Browsing 2015 MU theses - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Anthropology (MU)"
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Cut mark pattern differentiation between the lower Paleolithic and the Holocene and its implications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Previous research proposed that an archaeological site's faunal assemblage cut mark angle patterning may vary based on the butchering and meat-sharing behaviors of the hominins that created the archaeological assemblage. ... -
Documentation of Missouri white-tailed deer chronoclines : implications for archaeology, paleoecology, and conservation biology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Multiple ecological factors (e.g., Bergmann's rule, competition, food quality and quantity) can be responsible for changes in animal body size over time. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serve as an ideal candidate ... -
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 ... -
Mid-Holocene climate change in three cave sites from central Missouri from mammalian body mass distributions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The Mid-Holocene was a dynamic period of changing environments. The climate was becoming more dry (Xeric), and prairie grassland was encroaching into areas previously inhabited by deciduous forest. Mammal taxa were changing ... -
Understanding and defining ethnic identity: Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks in a Midwestern American city
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks are an ethnic group from the region of Meskhetia (Ahiska) in the Caucasus, now in southern Georgia that borders Turkey. Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks have been forced to relocate multiple times in their ...