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The prevalence of extra-lethal violence across cultures in warfare
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Extra-Lethal Violence, a form of physical aggression that goes beyond the necessity to kill someone, presents a conundrum: it is inefficient and dangerous to produce, especially during warfare. Extra-Lethal Violence, ...
Evaluating socioeconomic status using food utility indices in historical faunal assemblages /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Evaluating socioeconomic status in complex societies using zooarchaeological data has been the focus of several studies in the past two decades. Taking a novel approach that uses a theoretically informed model and food ...
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 ...
Queen Anne's revenge : a systems analysis of Blackbeard's flagship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The goal of this study was to examine the life history of the pirate flagship Queen Anne's Revenge using a functional systems approach to observe how the ship affected and was affected by the macrosystems operating around ...
A geochemical look at obsidian procurement and exchange in the Medio period world : a case study 76 Draw (LA 156980)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Geochemical provenance analysis of obsidian is a productive avenue for studying social interaction and lithic raw material procurement strategies in ...
Obsidian source distribution and mercantile hierarchies in Postclassic Aztatlán, West Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In Precolumbian Mesoamerica, trade was central to social organization, the spread of ideas, and the widespread distribution of goods across the landscape. ...