RSS 1.0Anthropology electronic theses and dissertations (MU)
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Phylogenetic and morphometric analyses of Eastern fluted-point forms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation constitutes two mutually complementary approaches to the study of Paleoindian material culture in eastern North America, ca. 13,500-10,500 calendar years before present. Archaeologists have long held that ... -
Russian old believers in Alaska : linguistic and cultural continuity of traditionalist refugees
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To die so far from Dixie : modeling epidemic dysentery in a Civil War prison camp
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Support for breastfeeding mothers and determinants of long-term breastfeeding in the United States
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An analysis of mammalian taxonomic diversity and domposition of early Paleoindian zooarchaeological assemblages in the United States
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Land inheritance and gender : social factors affecting land inherited in rural Bangladesh
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Habitual postures of the Medio Period Casas Grandes People : a comparison of visual representations and skeletal markers
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Is 2d:4d a Stable Trait during Child Development?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The second digit to fourth digit (2d:4d) ratio is a sexually dimorphic trait in humans that has been widely used to study male/female differences in other behavioral and morphological characteristics. 2d:4d is posited as ... -
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 ... -
Late woodland cultural adaptations in the lower Missouri river valley : Archery, warfare, and the rise of complexity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The introduction of the bow and arrow into prehistoric Missouri during the Late Woodland Period was a major event that possibly changed the entire Middle Woodland social dynamic and settlement pattern arrangement such that ... -
Modeling the Spread of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in a Newfoundland Community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Infectious disease epidemics have played and continue to play important roles in human populations. At different geographical levels, the spread of epidemics are affected by multiple demographic, social, cultural, political, ... -
Genetic and maternal effects on neonatal survival in the western lowland gorilla
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Quantitative genetic analyses of primate life history traits provide valuable evolutionary insights with conservation and biomedical relevance. Analyzing the proportion of variation in neonatal survival influenced by genes ... -
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 ... -
Partible paternity and human reproductive behavior
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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 ... -
Kin and community : tradition maintenance and the economic self-sufficiency of refugees in a Midwestern town
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)The plight of international refugees has been a global concern since the establishment of the UNHCR after World War II. Since the United States accepts more refugees than any other nation, the resettlement process currently ... -
Traditional kinship structures and European-derived diseases at Mission San Diego, California : a study of the 1805-1806 measles epidemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)European diseases were a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Native American communities after contact with any European colonizers. Studies of Native Californian communities have documented the effects of ... -
Porous spheres : direct observation of public social encounters in a small midwestern town
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)Indications of immigrants' acculturation strategies are largely based on scaled responses obtained from surveys, interviews and focus groups. However, in anthropology it is a truism that there is often a difference between ... -
The evolution of sex difference 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 ...