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Bullard, Reuben George. "Jerusalem, the city of David recent archaeological investigations /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
Full textGruber, Anya. "Palynological Investigations of Agropastoralism and Ecological Change at LA 20,000, New Mexico." Thesis, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10846919.
Full textHow did Spanish colonialism alter the landscape of north-central New Mexico? Agropastoral practices imported by Spanish colonists made indelible impacts on an anthropogenic landscape already shaped by hundreds of years of Pueblo agriculture. However, the precise nature of these changes is poorly understood. This project uses two sets of archaeological pollen data from LA 20,000, a Spanish rancho in New Mexico, to demonstrate how 17th century agriculture and animal husbandry made geographically specific, multifaceted changes to the environment. First, patterns analyzed from a pollen column illuminates fluctuations in plant communities over time, indicating localized ecological shifts. Second, sediments collected from 17th century deposits across the site characterize the nature of agriculture and animal husbandry at LA 20,000.
Rice, Matthew R. "Geophysical and archaeological investigations in northern Kualoa Ahupua'a, O'ahu, Hawai'i." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1596473.
Full textI conducted geophysical and archaeological investigations on O'ahu Island, Hawai'i alongside the University of Hawai'i Kualoa Field School. Previous research identified Polynesian colonization of the Hawaiian Islands occurring simultaneously with the accretion of Kualoa peninsula. Because of this we conducted investigations north of the peninsula in an attempt to research initial colonization. Previous archaeological excavations used a sampling strategy that resulted in discontinuous evidence with a lack of knowledge about site architecture and settlement expansion prior to and during peninsula accretion. We employed Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to perform a continuous subsurface survey over a large area with minimal cost to the environment and labor. GPR identified an anomaly on the northern Kualoa coast that we subsequently excavated and identified as a possible structural complex. It appears and is likely that there was some kind of extension from Kualoa peninsula to the northern Kualoa coastal plain. It seems logical that the northern Kualoa coast was occupied before the southern peninsula stabilized and as the peninsula grew south occupation followed.
Wiewel, Adam S. "Geophysical and bioarchaeological investigations at the Box Elder Springs site." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1663116421&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textFortin, Louis. "Geoarchaeological Investigations along the Tambo-Ilo Coast of Southern Peru." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2008. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/FortinL2008.pdf.
Full textCarlock, James B. "Investigations at Kinlock (22SU526), a freshwater mussel shell ring in the Delta Region of Mississippi." Thesis, Mississippi State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1604221.
Full textKinlock is a freshwater mussel shell ring site located in Sunflower County in the Mississippi Delta. Little work has been done at freshwater mussel shell rings, and therefore little is known about them. This thesis uses four different data collection methods to answer questions of chronology, site layout, etc. These four methods are controlled surface collection, excavation, coring, and magnetometry. Based on the results of these methods, Kinlock was found to be a Woodland period mussel shell ring with a later Mississippian period component built on top of the shell. This later component consisted of five mounds situated around a plaza. It was also found that the plaza was planned and maintained from the Woodland period through the Mississippian period, until the site was abandoned.
Reimer, Rudy. "Extreme archaeology, the results of investigations at high elevation regions in the Northwest." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0014/MQ61484.pdf.
Full textUlm, Sean Geoffrey Francis. "Investigations towards a late holocene archaeology of Aboriginal lifeways on the southern Curtis Coast, Australia /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18155.pdf.
Full textAnthony, Iona Mary Campbell. "Luminescence dating of Scottish burnt mounds : new investigations in Orkney and Shetland." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2003. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1632/.
Full textHallock, Ashley L. "Paleoenvironmental investigations near Hattieville, central Belize implications for ancient Maya salt production /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2009/A_Hallock_042109.pdf.
Full textTitle from PDF title page (viewed on May 29, 2009). "Department of Anthropology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114).
Alsharekh, Abdullah M. S. "The archaeology of central Saudi Arabia : investigations of lithic artefacts and stone structures in northeast Riyadh." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271969.
Full textMorris, Hannah Ruth. "Paleoethnobotanical Investigations at Fort Center (8GL13), Florida." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338315283.
Full textMcCane, Carmen A. "Geoarchaeological Investigations of Human-Environment Interactions in the Maya Lowlands." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459155297.
Full textDelgado, Alexander C. "More Than Just Empty Space: Integrated Geoarchaeological Investigations of the Crystal River Site (8CI1) Plaza." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7015.
Full textUrbonavičiūtė, Dovilė. "Dvarų teisinė apsauga ir archeologiniai tyrinėjimai Lietuvoje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20090908_194107-41373.
Full textThe object of this study is a manor, which is determined as significantly outstanding at peasants’ houses, managed by feudal nobleman; this nobleman efficiently manages the farming, builds elaborate manors, plants parks and gardens and uses peasants as working power for maintaining his manor. The objective of this study is to collect information about archaeological investigations of Lithuanian manors, to allot them into stages (Interwar Lithuania, Soviet period, contemporary Lithuania) by comparing the number of manors’ investigations, their intensity and depth in each stage. Also the reasons of the presence, as well as absence of the investigations, the juridical aspect of saving the manors and certain saving works underway are intended to be reviewed and analysed. The aims of this study are the following: preparation of data basis of manors, collection of information about archaeologically investigated manors, comparison of these two databases by preparing maps and a list of archaeologically investigated manors, and review of manors’ investigations and ward in various periods. After research it can be maintained, that manor heritage in all periods has been quite neglected. Both in Interwar and Soviet Lithuania the government did not pay sufficient attention for ward of manors. In both periods the reasons had an ideological background. After restoring of independence Lithuania inherited a neglected manor culture; during the first decades of independence manor heritage fell... [to full text]
Wolff, Sarah E. "The wild west| Archaeological and historical investigations of Victorian culture on the frontier at Fort Laramie, Wyoming (1849-1890)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10245673.
Full textThis dissertation addresses how Victorian class hierarchy persisted on the frontier, and manifested in aspects of military life at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Historians have argued that Victorian culture was omnipresent, but forts were located on the frontier, which was removed from the cultural core. While social status differences were a central aspect of Victorian culture, few studies have investigated how resilient class divisions were in differing landscapes. The U.S. western frontier was a landscape of conflict, and under the continual stress of potential violence, it is possible that Victorian social status differences weakened. While status differences in the military were primarily signaled through rank insignia and uniforms, this research focuses on subtle everyday inequalities, such as diet and pet dogs. Three independent lines of evidence from Fort Laramie, Wyoming (1849–1890) suggest that Victorian social status differences did persist despite the location. The Rustic Hotel (1876–1890), a private hotel at Fort Laramie, served standardized Victorian hotel dishes, which could be found in urban upper-class hotels. Within the military, the upper-class officers dined on the best cuts of beef, hunted prestige game birds, and supplemented their diet with sauger/walleye fish. Enlisted men consumed poorer cuts of beef, hunted smaller game mammals, and caught catfish. Officers also owned well-bred hunting dogs, which were integrated into the family. In contrast, a company of enlisted men frequently adopted a communal mongrel as a pet. This project increases our knowledge of the everyday life on the frontier and social relationships between officers and enlisted men in the U.S. Army. It also contributes to a larger understanding of Victorian culture class differences in frontier regions.
O'sullivan, Rebecca Claire. "Out of the Land of Forgetfulness: Archaeological Investigations at Bulow Plantation (8FL7), Flagler County, Florida." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4189.
Full textMcLean, Donald F. "Investigations into the emergence of British television, 1926-1936." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/35fbb2c3-f5d2-4222-bb11-3c79021554e0.
Full textSt, Clair Michelle C. "Mission San Juan Bautista: Zooarchaeological Investigations at a California Mission." W&M ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626485.
Full textIlves, Kristin. "Seaward Landward : Investigations on the archaeological source value of the landing site category in the Baltic Sea region." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Arkeologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-172401.
Full textFriedman, Lindsey Gayle. "What is Yayoi? : isotopic investigations into the Jomon-Yayoi transition in western Japan." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610818.
Full textLandt, Matthew John. "Investigations of human gnawing on small mammal bones among contemporary Bofi foragers of the Central African Republic /." Online access for everyone, 2004. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2004/m%5Flandt%5F050404.pdf.
Full textVanderpool, Emily. "Bioarchaeological Investigations of Community and Identity at the Avondale Burial Place (McArthur Cemetery), Bibb County, Georgia." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/56.
Full textRoyce, Karen Louise. "Geophysical Investigation of an Early Late Woodland Community in the Middle Ohio River Valley: The Water Plant Site." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313416567.
Full textO'Grady, Patrick Warren. "Before winter comes : archaeological investigations of settlement and subsistence in Harney Valley, Harney County, Oregon /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1288648301&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textTypescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 522-541). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
Davis, Allison R., and Carlos Delgado. "Archaeological Investigations at Yuthu: New Data on the Formative Period in Cusco, Perú (400-100 BC)." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113538.
Full textLa época preinka de la región Cusco ha sido poco estudiada hasta ahora. El presente artículo pretende contribuir a mitigar esta carencia respecto del Periodo Formativo de esta parte del Perú. Se exponen los resultados de las excavaciones y estudios arqueológicos realizados entre 2005 y 2009 en Yuthu, un sitio del Periodo Formativo Tardío (400-100 a.C.). Se describen las construcciones arquitectónicas y rasgos arqueológicos encontrados en dos sectores, con énfasis en el orden estratigráfico y la cronología absoluta de los contextos principales, y se presentan análisis de cerámica, objetos líticos, restos de fauna y flora. El texto demuestra que los pobladores de Yuthu ya tenían una división entre el espacio doméstico y ceremonial dentro de su comunidad. Además, fueron pastores y agricultores situados dentro de un sistema político regional que participaba en redes de intercambios más amplias que se extendieron hasta la selva y llegaron a otras regiones altoandinas.
Wolff, Sarah Elizabeth, and Sarah Elizabeth Wolff. "The Wild West: Archaeological and Historical Investigations of Victorian Culture on the Frontier at Fort Laramie, Wyoming (1849-1890)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622933.
Full textWalter, Tamra Lynn. "Archaeological investigations at the Spanish colonial mission of Espíritu Santo de Zuñiga (41VT11), Victoria County, Texas /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004394.
Full textKelley, Caitlin. "Ten Thousand Years of Prehistory on Ocheesee Pond, Northwest Florida| Archaeological Investigations on the Keene Family Land, Jackson County." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1535883.
Full textThe purpose of this project was to record the private archaeological collection of the Keene family, which was previously unknown to the professional community. While at the two sites, Keene Redfield site (8Ja1847) and Keene Dog Pond site (8Ja1848), in Jackson County, northwest Florida, USF archaeologists also conducted field investigations to look for prehistoric cultural materials in undisturbed contexts.
This research was conducted at the request of the Keene family. The field crew systematically documented, cataloged and photographed each artifact in the Keene collection while at the sites. Surface survey and testing were also carried out in order to determine site boundaries, occupation and function.
]Over 1,000 artifacts from every time period from the transitional Paleo-Indian/Early Archaic through the Mississippian were documented from the collection. Field investigations resulted in the location and investigation of undisturbed cultural strata below the plow zone, enabling the researchers to obtain radiocarbon dates from these deposits. Evidence of hunting and gathering activities and of tool processing including repair, sharpening and possible re-use was found at both sites.
This work allowed for the publication of two previously unknown, rich archaeological sites and for a better understanding of the prehistoric activities and functions of this region of the southeast. While participating in this public archaeology project, several other similar opportunities presented themselves, providing USF archaeologists with the ability to maintain a presence in the area to continue public archaeology efforts to engage the community and encourage appropriate participation and good stewardship of these types of private sites.
Doering, Travis F. "An Unexplored Realm in the Heartland of the Southern Gulf Olmec: Investigations at El Marquesillo, Veracruz, Mexico." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001889.
Full textKaulicke, Peter. "Editorial note." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113573.
Full textEndzweig, Pamela. "Late archaic variability and change on the southern Columbia plateau : archaeological investigations in the Pine Creek drainage of the Middle John Day River, Wheeler County, Oregon." Thesis, University of Oregon, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10730.
Full textA major concern of Columbia Plateau archaeology has been the development of the ethnographic "Plateau pattern." Observed during historic times, this lifeway focused on permanent riverine winter villages and intensive use of anadromous fish, with ephemeral use of interior tributaries and uplands for hunting and root gathering. Constrained by a salvage-driven orientation, past archaeological research on the Plateau has been biased towards major rivers, leaving aboriginal lifeways in the interior to be interpreted on the basis of ethnographic analogy, rather than archaeological evidence. The present study utilizes museum collections from the Pine Creek basin, a small tributary of the John Day River, to provide information on prehistoric lifeways in a non-riverine Plateau setting. Cultural assemblages and features from two sites, 35WH7 and 35WH14, were described, classified, and analyzed with regard to temporal distribution, spatial and functional patterning, and regional ties. At 35WH14, evidence of semisubterranean pithouses containing a rich and diverse cultural assemblage suggests long-term and repeated residential occupation of this site by about 2600 B.P. This contrasts with the ephemeral use predicted for the area by ethnographic accounts. Faunal remains identified from 35WH7 and 35WH14 show a persistent emphasis on deer, and little evidence for use of fish; this non-riverine economic base represents a further departure from the ethnographic "Plateau pattern." At both 35WH14 and 35WH7, large pithouses are not evident in components dating after 900 B.P., reflecting a shift to shorter sojourns at these sites. Use of the Study Area as a whole persists, however, and is marked by a proliferation of radiocarbon-dated occupations between 630 and 300 B.P. Clustering of radiocarbon dates from ten sites in the Study Area shows correlations with regional environmental changes. Both taphonomic and cultural factors are discussed. Reduced human use of the area after 300 B.P. is reflected in an abrupt decline in radiocarbon-dated occupations and the near-absence of Euroamerican trade goods. The role of precontact introduced epidemics is considered. Further consideration of spatial and temporal variability in Late Archaic Plateau prehistory is urged.
Committee in charge: Dr. C. Melvin Aikens, Co-chair; Dr. Don E. Dwnond, Co-chair; Dr. Ann Simonds; Dr. Patricia F. McDowell
Chicoine, David, and Hugo Ikehara. "New Evidence on the Formative Period in the Nepeña Valley: Preliminary Results of the First Season of Investigations at Caylán." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113372.
Full textEsta contribución presenta y discute los resultados preliminares de la primera temporada de investigaciones arqueológicas en el sitio de Caylán, localizado en la parte baja del valle de Nepeña, costa del departamento de Áncash. Entre junio y agosto de 2009 se realizaron trabajos de levantamiento y excavación en el marco del Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Caylán (PIAC). Este artículo revisa los estudios anteriores con el objetivo de subrayar la importancia y complejidad de este asentamiento prehispánico; se exponen las hipótesis de investigación, la metodología empleada y los trabajos de campo de esta primera temporada. De manera preliminar, se analizan los datos espaciales, arquitectónicos y cerámicos para sustentar la idea de que Caylán representa el centro de una nueva tradición que surgió en el valle bajo de Nepeña durante los periodos Formativo Tardío y Final (800-200 a.C.).
O'Grady, Patrick Warren 1959. "Before winter comes : Archaeological investigations of settlement and subsistence in Harney Valley, Harney County, Oregon." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10731.
Full textMany archaeological researchers that have conducted investigations in the Harney Valley of southeastern Oregon use the ethnographic description of the seasonal round of the Harney Valley Paiute reported by Beatrice Blyth Whiting in her 1950 work Paiute Sorcery as a framework for discussions of prehistoric human use of the area. Archaeological investigations of seven sites, situated in areas identified as having been utilized by the Harvey Valley Paiutes, were conducted to test the relationship between Whiting's ethnographic account and the archaeological record. Data recovery excavations occurred at the Hoyt (35HA2422), Morgan (35HA2423) and Hines (35HA2692) sites near Burns, and test excavations occurred at the Knoll (35HA2530) site in the Silvies Valley, the RJ site (35HA3013) in the Stinkingwater Mountains, and the Broken Arrow (35HA2735) and Laurie's (35HA2734) sites near Malheur Lake. Studies of the cultural materials recovered during the excavations were undertaken to evaluate the content and complexity of each site. Analyses included typological considerations of the chipped stone tools, ground stone, bone tools, and shell, bone, and stone beads. Radiocarbon dating, obsidian sourcing and hydration, and zooarchaeological and paleobotanical analyses were also conducted when possible. Based on the results of the analyses, the seven sites reported herein were primarily used during the past 2000 years, with periods of less intensive use extending beyond 4000 BP. The results of the archaeological investigations indicate that there is a strong correlation between the late Holocene prehistoric record and Whiting's ethnographic description. However, the relationship between human use of the centrally-located lakes and wetlands and the neighboring uplands is clearly more complex than the ethnographic record suggests. Patterns of settlement and mobility revealed through the archaeological record indicate that central places, located closer to wetlands and lacustrine settings but within relatively easy reach of the uplands, may have figured more prominently in the behavior of prehistoric populations than the seasonal round as described by Whiting. Future research will benefit from explorations of central place foraging, emphasizing the role of behavioral ecology in the placement of sites and patterns of site use within the Harney Valley and the northern Great Basin at large.
Committee in Charge: Dr. C. Melvin Aikens, Chair; Dr. Dennis L. Jenkins; Dr. Douglas J. Kennett; Dr. Esther Jacobson-Tepfer
Adderley, Anthony W. "The Northwood Site (12VI194) : report of archaeological investigations conducted at a middle woodland Allison-Lamotte habitation site and an associated management plan." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1221278.
Full textDepartment of Anthropology
Kritzer, Matthew Carroll. "GIS and archaeology : investigating source data and site patterning." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/935936.
Full textDepartment of Anthropology
Pearson, Scott Alan. "Investigating the dimensions of design decision making through product archaeology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12575.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 37-38).
by Scott Alan Pearson.
M.S.
Fish, Theresa R. "Investigating the Archaeology of Shifting Community Values at Chrisholm Farmstead." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573576021260609.
Full textSouter, Corioli. "Archaeology of the iron barque Sepia : an investigation of cargo assemblages." University of Western Australia. Centre for Archaeology, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0153.
Full textRiordan, Kyle. "A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the sigatoka River Valley of viti Levu, Fiji." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524150877877185.
Full textClarendon, Shannon Renee. "FIRE-AFFECTED ROCK IN INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN ARCHAEOLOGY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/601.
Full textHine, Phillip James. "Stone-walled tidal fish traps : an archaeological and archival investigation." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6065.
Full textSpiers, Sam. "The Eguafo Kingdom : investigating complexity in southern Ghana /." Related electronic resource:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1342728431&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3739&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textDöckel, Willemien. "Re-investigation of the Matjes River rock shelter." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/55964.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The rehabilitation of the Matjes River rock shelter on the eastern side of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, provided an opportunity to obtain new information on the deposits. A metre wide column was excavated through six metres of shell-rich deposits at the junction of two cuttings made in the 1920s and 1950s and known as the "Apex". A small section was cut into the upper layers in the entrance area. A suite of radiocarbon dates shows the deposits to be between 6300 and 10 600 years old with a possible hiatus in deposition between 9000 and 8000 years ago. The hiatus is marked by a disconformity that separates an upper loose shelly deposit from a series of finely bedded loams. The sequence includes artefacts of the Wilton and Albany industries and the transition between these industries is dated to 7400 BP. In the relative frequencies of Donax serra and Pema pema, the shellfish remains show there was a change from a sandy to a rocky shore environment that can be accounted for by the rise of sea level in the Holocene. There is no evidence that shellfish were intensely exploited and farmed down. As observed at Nelson Bay Cave, Choromytilus meridionalis is more common in deposits 9000 years and older. This suggests that the low sea surface temperatures of the Late Pleistocene persisted in the beginning of the Holocene. Information obtained on the deposits is being presented in educational displays for visitors to the site.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die rehabilitasie van die Matjesrivier rotsskuiling, gelee aan die oostelike kant van Plettenbergbaai, Suid-Afrika, het 'n goeie geleentheid verskaf am nuwe informasie te bekom oar die opeenvolging. 'n Meter wye kolom is uitgegrawe deur 6 meter van skulpryke depositos by die kruispunt van die twee uitgrawings wat gedoen is gedurende die 1920s en 1950s en wat bekendstaan as die "Apex". 'n Klein seksie is uitgegrawe in die boonste lae van die ingangsarea. 'n Reeks van radiokoolstofdaterings toon aan dat die afsetting dateer tussen 6300 en 10 600 jaar gelede met 'n moontlike breek in deposisie tussen 9000 en 8000 jaar. Hierdie breek word gemerk deur 'n onreelmatigheid wat die boonste Ios skulp afsettings van 'n reeks leeme skei. Die opeenvolging sluit artefakte van die Wilton en Albany industriee in en die oorgang tussen hiedie industriee is gedateer tot 7400 BP. In die relatiewe frekwensies van D. serra en P. pema toon die skulpvis oorblyfsels aan dat daar 'n oorgang vanaf 'n sanderige tot rotsagtige omgewing plaasgevind het wat deur die styging van die seevlakke in die Holoseen verklaar word. Daar is geen bewyse dat skulpvis intensief geeksplioteer was nie. Soos by Nelsonbaai grot is C. meriidionalis meer algemeen in die depositos wat 9000 j;;:tar en ouer is. Dit suggereer dat die laer see temperature van die Laat Pleistoseen tot aan die begin van die Holoseen geduur het. lnformasie wat deur die uitgrawing bekom is word gebruik vir opvoedkundige uitstallings vir besoekers aan die vindplaas.
Batt, Catherine Mary. "Archaeomagnetic dating : investigating new materials and techniques." Thesis, Durham University, 1992. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6007/.
Full textJohnson, Malia. "An investigation of stable sulphur isotopes as a palaeodietary indicator in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11257.
Full textMatthews, Thalassa. "A taphonomic investigation of the agency of microfaunal accumulation at Elands Bay Cave." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21405.
Full textUp until the present, analyses of micromammal assemblages in South Africa have been based upon the premise that the agent responsible for the accumulation of these assemblages was the Barn owl. These micromammal assemblages were used to make extrapolations of past changes in vegetation and climate. It was assumed that the agent of accumulation, the Barn owl, remained constant. This thesis used taphonomy to analyse the micromammal bones from Elands Bay Cave in order to question the traditional assumption of the Barn owl as predator arid to ascertain which predator/s had been responsible for the accumulation of the microfaunal assemblages. The methods used to identify the accumulator of the microfaunal assemblages from Elands Bay Cave were based on those used by Andrews (1990a) in his investigation of the bone contents of pellets and scats of several species of owl, diurnal birds of prey and small carnivores. The results from Andrew's(1990a) analyses provided comparative information on breakage patterns of the cranial and postcranial bones and on the acid etching (produced during digestion) on micromammal bones and teeth, caused by the various species of predator. Information on the habits of various predators was collected. This information was used in combination with the results obtained from the analysis of the breakage patterns of the mandibles, maxillae and long bones, and from the acid etching on the incisors, in order to ascertain the agent of accumulation of the micromammal bones from Elands Bay Cave. The breakage patterns of the long bones and the acid etching on the incisors of the micromammals indicated that a variety of predators had contributed to the micromammal assemblages in the Holocene packages of the site. The Terminal Pleistocene packages appeared to have been deposited by a Bamowl but there was some circumstantial evidence that people may have also been responsible for the accumulation of some of the micromarnmal remains in these packages. The results from this thesis indicate that taphonomy should be used to ascertain the predator of micromammal assemblages prior to using the assemblages to trace palaeoenvironmental change. The use of taphonomy at Elands Bay Cave highlighted some of the problems that may arise when dealing with small samples and also raised the issue of the affect that the period of deposition of an archaeological assemblage could have on the micromammal population represented. This thesis found evidence that contradicts the traditional assumption, usually made in the analysis of micromammal assemblages in South Africa, that short-term fluctuations in rodent communities may be safely ignored during analysis.
Kruger, Frans Jacobus. "Investigation of class 3 and class 4 (Doornspruit) homesteads in the North West Province, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11455.
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In this research I investigate Class 3 and Class 4 (Doornspruit) homesteads in the Bankeveld in order to establish their temporal and spatial distribution. Although the research area does fall within a cultural matrix historically dominated by Sotho/Tswana speakers, the cultural homogeneity portrayed in the oral texts is breaking down. Of direct relevance to this work is the argument put forth by Huffman that at least four movements of Nguni-speakers took place across the Vaal River from present-day KwaZulu-Natal during the Late Iron Age. These are broadly relevant to this research and specifically the most recent movement of Mzilikazi’s Khumalo. It is around this issue of Nguni identity and their homesteads that this research contributes.
Thomas, Guy. "An investigation of the regional expression of the vernacular architecture and cultural landscape in the Sandveld." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20472.
Full textBaumann, Matthew J. "An investigation into the date of the Piraeus Apollo." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292062.
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