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Fifteen bone tool assemblages from shell midden sites were compared. Three of these are unpublished sites from Prince Rupert Harbor. They were grouped using cluster analysis. Inter and intragroup variation in bone tool assemblage structure was analyzed. One of the objectives of this study was to generate hypotheses about the function of the unpublished sites by comparing their bone tool assemblages with those from sites which are better understood by looking for underlying patterns in the bone tool assemblages. Other objectives were to test the utility of using bone tool assemblages as a diagnostic tool in analyzing sites and to test the utility of the cluster analysis procedure with this data set. Hypotheses were developed identifying possible site usage at the three Prince Rupert Harbor sites, Boardwalk (GbTo-31), Garden Island (GbTo-23), and Grassy Bay (GbTn-1). Bone tool assemblages were shown to be a useful aid in site analysis and cluster analysis was quite useful in identifying existing patterns in these data.

This thesis develops and executes a method of comprehensively discovering accessible Paleoamerican archaeological materials from a restricted geographic area, analyzing the data collected, and comparing them within a larger sphere of interaction. The restricted area was Darke County, in west-central Ohio. The study area was familiar to the writer both in field experience and knowledge of collections held by local residents. A total of 115 diagnostic points and additional tools were located, examined, photographed, and measured.On the basis of point typology three stages of Paleoamerican occupation were identified, Early (11, 500 to 10, 500 B. P.), Middle (11,000 to 10, 500 B. P.), and Late (10,500 to 10,000 B. P.). The Early Paleoamerican stage was marked by Clovis fluted and Unfluted fluted points, the Middle by the Cumberland point, and the Late by Agate Basin, Transitional, Plano Lanceolate, and Hi-Lo points. The sources of raw materials were identified and changes of habitat through time were described.The abundant data recovered and analyzed by the approach used in this study from just one Ohio county indicates that extensive data is available but has yet to be recorded and analyzed for Paleoamerican occupation throughout Midwestern United States. / Department of Anthropology

Thesis (doctoral)--Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales de Paris, 1984. / Summary in German. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-279).

Thesis (doctoral)--Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales de Paris, 1984. / Summary in German. Bibliography: p. 251-279.

Social status was an integral part of the social structure of Northwest Coast societies. The presence of ranked social structures and household space based on rank is reported in the ethnographic literature. Archaeologists have long searched for independent and verifiable means to infer social structure from archaeological deposits. Burial goods have been used to identify status differences. Do other items of material culture also reflect such differences? The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether or not the distribution of certain tools recovered from a Chinookan plank house on the lower Columbia River paralleled the household residence location that was keyed to social status. Among Northwest Coast societies the household was the basic social and economic unit. Ground stone tools were selected for study because they include tools which were instrumental parts of a technology that depended upon highly organized and scheduled activities, i.e. fishing and house construction. If these tools were controlled by particular individuals or families within the household, their archaeological deposition might reflect social status differences. Two questions were asked in this study. (1) What is the correlation between the volume of sediment excavated and the number of ground stone artifacts recovered from the house? (2) What is the relationship between residence location and the density of ground stone artifacts recovered from the house? The ground stone artifacts were identified, classified and counted. Correlation coefficients between the volumes of sediment excavated and the number of ground stone artifacts recovered showed that the correlation was suspiciously weak, in general, and not correlated for fishing net weights. Some factor other than solely excavation volumes was affecting ground stone artifact counts. To answer the second question linear regressions were performed. They revealed that although location was to some degree a function of the density of ground stone artifacts, that relationship was weak at the .05 significance level. However, the relationship was stronger for fishing net weights. It is likely that there are multiple reasons for ground stone tool distributions and sites must be excavated with broad exposures in order to understand the relationship between residence location and artifact densities.

The Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona is a peer-reviewed monograph series sponsored by the School of Anthropology. Established in 1959, the series publishes archaeological and ethnographic papers that use contemporary method and theory to investigate problems of anthropological importance in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and related areas.

Europos šalys neša sunkią socialinę ir ekonominę su alkoholio vartojimu susijusių problemų naštą. Įvairios ligos, jaunų žmonių mirtys, nusikaltimai, autoavarijos – tai yra tipiškos alkoholio vartojimo pasekmės, kurios, atsižvelgiant į paskutinius tyrimus ir publikacijas žiniasklaidoje, padidėjo. Tad svarbu, kad valstybės vykdytų griežtesnę alkoholio kontrolę. Tyrimo tikslas: išanalizuoti alkoholio kontrolės politiką ir įgyvendinimą Lietuvoje ir Švedijoje, apžvelgiant ir pristatant pagrindines alkoholio politikos priemones, palyginti Lietuvos ir Švedijos alkoholio reguliavimo politikos priemones tarpusavyje. Šiame darbe nuspręsta Švedijos alkoholio reguliavimo politiką pasirinkti kaip gerosios praktikos pavyzdį. Švedijoje griežtos alkoholio gamybos bei prekybos ribojimo istorinės tradicijos susiformavo gan anksti. Tyrimo metodai: Šiame darbe bus naudojami keli tyrimo metodai. Teorinėje dalyje vyrauja aprašomasis analitinis metodas. Be kiekybinės ir kokybinės pirminių ir antrinių duomenų analizės, nuspręsta taikyti ir lyginamąją analizę. Tyrime atliktas kokybinis alkoholio ekspertų Lietuvoje ir Švedijoje struktūruotas interviu, iš viso buvo apklausti šeši asmenys. Darbą sudaro keturios pagrindinės dalys. Pirmoje dalyje teoriškai įtvirtinamas konceptualus darbo pagrindas analizuojant pagrindines politinio reguliavimo teorijas susijusias su alkoholio reguliavimu. Antroje darbo dalyje analizuojamos svarbiausios Lietuvos alkoholio politikos reguliavimo priemonės. Trečioje dalyje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Problem of investigation: Europe countries carries a heavy social and economic burden of alcohol related problems. Various diseases, dying too young, crimes, car accidents – these are the typical consequences of alcohol consumption that according to the latest investigations and publications in media have increased. So countries should make more restrictive alcohol control policy. Purpose of investigation – to analyze Lithuania and Sweden alcohol control policy and to compare their implements. In this investigation Sweden alcohol control policy was choose as a good practice example. Sweden has historically pursued a restrictive alcohol policy with the overall purpose of limiting total consumption and with the alcohol related harms in society. For the analysis of investigation were used primary sources such as interviews. Were interviewed six people, who are specialist in Lithuania and Sweden alcohol control policy. Also were used previous research on alcohol policy, news articles, EU documents, Swedish and Lithuanian alcohol policy-related documents, WHO reports and web pages. Master Thesis is made from four main parts. In first part is analyzing policy regulation theories, which are used in alcohol regulation. In second part is analyzing Lithuania alcohol regulation implements. The third part of Thesis analyzing Sweden alcohol control regulation implements. The fourth part is comparison of Lithuania and Sweden alcohol policies and their implements. Justify these... [to full text]

This thesis focuses on the distribution of prehistoric artifacts in Blackford County that were recovered during the course of two Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) Grants: FY 2011 HPF Grant # 31921-4 and FY 2012 HPF Grant # 18-12-41921-3. The research led to the discovery of 466 archaeological sites, but the focus of this thesis is not on the sites per se, but on the distribution of the prehistoric artifacts and an analysis of the associated behaviors. The basic question underlying this thesis is: (1) What is the distribution of human activity on the landscape of Blackford County? The related and subsidiary questions are: (2) How was the landscape being used in prehistoric times? (2a) What kinds of artifacts are found in association with others? The distribution of behaviors on the landscape may be determined by the association or disassociation of certain artifacts. (2b) What was the distance to water for all of these sites? Distance to water is important to measure because it indicates a basic necessity and it may be revealed through this analysis that certain behaviors are either closer or further from water sources. (2c) Are certain types of artifacts/behaviors associated with certain types of soils? (2d) Based on the distribution and morphology of lithic debitage, what can be said about cultural behaviors? The primary methods used in this thesis are a comprehensive metrical and morphological analysis of all prehistoric artifacts, GIS analysis of the distribution of these artifacts within their artifact types, and statistical analyses based on the GIS analysis looking for correlation and divergence among all of the artifacts. The resulting research from this thesis will greatly contribute to the knowledge of the Tipton Till Plain archaeology and further refine our understanding of the distribution of artifacts on the landscape of Blackford County, Indiana. The results indicate that the Mississinewa watershed was a persistently used area for residential activities and that the Salamonie watershed was repeatedly used as an area for resource extraction activities. / Department of Anthropology

Lithic projectile armatures represent a significant innovation over thrusted spears in the subsistence strategies of hominins. Previous researchers have disagreed over the timing of the appearance of projectile weapons in the archaeological record (Brooks 2006; Shea 2006). To discover when projectile technology first appears in the Levant, I have compared tip cross-sectional areas, weights, and tip penetrating angles (three variables useful for discriminating between projectile and thrusting weapons) of pointed Blades, Levallois points, and Mousterian points with analogs from known and suspected chipped stone projectile points. Results indicate that pointed Blades from Tabun and Skhul caves are statistically indistinguishable from other suspected projectile point types. Levallois and Mousterian points from Tabun and Skhul are also statistically indistinguishable from suspected projectile types when the lower halves of the populations are compared. Consequently, I conclude that points from Tabun and Skhul caves fall within the known and suspected range of variation of projectile point morphology. / by David E. Leslie. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.