Thesis (B.S.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 2009. / Also available online. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-41).

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自清代吳大澂《古玉圖考》以來，中國玉器研究便與社會、禮制等相關聯，隨著20世紀下半葉良渚文化、紅山文化、興隆窪文化等遺址史前精美玉器的發現，玉器研究也逐漸從傳統金石學轉向考古學研究的方向，集中於聚落或墓葬研究。 / 源於石器研究領域的操作鏈方法為玉器技術研究提供了新的方向和視角。它注重動態性、持續性和完整性，將靜態遺存轉變為動態過程，還原某一特定的生產流程，通過比較不同群體的技術系統還原其背後社會、認知層面的異同。 / 操作鏈方法應用於玉器研究主要可以從聚落和作坊遺址兩個角度展開，本文以後者為重，選取環珠江口地區的白芒遺址個案分析，將操作鏈概念應用於玉石飾物作坊研究中，並進而尋找環珠江口地區不同遺址之間存在的生產消費關係，以及環珠江口地區作坊遺址所代表的技術與文化特徵。 / Since Wu Da-zheng’s Catalogue of Ancient Jades (Gu yu tu kao) in the Qing Period, research of Chinese jades has largely focused on analyses of their social and ritual significances. In latter half of the 20th century, excavations in Liangzhu, Hongshan, and Xinglongwa culture sites discovered many prehistoric jades. These important discoveries gradually shifted ancient jade studies to an archaeological approach, focusing on the settlement and burial contexts of the jades. / The use of the Chaîne Opératoire (French for "operational sequence") method in lithic studies has provided us a new research perspective and direction in the study of jades. This method pays attention to the full life history of the jades, from production to consumption and abandonment, which is treated as a dynamic and continuous process. Furthermore, it allows us to analyze the social and cognitive dimensions of the jade users through comparisons of the jades’ production technologies and use wear. / This paper applies the chaîne opératoire method to study jades by analyzing related settlements and lapidary workshops, especially the latter. Using the lapidary workshop at Pak Mong site on Lantau Island as the main case study, this study will examine the production and consumption of the Pearl River Delta region, and discuss the technological and cultural characteristics that these lapidary workshops represent. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 温雅棣. / Thesis (M.Phil.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-88). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Wen ya di.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 429-460). Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University, 2004. / Typescript (photocopy) Appendices: 391-513, [9] Bibliography: 347-390.

This dissertation discusses the role of religion in Canaanite and Israelite society. Particularly of interest is the way in which social and political relationships determine the form of religious organization. The period covered extends from the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age through the end of the Israelite Divided Monarchy (2000 B.C.E.-587 B.C.E.). Chapter One presents a history of previous scholarship in the field of Canaanite and Israelite religion. It demonstrates that inadequate attention has been given to archaeological data, despite the importance of these data to the study of religion. Chapter Two discusses the contribution made by anthropological studies toward understanding the role of religion in society. In particular, sacrifice (the religious rite par excellence of Israelites and Canaanites) is more than an arcane ritual. Rather, it reflects issues related to the social structure of the worshipping community. Chapter Three looks at the ritual texts from Ugarit and at pre-exilic portions of the Hebrew Bible. This chapter, like Chapter Two, focusses upon the ritual of sacrifice and demonstrates its central role in the religions of Canaan and Israel. It additionally clarifies its relevance for understanding issues of religion and society. With Chapter Four, the dissertation turns to the evidence presented by archaeological data. Chapter Four is concerned with the religion of Canaan in the Middle Bronze Age. It shows that the development of religion in the first half of the second millennium B.C.E. was related to the slow growth of elite clan groups. Chapter Five presents archaeological data for religion in the Late Bronze Age. It analyzes the effect of increasing Egyptian domination on the religious structure of South Canaan. Chapter Six discusses the way in which the monarchs of Israel and Judah organized religion in support of the state. At the same time, the efforts of some local clan groups to resist these centralizing efforts are seen in alternate modes of worship.

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A programme of archaeological research was undertaken in the Wairarapa region on the northern shores of Cook Strait, New Zealand. Some 27 excavations conducted during a 3 year period were designed primarily to examine prehistoric economy and settlement pattern in the region. In addition, studies were made of early historical records of Maori life, Maori traditional history, and aspects of the modern and prehistoric enviroment. In the analysis of excavated material, particular attention was given to physical anthropology, subsistence economy, and the trading patterns revealed by the importation of a number of rock types from elsewhere in New Zealand. It was found that human occupation in Palliser Bay was most intense from about 1150AD to 1400AD, and that significant depopulation may have occurred by 1650AD. At least 6 kinship linked communities were resident in this early period, probably originating from further north. Over several centuries thay strengthened their social ties with other communities in Cook Strait, progressively losing contact with northern areas. A conjunctive picture is reconstructed of a typical community of 30 to 40 people, and aspects of their physical condition, economy, technology, settlement pattern, external social relationships and ideology described. Their economy was initially a balance between hunter-gatherer pursuits and kumara-based horticulture, but in the course of time their forest clearing activities set into motion a series of episodes of erosion which culminated in the development of broad shingle river beds and active fans. High riverine sediment loads led to the loss of much of the local marine fauna at river mouths. A general climatic deterioration about 1450AD and then from 1600 onwards accelerated this process to render the enviroment largely unsuitable to Polynesian habitation. It is argued that coupled to these changes are settlement pattern modifications and an increase in human disease and malnutrition.