There are four known Late Prehistoric burials in Saskatchewan which demonstrate at least two distinct patterns of mortuary behavior prevalent on the Northern Plains. The Bethune burial located near Bethune, Saskatchewan, is an Avonlea burial dating 1389 +/- 40 years BP. This site is the only Avonlea burial known to date in Canada, and only one of three burials now known in North America.<p> The Sisterbutte, Glen Ewen, and Moose Bay burials are all examples of mound burials. The Glen Ewen mound has been dated at 1220 +/- 70 years BP and 1110 +/- 90 years BP, while the Moose Bay mound has been associated with the Kathio and Devils Lake Sourisford burial complexes. The Sisterbutte mound has not been radiocarbon dated, nor are there any diagnostic cultural remains associated with it. This thesis assembles, and re-evaluates, all the accumulated data on Late Prehistoric burials in Saskatchewan.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 16, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-70).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 294-327).

Thesis (M.S.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

The analysis of craniometric data collected from skeletal remains, combined with archaeological data, can provide very valuable information pertaining to biological distance and gene flow among prehistoric populations through space and time. The goal of this study was to examine microevolutionary change among prehistoric populations in south Florida based on the degree of cranial variation among populations at seven prehistoric sites. It was expected that as time progressed, microevolutionary forces caused significant changes in the crania of the various populations based on the relative geographic proximity of the sites and the temporal distance between sites. A Microscribe 3-DX digitizer was used to collect coordinate data using the full protocol of cranial landmarks. Twenty-three interlandmark distances for n=223 skulls from seven sites, ranging in age from 8120 B.P. to 260 B.P., were analyzed using Cluster Analysis, an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), a Tukey’s Pairwise Comparison (post-hoc test), a Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), and Principal Components Analysis (PCA) in SPSS 18.0. The seven sites were Windover (8Br246), Perico Island (8Ma6), Captiva Island (8Ll57), Belle Glade (8Pb40), Horr’s Island (8Cr41), Safety Harbor (8Pi2), and Fuller Mound A (8Br90). Of the 223 crania used, zero (0) skulls were 100% complete. Results of univariate and multivariate statistical analyses indicate that there are significant differences among the seven groups. The agglomerative cluster analysis did not provide significant results. When using Maximum Cranial Length (GOL), the ANOVA (F=5.190, p ≤ 0.000) and post-hoc tests indicated that there was a significant amount of variation among the seven populations. In a series of 12 MANOVA tests, it was determined that significant variation existed between Windover and each of the remaining six sites (F > 5, p ≤ 0.000). Additionally, the MANOVA tests indicated that significant variation existed between Horr’s Island and Safety Harbor (F = 8.151, p ≤ 0.000) and between Safety Harbor and Fuller Mound A (F = 5.549, p ≤ 0.000). Last, a Principal Components Analysis demonstrated that measurements consistent with length or breadth accounted for the largest percentage of variation among the populations. In conclusion, the data strongly demonstrate a significant amount of variation among prehistoric populations as time progressed from 8120 B.P. to 260 B.P. Specifically, changes in gene flow which can be attributed to significant differences among populations based on craniometric data parallel major time gaps and historical events in Florida. More generally, these results can be applied to other past populations to investigate similar patterns of gene flow and changes that may have occurred due to various social, political, and environmental stressors.

Fort Walton, the local variant of Mississippian culture in northwest Florida, has long been studied in the Apalachicola River Valley beginning in the early 1900s, most notably by Clarence B. Moore (though he did not call it Fort Walton), and has continued to intrigue archaeologists and collectors alike. Gordon Willey and Richard Woodbury were the first to create a ceramic chronology for the Florida Gulf Coast. Willey continued this work, resulting in the publication of Archeology of the Florida Gulf Coast, an impressive compilation of information on prehistoric cultures, sites, and their ceramic technologies and typologies. This book has continued to be most widely accepted reference for Fort Walton ceramics. This thesis builds on knowledge of ceramic seriations for the Apalachicola River Valley, working toward a more accurate chronology. Two sources of data are utilized in this study. Each comes from the Curlee Site (8Ja7), in Jackson County, Florida, just south of the Jim Woodruff Dam near the top of the Apalachicola River. The first, the Leon Perry Collection, is an unprovenienced collection donated to the University of South Florida. The second, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Collection, consists of excavated data and materials collected in the late 1970s. Over 10,000 sherds were documented in the Leon Perry Collection. Type, weight, vessel shape, temper, and decorative attributes of each sherd were recorded. The type Fort Walton Incised in this collection revealed several variations of scroll designs increasingly varied through time. Commonalities were found between Lake Jackson Plain and Lake Jackson Incised types. These two should should be consolidated into one ceramic type. Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History collection were reexamined by White and Yuellig in the spring of 2006 with consideration toward patterns found in Fort Walton Incised and Lake Jackson types in the Leon Perry Collection. Trends in the stratigraphic distribution of these patterns were documented in order to test whether they could result in better temporal control. This research serves as a case study in how knowledge gained from an unprovenienced collection can shed new light on archaeological data with temporal control.

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