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Porous spheres : direct observation of public social encounters in a small midwestern town
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Indications of immigrants' acculturation strategies are largely based on scaled responses obtained from surveys, interviews and focus groups. However, in anthropology it is a...
Meet the People, Know the Program
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
In Missouri, we are fortunate to have a strong network of professional folklorists that we rely upon to serve on panels,
to conduct evaluations and to advise us with new projects. Dr. Wolford, who earned his PhD in Folklore ...
Femoral angles and their correlates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This research addresses a central theme in anthropological research focused on the reconstruction of activity patterns from skeletal remains in past populations. In general, my research focuses on the ontogeny and development of the angulation...
Traditional storytelling as descendant-leaving strategy: ancestral prescriptions for proper kinship and revenge in William Shakespeare's Hamlet
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In light of the recent interest in evolutionary approaches to literature, I propose that storytelling shows evidence of design to manipulate the behavior ...
A geometric morphometric approach to Casas Grandes ceramic specialization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
contributes to the study of at least three important anthropological topics: 1) the study of the Medio period Casas Grandes culture, and by extension the organization of production in mid-level hierarchically organized societies; 2) geometric morphometric...
Gender, ethnicity, infrastructure, and the use of financial institutions in Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
An important process is underway in the expansive, rugged, and sparsely populated province of Kalimantan Barat, Indonesian Borneo—the rapid spread of formal financial institutions. Banks are becoming increasingly available ...
Spanish flu in St. Louis, Missouri : a demographic analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
researchers will be able to draw more definite conclusions about the demographic results and consequences of the pandemic. Doing so can also serve a function in forming modern public health policy. This analysis presents demographic information for St. Louis...
A study of property and knowledge inheritance in 19th Century Scania, Sweden
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
and property have different characteristics, it is expected that their would be a difference between the two in how they affect the ultimate social status of the children who receive them. This is a study of those affects, using a public genealogical database...
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 34, number 20
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2013)
Social perceptions of speech : a study of student awareness of standard American English and one rural Missouri variant
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
-SAE statements. Questionnaires administered to participants in introductory-level anthropology classes at three Missouri universities tested for perception of speakers' and authors' education, intelligence and environment, which indicates acceptance level...
A stroll through the park: evaluating the usefulness of phytolith and starch remains found on medieval sherds from Wicken, Northamptonshire, England
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Survey artifacts are used by a variety of archaeologists studying any number of interesting topics. The focus of this masters thesis is to test the usefulness of plant remains found on artifacts recovered during archaeological ...
Modeling the spread of the 1918 Influenza pandemic in a Newfoundland community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
that, based on their roles in the community, members of different age and sex groups can strongly affect epidemic outcomes. Further, because simulation models are often used to develop or recommend public health policies or intervention strategies...
Treatment and transmission factors affecting tuberculosis incidence in the emerging economies of the post-Soviet Baltic republics, 1989-2009
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Tuberculosis (TB) has re-emerged as a global public threat since the 1980s, rising in incidence throughout the world, coinciding with the rise of HIV. Political instability and economic depression exacerbate the effects of a communicable disease...
Maori moko : a costly signal?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Costly signaling theory (CST) addresses cultural behaviors that are risky or apparently wasteful but which may serve to convey important fitness--related information. Recent studies have expanded the application of CST to ...
Life in the late Intermediate Period at Armatambo, Peru
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study examines the ability of the ruling class to provide for the health of their subjects through labor in the Late Intermediate Period site of Armatambo. The thesis of this dissertation is that the development of ...
Obsidian source frequencies as a social attribute at San Felipe Aztatan, Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This research uses a combination of color sorting and XRF geochemical sourcing to identify patterns in volcanic sources of obsidian artifacts at post-classic San Felipe Aztatan in Nayarit, Mexico. Despite nearby sources ...
Father absence, paternal investment, and alloparental investment effects on children's educational attainment in rural Bangladesh
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This thesis examines the effects of fathers and alloparents on children's educational attainment. The study site is Matlab, Bangladesh; a small-scale, non-Western, agricultural society with recent market engagement, frequent ...