Browsing Department of Anthropology (MU) by Thesis Semester "2006 Fall"

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  • Assessing "lithic sound" to predict a rock's ease of flaking 

    DeForest, David Scott (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    Objective information concerning "lithic sound's" properties of pitch, duration, and intensity, can inform archaeologists about a stone's candidacy for human use, and whether or not lithic material at a site has been heat ...

  • A comparison of Nebo Hill and Sedalia points 

    Parks, LuElla Marie (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    Classification of Nebo Hill and Sedalia points as separate types has been the subject of debate among archaeologists. Some argue that identification of two point types is erroneous and there is only one type with a wide ...

  • Habitual subsistence practices among prehistoric Andean populations: fishers and farmers 

    Rhode, Matthew P., 1975- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    This research tested the hypothesis that it is possible to differentiate fishers from farmers using muscle marker patterns. Muscle markers are imprints (tuberosities, grooves, and/or bony projections) left on the skeleton ...