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Rethinking Hudson-Meng: A Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage from...

Hudson-Meng (25SX115), located in the Oglala National Grassland, Sioux County, Nebraska, is a multi-component Cody complex site that was used for the procurement of bison between 10,500 and 11,250...

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Analyzing the Effects of Tree Throw on the Wendt Archaeological Site

The overall research goal of this thesis is to analyze how tree throw affects archaeological sites in order to gain a greater understanding of site formation processes influenced by this significant...

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Digitization of Museum Collections: Using Technology, Creating Access, and...

Through the use of new technologies and platforms, the Minnesota HistoricalSociety (MNHS) has been able to reach new levels of transparency in working with Dakota communities on the access, management...

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A Spatial Analysis of Artifacts Using a Geographic Information System at the...

From around 1780 to 1803, the Grand Portage North West Company Fur Trade Depot stood on the western shores of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota. The location served as the company’s inland...

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Assessing Wyoming’s Public Perceptions and General Attitudes towards...

This research was conducted with the purpose of gathering and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data related to archaeological looting and public opinion regarding archaeology and cultural...

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Big Game, Small Game: A Comprehensive Analysis of Faunal Remains Recovered...

Site CA-SDI-11,521 is a pre-contact occupation site located in San Diego County, California. Archaeological excavations from 1990-1991 resulted in the recovery of a wide range of cultural material...

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Twin Lakes Site: A Look into Prehistoric Minnesota

Middle Archaic archaeological sites in Minnesota are rarely discovered and the cultural context of this period is poorly known. This thesis presents the research conducted on a recently identified...

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Distribution of Knife Lake Siltstone and Associated Manufacturing...

The thesis herein seeks to test the effects of distance on the use of Knife Lake Siltstone (KLS) within local proximity to its primary outcrops in Northeastern Minnesota. Distance is used as a raw...

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Changing Times, Changing Themes: An Exhibit Proposal of the Historical...

The James Miller Leaming Resource Center is a public and educational institution established in 2000. Many students today may not know that a human skull was discovered during the construction of the...

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Finding Fort Fair Haven: Archaeological Investigations of an 1862 Settlers' Fort

The goal of this thesis is twofold. The first step was to perform archaeological test excavations on the Fort Fair Haven site in order to confirm that we had, in fact, located the 1862 historical site...

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Patterned Variation of Early Woodland Waubesa Contracting Stem Projectile...

The overall research goal is to examine the Waubesa Contracting Stem projectile points from three different regions to determine if there are any stylistic changes between three geographically defined...

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Analysis of Neanderthal Biodistance using Non-Metric Features of the Dentition

The Neanderthals lived in small communities of hunters and gatherers and were present in a large geographical area extending from Portugal to Siberia. This expansive range implies that Neanderthals...

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Lithic Analysis at the JJ Site: USFS #09-09-05-949, Lake County, Minnesota

Knife Lake and Knife Lake Siltstone have long been associated with Minnesota’s Paleoindian tradition, until OSL dates revealed Early Archaic, Middle Archaic, and Middle Woodland occupations at the JJ...

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Archaeological Investigations at the Adams Bay Site (16PL8), Plaquemines...

The Adams Bay site (16PL08), located in the coastal marsh of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, is a precolonial mound site containing an earthen mound on the north edge of a plaza and a remnant mound on...

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The Old Copper Complex Component at the Sandy Lake Dam Site

Abstract In 2004, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District, contracted Florin Cultural Resource Services (FCRS) to conduct a Phase III data recovery at a portion of the Sandy Lake...

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An Analysis of the Work Conducted by the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian...

Problem: In order for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) and Cultural Resources Protection Program (CRPP) to preserve,...

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Suicide Bend6 (20MT158): An Archaeological Investigation in the...

The Huron-Manistee National Forests heritage staff conducted a Phase II archaeological evaluation of the Late Woodland site 20MT158, located on the Manistee River, Manistee County, Michigan. 20MT158...

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A Macroscopic Examination of Expedient Tools: Comparing Replicated...

This thesis project was utilized to examine the use of expedient tools, or stone tools made with little to no production effort, through macroscopic means to determine if specific activities were...

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Fortifying Saint Cloud: Searching for Fort Holes

This thesis is about my efforts to locate Fort Holes – a civilian fortification built in September of 1862 in response to the nearby threats of Native American violence. A decade after the western...

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Old Collections, New Insights: Technological Organization of the Lungren Site...

The Lungren Site (13ML224) is a Middle Archaic campsite located in Mills County, Iowa. The site was excavated in the 1960s during the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys, and represents one of a...

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