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

This thesis reexamines the adoption of the bow and arrow in the Eastern Woodlands. Archaeologists have usually relied on the size and shape of projectile points to help them determine when the bow and arrow was adopted, since the other parts of this complex system (e.g., the wooden bows and arrow shafts) do not survive well in the Eastern Woodlands. The current belief is that the bow and arrow was introduced during the Late Woodland period (AD 500) in the Eastern Woodlands. This is based on the wide spread use of small stone projectile points and on their continued use up to European contact. However, this small point technology was actually established during the Late Archaic period (2000 BC). A wide range of evidence is presented in this thesis that shows that the bow and arrow may have been adopted during the Late Archaic period and was well established during the Middle Woodland period (AD 100) in several Eastern Woodland states. / Department of Anthropology

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 301-344). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wyoming, 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 9, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2009. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-63). Also available on the World Wide Web.

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

Theses (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Includes vitae. Document formatted into pages: contains v, 55, [62],12,[82] pages including illustrations. Bibliography: p. 52-54.

Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of wetter and cooler environmental conditions prevailed across the southern Columbia Plateau. This period was marked by the first prominent episodes of erosion to occur along the lower Snake River following the height of the Altithermal and eruption of Mt. Mazama during the mid post-glacial. In addition to the reactivation of small stream courses choked with debris and sediment, large stream channels began downcutting and scouring older terrace faces incorporated with large accumulations of Mazama ash. The resulting degradation of aquatic habitats forced concurrent changes within human economies adapted to the local riverine-environments. These adjustments reported for the Tucannon phase time period along the lower Snake River are notable and demonstrate the degree to which Cascade phase culture was unsuccessful in coping with environmental instability at the end of the Altithermal time period. This successionary event has demonstratively become the most significant post-glacial, qualitative change to occur in the lifeways of lower Snake River people prior to Euro-American influence. / Graduation date: 1995

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. / Title from title page screen (viewed Feb. 27, 2003). Thesis advisor: Lyle W. Konigsberg. Document formatted into pages (xii, 208 p. : ill., maps (some col.)). Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-202).

In the past, archaeological investigations have recovered material culture that have often been stored as museum property without a focused analysis or written report of the results. This study focuses on one such assemblage ofchipped stone projectile points from the Bachman Cave locality of southwestern Idaho that has been stored at the Southwest Idaho Regional Archaeological Center (SWIRAC) for over twenty years. The focus of this study outlines the approach used to develop the cultural chronology of the site by conducting an objective and subjective analysis of the projectile points, using previous and recent literature as well as field notes, level records, and published radiocarbon samples to corroborate the data. Overall, this study presents a cultural sequence of a site in southwestern Idaho as it is revealed by the identification and analysis of Bachman Cave projectile points. The Bachman Cave projectile point database is consistent with a known analytical scheme and this will greatly add to future archaeological investigations conducted in the Snake River Plain of Idaho and the Northern Great Basin region. / Graduation date: 2003