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The Spoon Toe Site (11MG179): Middle Woodland gardening in the lower Illinois River Valley
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This thesis is an examination of archaeobotanical remains from the Spoon Toe site, a Middle Woodland Massey phase site located in the uplands above the Lower Illinois River valley in Morgan County in western Illinois. The ...
Paleoethnobotany of Buena Vista: a case study of ritual feasting in late Preceramic Peru
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This project examines plant macroremains, phytoliths and starch remains recovered from special archaeological and architectural contexts at Buena Vista (11°43'51.72"S, 76°58'5.45"W) , an inland site in the lower Chilló́n ...
Diet, subsistence and health: a bioarchaeological analysis of Chongos, Perú
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
It is possible to assess important archaeological questions about prehistoric individuals and groups, learning a great deal about their lives through bioarchaeological analysis of human skeletal remains. This dissertation ...
The identification of prehistoric Amazonian slash-and-burn cultivation practices using agent-based modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The Amazonian Slash-and-Burn Model and the Succession Model, both agentbased models, were developed to help address how much influence prehistoric Amazonian populations practicing slash-and-burn cultivation had on their ...