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This dissertation explores the layering of colonial and imperial processes in the Northern Rio Grande region of North America from a material perspective. It investigates how different outside influences shaped the development of San Antonio del Embudo, a vecino land grant community, from the 18th to 20th centuries. Based on historical, archaeological, and anthropological research, the study traces the accumulation and impact of various processes on Embudo. It places particular emphasis on how vecino life responded to existing and emerging Indigenous political and economic dynamics and the impact of later American colonialism. The dissertation analyzes excavation data to track changing settlement patterns over time and examines ceramics found in excavation contexts to understand Embudo's role in the regional ceramic economy. Additionally, it draws on archival records and community knowledge to aid in archaeological interpretation. This work reveals the multifaceted social position of vecinos in the Northern Rio Grande. Vecinos have, at times, embodied Spanish colonial policies and aspirations. Yet they have also forged long-term relations with Pueblo nations, negotiated an ambivalent relationship to American settler colonialism, and developed distinct ways of dwelling in the region through centuries of navigating Spanish, American, and Indigenous influences.

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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.

The unimpressive archaeological record of the last Mayan pre-Hispanic period has been traditionally interpreted as one of a society in decadence. However, archaeological remains evidencing stylistic homogenization across regions and documentary accounts written during the conquest describing thriving markets and entrepreneurial people have indicated to some a mercantile society linked by extensive networks of communication. Under the weaker political environment of this period, it is expected that a mercantile environment presented more competition and more ceramic producers. This research used petrographic analysis and XRD of the pottery of Mayapan the last Maya capital, to detect ceramic compositional groups, which research has associated with the number of pottery producers. The number of producers is usually taken as a reflection of the degree of competition. This research found multiple compositional groups and the use of fewer ceramic materials that nonetheless are technologically advantageous, suggesting a more competitive and pragmatic society. / by Carmen Giomar Sanchez Fortoul. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Chan Yuet Wah. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-230). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of figures & tables --- p.vi / Chapter Ch. 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Overall objectives --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- "The archaeological site of Sai Ha, Sai Kung" --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Major archaeological discoveries --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Unit of analysis: stone adzes --- p.7 / Chapter Ch. 2 --- Literature Review --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1 --- Archaeological study in Hong Kong --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Approaches in the study of material culture --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- The “chaine operatoire´ح approach --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary of research questions --- p.24 / Chapter Ch. 3 --- Methodology --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1 --- The material --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2 --- Research methods --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The chaine operatoire study of stone adzes --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Multi-disciplinary study --- p.48 / Chapter Ch. 4. --- The Chaine Operatoire of Stone Adzes in Late Neolithic Sha Ha - Manufacturing --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1 --- Raw material procurement --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2 --- Manufacturing techniques --- p.51 / Chapter 4.3 --- Stone adze production in Bronze Age Sha Ha --- p.65 / Chapter Ch. 5. --- The Chaine Operatoire of Adzes in Late Neolithic Sha Ha - Morphologies --- p.69 / Chapter 5.1 --- The five types of adzes in Late Neolithic Sha Ha --- p.69 / Chapter 5.2 --- Concave working edge --- p.76 / Chapter 5.3 --- Skewed working edges --- p.78 / Chapter 5.4 --- Morphological changes in Bronze Age Sha Ha --- p.81 / Chapter Ch. 6. --- The Chaine Operatoire of Adzes in Late Neolithic Sha Ha - Functions --- p.88 / Chapter 6.1 --- Experimental results --- p.88 / Chapter 6.2 --- Results of blind tests --- p.98 / Chapter 6.3 --- Functional study of adzes in Late Neolithic Sha Ha --- p.99 / Chapter 6.4 --- Changes in functions of adzes in Bronze Age Sha Ha --- p.109 / Chapter 6.5 --- Stone adzes: other observations --- p.111 / Chapter Ch. 7 --- The Material Culture of Adzes and the Socio-Economic Aspects of Late Neolithic Sha Ha and Changes in Bronze Age Sha Ha --- p.116 / Chapter 7.1 --- The material culture of stone adzes --- p.116 / Chapter 7.2 --- The social and economic aspects: an overview --- p.139 / Chapter 7.3 --- Further research --- p.177 / Chapter Ch. 8 --- Conclusion --- p.182 / "Appendix I Review on Use-Wear Analysis - Development, Limitation & Ways of Improvement" --- p.190 / "Appendix II Use-Wear Features and Identification of Work Material, Motion and Use-Incurred Wears" --- p.200 / Appendix III Production Stage of Stone Adzes --- p.207 / Bibliography --- p.214

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 255-266). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Apr 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251).