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PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF NAMU LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIABrown, Alyson January 2016 (has links)
Pacific salmon has been a staple resource for residents of British Columbia for over
seven thousand years. Archaeological evidence obtained from a shell midden at Namu,
B.C., provides detailed information about the diets of the First Peoples living at Namu
over the past seven thousand years. Pacific salmon was the most prevalent species of fish
uncovered within the midden, excluding herring. Pink, chum and sockeye species were
consumed in the greatest quantities. Pink was particularly favored because of its ability to
store over winter months without spoiling. Evidence from the shell midden also reveals
fluctuations within the pink salmon fishery from ~3800 until 1900 cal year BP. The
paleoenvironmental conditions within Namu Lake during the time of the pink collapse
have never before been explored. There is also little evidence pertaining to what may
have contributed to the collapse of the pink fishery.
Sediment cores collected from Namu Lake, B.C. provide evidence for
paleoenvironmental conditions that may have contributed to fluctuations in the pink
salmon population. Particle size analyses of lake sediment cores indicate changes in river
discharge as well as erosional intensity within the Namu basin. Particle size, coupled with
radiocarbon dating, reveal a transitional period within the basin from ~ 3200 to 2200 cal
year BP. A decrease in elemental ratios/Al, particularly Ca, Na, Ba, and Sr, provides
evidence for a decline in erosional intensity and a relatively drier period within the basin.
The decrease in erosional intensity could be due to consistently drier conditions at Namu.
A resulting reduction in the flow of the Namu River would have caused an increase in
finer particles within the pink salmon spawning grounds. Average C/N ratios for NC1 are
26.28, indicating that organic matter within the lake is mainly terrestrial in origin. These
results, combined with the particle size and trace metal analysis, reveal that river
discharge and slope wash had declined during this period causing fine material to remain
in the Namu River (outflowing), which is the spawning grounds for the pink salmon,
rather than being transported out into the bay. The results of this study reveal that a shift
in moisture, towards relatively dry conditions, negatively impacted spawning pink salmon
at Namu Lake. This study provides insight into the sensitivity of Pacific salmon to
climate and the effects future climate change may have on the species. The ability of
environmental data to supplement and enhance archaeological information and
interpretations of prehistoric conditions is illustrated throughout this study. The cores
collected at Namu Lake also reveal the need for site specific climatic data in order to
accurately interpret archaeological contexts and conditions. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)
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Multi-Staged Analysis of the Reinhardt Village Community: A Fourteenth Century Central Ohio Community in ContextNolan, Kevin C. 15 December 2010 (has links)
No description available.
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The effect of pathology on the stable isotopes of carbon & nitrogenStrange, Malinda Range. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Anthropology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Fish exploitation of the Baluchistan and Indus Valley traditions an ethnoarchaeological approach to the study of fish remains /Belcher, William R. January 1998 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Exploring landscapes on Easter Island (Rapanui) with geoarchaeological studies : settlement, subsistence, and environmental changes /Wozniak, Joan Alice. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 689-733). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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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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The Village Larder: Village Level Production and Exchange in an Early StateKlucas, Eric Eugene, 1957- January 1996 (has links)
No description available.
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The ideological dimensions of whale bone use in Thule winter houses /Patton, A. Katherine B. (Anna Katherine Berenice) January 1996 (has links)
This study attempts to demonstrate symbolic whale bone patterning within 31 Thule winter houses along the southeast coast of Somerset Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. All visible architectural whale bone incorporated within the dwellings was mapped. Trends towards particular patterns of whale bone distribution were demonstrated using Spearman's Rank-order Correlation Coefficient. The potential symbolic nature of such patternings was determined within the context of north Alaskan ethnographic and oral historical sources. The extensive use of whale bone in some Thule entrances suggests that their builders sought to create a distinction between the entrance tunnel and main room, not unlike the Inupiat dwellings in 19th-century Tikigaq. The significance of this architectural phenomenon is rooted in the Inupiat, and to some extent Inuit, association between women, the house and the bowhead whale. It is also suggested that whaling status may be reflected in differential access to bowhead whale bone.
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Archaeological analysis of bedded-chert lithic procurement at the Warsaw Quarries, Coshocton County, OhioDiersen, Christopher John January 1996 (has links)
The Warsaw Quarries of Coshocton County, Ohio, virtually ignored since Holmes' landmark papers of 1919, are investigated to achieve several goals: 1) to create a revised general typology of the material culture of bedded-chert lithic procurement sites; 2) to demonstrate that the occurrence of radiocarbon samples at lithic procurement sites is the norm rather than the exception; 3) to clarify the nature of activity at the site through a synthesis of functional and attribute analyses of material recovered from a peripheral spoils ridge; 4) to demonstrate that data collected at procurement sites by surface collection constitutes an insufficient database for analysis; 5) to test an hypothesis that the presumed absence of classic site elements (stratigraphy, diagnostic artifacts, dateable material) is incorrect. Since the completion of late 19`h and early 20`h century work in the field, analysis of quarry sites in North America has been limited to sporadic and usually very subject-specific research. By neglecting to evaluate the overall nature and function of lithic procurement sites, recent work has relegated lithic procurement to a sub-field of only secondary interest to archaeologists. / Department of Anthropology
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The effects of climate change on Paleoindian demographyMullen, Patrick Orion. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 9, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-55).
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