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An analysis of the symmetry of large cutting tools within the South African AcheuleanCouzens, Raymond Alexander 05 September 2012 (has links)
The use of three dimensional modelling techniques with reference to the study of archaeological material is one that is gaining popularity in hominid studies and is already being extensively used globally. This research delves deep into the Acheulean period and takes a refreshed look at the symmetry of handaxes from two sites, namely Rietputs 15 (1.4 ma) which is an early Acheulean site, and the Cave of Hearths, which is estimated to ca 450/500 000 years old and forms the later Acheulean aspect of this sample. This research focuses on creating effective methods for studying symmetry in relation to various variables specific to each site, and it aims to gather data using 3D methods that more traditional 2D techniques struggle to capture. Ultimately this data provided me with a quantified measure of symmetry for handaxes from the two sites. For the Cave of Hearths, statistical evaluation of the measures of left versus right volumes showed strong, statistically significant correlations (r = 0.870, p < 0.05), as did measures of left versus right surface areas (r = 0.960, p < 0.05). Rietputs provided comparable results of: r = 0.859, p <0.05 for volume, and r = 0.954, p <0.05 for area, thus suggesting that good symmetry exists. By using sectoral analysis, this study shows that the tip is the most variable sector of the tools for both sites. This result supports the assumption that handaxes were designed for varied functions (e.g., cutting, skinning, digging roots, or working wood) but ones which required a strong distal end. The medial and proximal sectors are both relatively less variable, and their properties may have been more constrained by the convergent shape of the tool. Values for the later Acheulean sample show only slightly less variability than for the early Acheulean, but this is nevertheless an interesting trend which relates to hominid and cultural evolution over ca 1 million years of time.
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Large mammal resource depression and agricultural intensification : an empirical test in the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico /Cannon, Michael D., January 2001 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 307-332).
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Evidence of early man in North America based on geological and archaeological work in New Mexico ...Howard, Edgar B., January 1935 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1935. / "Reprint from the Museum journal, vol. XXIV, nos. 2-3." "Publications of the University museum, June 1935": p. 172-175. Bibliography: p. 152-158.
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Local identities : landscape and community in the late prehistoric Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region /Gerritsen, Fokke Albert. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral) - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2001. / This book is a slightly revised version of the doctoral dissertation the author completed in June 2001 and defended at the Faculty of Arts of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in October 2001. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-285) and index.
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Local identities landscape and community in the late prehistoric Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region /Gerritsen, Fokke Albert. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2001. / This book is a slightly revised version of the doctoral dissertation the author completed in June 2001 and defended at the Faculty of Arts of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in October 2001. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-285) and index.
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"A tale of two weapons" Late Holocene hunting technology in North Central Texas /Miller, Mickey Joe. Ferring, C. Reid, January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Texas, May, 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.
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Local identities landscape and community in the late prehistoric Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region /Gerritsen, Fokke Albert. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2001. / This book is a slightly revised version of the doctoral dissertation the author completed in June 2001 and defended at the Faculty of Arts of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in October 2001. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-285) and index.
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A comparison of microblade cores from East Asia and northwestern North America : tracing prehistoric cultural relationshipsChen, Chun, 1948- January 1992 (has links)
Intercontinental similarities in microblade technology have long been used as evidence in support of the hypothesis that human populations migrated from East Asia to northwestern North America during the late Pleistocene. This study synthesizes the available data in an effort to provide a preliminary overview of this technological tradition. Comparative analysis reveals that wedge-shaped cores from Chinese Upper Paleolithic assemblages, the Dyuktai Culture of eastern Siberia, Japan, and the American Paleo-Arctic Tradition of Alaska share many similarities in the selection of raw materials, core morphology, platform preparation and rejuvenation, and edge angle variation. However, it also reveals that Alaskan wedge-shaped cores are more closely related to Dyuktai Culture cores than they are to Hokkaido cores. The study concludes that the distribution of microblade complexes is best explained by migration and/or diffusion from inland Asia to North America during the late Pleistocene.
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The first religion :Conklin, Edward D. Unknown Date (has links)
Thesis (PhDEducation)--University of South Australia, 2002.
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Local identities landscape and community in the late prehistoric Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region /Gerritsen, Fokke Albert. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2001. / This book is a slightly revised version of the doctoral dissertation the author completed in June 2001 and defended at the Faculty of Arts of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in October 2001. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-285) and index.
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