146334&clientId=48051.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-235). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.

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Hartman, Adam. "Roman Fine Ware Ceramics from Two Surface Scatters in Aegean Thrace: An Analysis of Distribution Patterns." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1613683832182765.

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ROSSATO, Luca. "The sustainability of preservation. Integration of survey and documentation processes with technologies for the conservation of 20th century architectures in Brazil and India." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2488071.

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Questa ricerca ha avuto inizio dal concetto che sostenibilità e conservazione del patrimonio non possono essere più considerate due questioni separate: preservare il nostro patrimonio culturale e soddisfare i bisogni delle generazioni presenti senza limitare quelli delle generazioni future in realtà definisce comportamenti socialmente, culturalmente e tecnologicamente simili in termini di modelli e principi. Per affrontare questa tematica la tesi esplora l'attuale stato dell'arte degli edifici costruiti dalla corrente modernista del XX secolo in Brasile e in India e le possibili sfide future legate alla conservazione del processo di progettazione e degli edifici stessi attraverso l'uso di metodologie e tecnologie contemporanee. La ricerca condotta sulle implicazioni delle grandi migrazioni del XX secolo, in relazione alla diffusione di nuovi stili architettonici in India e in Brasile, ha fornito un quadro utile per la comprensione e l'analisi del processo di contaminazione culturale e ibridazione dei principi modernisti europei che hanno avuto luogo in questi paesi e nelle loro società. Una breve panoramica relativa alla crescita e sviluppo dell’architettura moderna in Brasile e in India è stata quindi fornita con lo scopo principale di offrire nozioni di base sui due scenari. Il nucleo principale del percorso di ricerca può essere sostanzialmente diviso in due parti: da un lato la valutazione degli strumenti disponibili, protocolli e procedure, che rendono possibile l'uso di attrezzature avanzate per conservazione del patrimonio e, d'altra parte, l'identificazione di più di 250 edifici del periodo modernista in territorio brasiliano e indiano, sui quali sono stati applicati tre diversi filtri di selezione. In questo contesto la ricerca ha identificato 80 edifici per l'applicazione delle tecniche di ridisegno e di rappresentazione dei dati, 25 edifici per l'applicazione di un approccio BIM e 3 per l'applicazione di metodologie integrate di rilievo laser scanner 3D. Alla fine della ricerca i risultati e gli sviluppi futuri sono stati molti ed eterogenei. Prima di tutto, forse la più importante, è stata testata una metodologia per la valorizzazione e la conservazione delle architetture del XX secolo in Brasile India e più di 250 edifici sono stati catalogati. Inoltre, grazie ai rilievi 3D integrati e relativi disegni tecnici prodotti la conoscenza generale su alcuni di essi è stata notevolmente aumentata. Per quanto riguarda l'impatto della ricerca in entrambi i paesi, grazie a diversi programmi di sensibilizzazione (seminari e conferenze) si è generata maggiore consapevolezza legata all’esistenza di tecnologie avanzate nel campo del patrimonio. Infine, sono state concepite alcune indicazioni (risultato del processo di controllo incrociato dei dati dei tre filtri applicati) per la conservazione degli edifici moderni attraverso una metodologia integrata legata a fattori di priorità di intervento e ai processi manutentivi necessari. La sfida di consegnare queste architetture, simbolo dell’ingegno umano e di progresso tecnologico, alle future generazioni è appena al suo inizio…
This research has begun from the concept that sustainability and heritage conservation cannot be considered anymore two separate issues: preserving our cultural heritage and meeting the needs of present generations without limiting those of future generations actually define social behaviours culturally and technologically similar in terms of models and principles. For doing this the dissertation explores the current state of art of 20th century buildings both in Brazil and India and possible future challenges related to the preservation of design process and buildings by the use of contemporary methodologies and technologies. The part of the research carried out on the implications of 20th century migration in relation to the spreading out of new architectural styles in India and Brazil, provided a useful framework for understanding and examining the cross-cultural adaptation and hybridization of modernist principles that took place in both the countries and their societies. A short overview of modern architecture in Brazil and India was then provided with the main aim of offering to the reader basic notions about the two scenarios. The main core of the research path can be basically split in two part: on one hand the evaluation of available tools, protocols and procedures, which make possible the use of equipment for modern heritage preservation and, on the other hand, the identification of more than 250 buildings both Brazilians and Indians of the modernist period, on the which to applied three different filters of selection. Within this framework the research has identified 80 buildings for application of data sheet and representation techniques, 25 buildings for application of BIM approach and 3 for 3D laser scanner survey application At the end of the research study the results and future developments have been many and heterogeneous. First of all, maybe the most important, a methodology for the enhancement and preservation of the 20th century architectures in Brazil India has been set up and more than 250 buildings were catalogued and thanks to 3D integrated surveys and related output drawings the overall knowledge on some of them was greatly improved. For what concerns the impact of the research in both the countries, several awareness programmes (seminars and conferences) on stakeholders have been improving the spreading out of new technologies in heritage field. Last but not least some indications (outputs of the cross checking process) for the preservation of modern buildings by integrated methodology and continuous maintenance have been conceived. The challenge to preserve these architectures, symbol of human intelligence and technological progress, for the future generations is just at its beginning ...

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Hoogervorst, Tom Gunnar. "Southeast Asia in the ancient Indian Ocean world : combining historical linguistic and archaeological approaches." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b8b47816-7184-42ab-958e-026bc3431ea3.

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This thesis casts a new light on the role of Southeast Asia in the ancient Indian Ocean World. It brings together data and approaches from archaeology and historical linguistics to examine cultural and language contact between Southeast Asia and South Asia, East Africa and the Middle East. The interdisciplinary approach employed in this study reveals that insular Southeast Asian seafarers, traders and settlers had impacted on these parts of the world in pre-modern times through the transmission of numerous biological and cultural items. It is further demonstrated that the words used for these commodities often contain clues about the precise ethno-linguistic communities involved in their transoceanic dispersal. The Methodology chapter introduces some common linguistic strategies to examine language contact and lexical borrowing, to determine the directionality of loanwords and to circumvent the main caveats of such an approach. The study then proceeds to delve deeper into the socio-cultural background of interethnic contact in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean as a whole, focusing on the oft-neglected Southeast Asian contributions to the cultural landscape of this region and addressing the nature of pre-modern contact between Southeast Asia and the different parts of the Indian Ocean Word. Following from that, the last three chapters look in-depth at the dispersal of respectively Southeast Asian plants, spices and maritime technology into the wider Indian Ocean World. Although concepts and their names do not always neatly travel together across ethno-linguistic boundaries, these chapters demonstrate how a closer examination of lexical data offers supportive evidence and new perspectives on events of cultural contact not otherwise documented. Cumulatively, this study underlines that the analysis of lexical data is a strong tool to examine interethnic contact, particularly in pre-literate societies. Throughout the Indian Ocean World, Southeast Asian products and concepts were mainly dispersed by Malay-speaking communities, although others played a role as well.

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Xia, Jingfeng. "Foodways and their significance to ethnic integration: An ethnoarchaeological and historical archaeological survey of the Chinese in Tucson, Arizona." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289703.

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This dissertation seeks to understand, from the ethnoarchaeological and historical archaeological perspectives, how material culture expresses ethnic identity in plural societies. It also identifies the changing patterns of ethnic boundaries over time. I focused my research on the behavior of food consumption and cooking utensils at household level among contemporary people and their predecessors in the past. My ethnographic investigation was conducted to observe the foodways of contemporary Chinese in Tucson. The observations were compared to archaeological evidence of early Chinese excavated from Tucson. In order to better understand the discoveries, historical documents were explored. I found that foodways are the sensitive component of a culture that expresses ethnicity. An entire assemblage of oriental-style utensils and food-consumption behaviors differentiate the Chinese from others. The Chinese, both in the past and present, have made every effort to retain their traditional foodways. However, such persistence in consumption patterns does not reflect an intention of the Chinese to separate themselves from the majority. It is a people's physical determinant--taste memory--that controls their behavior in maintaining traditional culinary practices. Foodways are not as much of an obstacle to cultural assimilation and ethnic integration as it might seem. Chinese immigrants have changed the public domain of their ancestral culture. Most of my subjects are regarded as well Americanized citizens, although they all consume Chinese-style food at home. Such balance--joining the majority while maintaining their taste preference--gives the Chinese psychological confidence and physical satisfaction in the course of ethnic interaction. Similar changes occurred with early Chinese, who were considered to be a culturally resistant group. It was the bias of document recorders and the misselection of research data by scholars that caused misconceptions about the Chinese. Similar to the experience of contemporary Chinese, the early immigrants might have been successful in "melting" into mainstream while retaining their ethnic foodways. I advocate a comprehensive analysis of the integrated data placed within a social and historical context. An archaeologist should approach the study of material culture from a historical perspective to filter up the kinds of information that convey meanings in interpreting ethnic relationships.

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Rimmington, Jonathan Neil. "The element composition of soils from archaeological landscapes in Boeotia, Greece : a critical evaluation of element soil analysis in the investigation landscapes co-ordinated with the archaeological survey of Boeotia, Greece." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1136/.

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