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A study of property and knowledge inheritance in 19th Century Scania, Sweden
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Knowledge and property are both inheritable from parents to children, and who receives the inheritance is influential in deciding which children maintain or advance in social class in societies where social mobility exists. ...
A geometric morphometric approach to Casas Grandes ceramic specialization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Recent studies use geometric morphometrics, the quantitative study of shape and its variation, to examine aspects of the archaeological record. This thesis builds on such applications by applying morphometrics to the ...
Alloparental care in two societies : who helps and in what circumstances
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This dissertation investigated alloparental care in two societies. Most prior research on alloparental care finds that close kin, matrilateral kin (especially grandmothers) are more frequent and more beneficial alloparents ...
Using relative dating and seriation to identify trends in Northeastern Missouri Late Woodland period pottery decoration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis uses correspondence analysis and vessel wall-thickness time trends to investigate the type and location of decoration on the lips of pottery ...
Merchant mothers and fishermen fathers : parental investment and subsistence work among the boat-dwelling Shodagor of rural Bangladesh
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This dissertation addresses three general research questions. First, what are the socioecological conditions that lead Shodagor families to employ particular strategies in order to balance subsistence work and childcare? ...