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Habitual postures of the Medio Period Casas Grandes People : a comparison of visual representations and skeletal markers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
One of the most distinctive forms to come out of the Medio period (AD 1200-AD 1475) Casas Grandes ceramic tradition were human effigy vessels. These vessels exhibit primary and secondary sexual traits, and the males and ...
Land inheritance and gender : social factors affecting land inherited in rural Bangladesh
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This thesis examines what affects whether men and women in rural Bangladesh inherit land and, if they do inherit land, what affects the amount of land inherited. The data is collected from Matlab, Bangladesh, a small-scale ...
To die so far from Dixie : modeling epidemic dysentery in a Civil War prison camp
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Epidemics have played a role in shaping human experiences of conflict among both soldiers and civilians. Prisoners of war, displaced populations, and confined refugees have experienced, and continue to experience, outbreaks ...
Support for breastfeeding mothers and determinants of long-term breastfeeding in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Despite expert recommendations to breastfeed for at least 12 months, the average age of weaning in the U.S. is three months. Drawing on a sample of 594 American mothers, this mixed methods study aimed to: 1) determine who ...
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 ...
Imitation, emulation and the transmission of culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study explored the startling tendency for children to prefer imitation over emulation in various goal-oriented learning situations where emulation might be a more efficient means to reach goals. Young children between ...
Stone tool production in the Medio periphery : analysis of debitage from the 76 draw site (LA 156980)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The prehispanic North American Southwest was characterized by widespread agriculture in an arid environment. These people leaned heavily upon stone tools to carry out their daily lives, and an analysis of flaked stone ...
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 ...
Capitular morphology in primates and fossils: 3-D measurements of the capitulum and possible implications for reconstructing locomotor adaptations in fossil primates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The changes in habitual posture associated locomotor behavior have well-documented effects on the skeleton. This paper focuses on the humeral capitulum, which is functionally significant in bipedal, quadrupedal, and ...
Partible paternity and human reproductive behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The evolution of sex differences in tool use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Tool use is no longer a defining characteristic of humans--other primates are proficient tool users (e.g. chimpanzees), but several non-primate species are competent tool users and manufacturers as well. Sex differences ...
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 ...
Childhood epidemics and the demographic landscape of the Aland Archipelago
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Historically, the introduction of childhood diseases such as measles or smallpox resulted in the infection of nearly every susceptible individual in a community. While smallpox has long been considered the deadlier of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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, ...
The birth and adoption of kinship: Folklore and fakelore in the context of nation-states and world religions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation centers upon the premise that human kinship, cooperation, and sociopolitical organization are not fully comprehensible without reference ...
Traditional postpartum care : alloparenting from an evolutionary perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation focuses on traditional postpartum care and its variation across different human populations using an evolutionary framework. Whereas ...
Proportional mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Alaska
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] During the 1918 influenza pandemic, social and biological factors combined to create a marked heterogeneity of disease burden within populations. Alaska, then a territory of the United States, ...