This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Anthropology. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Eagle Creek Site (24PA301)| A prehistoric archaeological site near Gardiner, Montana, Janet A. Jackman
Cahuilla cultural practice in the twenty-first century: The reformulation of ethnicity, D. G. Jenkins
Impact of allotment on contemporary hunting conflicts| The Confederated Salish-Kootenai as example, Dagny K. Krigbaum
Archaeological investigations on the Sun River Game Range: A study of prehistoric and historic land use intensity, Patrick Joseph Kuntz
Northern Cheyenne, missionaries, and resistance on the Tongue River Reservation, 1884 through 1934, Nancy L. Pahr
The culture of enthesopathies: Differences in musculoskeletal stress markers between samples in a historic population, Michael R. Roberts
Coyote and the prickly pear| An etiology of ethnobotany among the Hualapai, John T. Rowan
Women of the contemporary Militia Movement: Perceptions of ideology through experience identity voice and action, Gina R. Terinoni
Estimation of time since death in humans using mature pigs, Tiffany T. Terneny
Statistical character state recognition in the phylogeny of Early Tertiary archontans using parsimony, Matthew Alexander Tornow
A comparison study of subadult long bone growth between an Early Archaic population (Windover) and a Late Archaic population (Indian Knoll), Sunday A. Walker
Analysis of prehistoric land use patterns in the Tongue River Valley, north of Decker, Montana, Glenn A. Walter
Dynamics of culture change and it's reflection in the archaeological record at Espiritu Santo de Zuniga, Victoria, Texas, Tamra L. Walter
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Cultural overview of the archaeological investigations at Scott's Village, south-central Oregon, Kelly Pieper Collman
Bighorn sheep and the Salish world view| A cultural approach to the landscape, Marcia Pablo Cross
Analysis on the elemental composition of ceramics in Barbados during the Saladoid and Suazoid period, Scott Michael Fitzpatrick
Gazing at subculture with Lacan, Aaron Goodfellow
Sign space as paralinguistic device and the ABC story in American Sign Language, William Robert Hay
Determination of gender roles in activities that occurred in four subsistence-related activity areas at a Late Prehistoric bison processing site, Kristin Knop Hughes
Hagen site, 24DW1| A review of historical data and a reassessment of its ceramic assemblage and position in Northern Plains prehistory, W. Jeffrey Kinney
Examination and mapping of the Southern Nez Perce Trail in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Bitterroot National Forest, Idaho using the Global Positioning Satellite System, Michael Howard Koeppen
"It's our damn country"| The motives for military service and the self-identity of Fort Belknap veteran Americans, William Ernest Maxwell
Dental attrition for a contemporary Western Montana population, Stephen C. Tromly
An Investigation of the Aesthetic Dimension of Projectile Point Morphology, Jennifer Jo Yoneji
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Women in the Montana Legislature 1941-1993, Laurie Jerin Zimorino
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Assessment of the subsistence patterns of the Garnet people, Tammy Howser
Non-sexual reproduction of humans : casting techniques methods and materials, Garry Kerr
Origins of agriculture| Resource depletion and productivity maximization, Wan-jin Kim
Native American discourse : an analysis of twenty O'othham narrative fragments, Robert O. Nickol
Flaked lithic artifacts from the Hogback Homestead site (24GN13), Brenda Lynn Reed
McKean Complex| An analysis of six Middle Prehistoric period sites in the Northwestern Plains, Patrick J. Rennie
Site abandonment behavior for the mining town of Garnet, Montana, Jennifer Kathleen Spencer
Fabrication and function of star quilts on Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana, Kim Elise Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Description of seven Powers-Yonkee artifact assemblages and their classification in northwestern Plains prehistory, David M. Ferguson
Akbaatashee| The Oilers Pentecostalism among the Crow Indians, Timothy P. McCleary
Medicine Wheel| An ancient symbol in modern society, Reinhild Emilie Meissler
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Spatial analysis of prehistoric Hohokam ballcourts with respect to core and periphery hierarchy, Leslie G. Cecil
Historical demography of the Assiniboine and Sioux of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana| 1885--1900, Henry H. Choong
Trails and Aboriginal land use in the northern Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, Steve Platt
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Change and continuity in Nayar social organization, Ravindranath Duggirala
Adaptive radiation of the Plio-Pleistocene hominids : An ecological approach, Patrick Light
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Investigation into prehistoric lithic procurement in the Bearlodge Mountains, Wyoming, Tim Church
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Parallel-oblique flaked projectile points| Angostura, Lusk, Frederick, James Allen?, Jeani L. Borchert
Social structures of the new Chinese immigrants in Monterey Park California, Yuan-Hsin Shilo Chou
Facial reconstruction--A comparative study : A single skull seven data tables seven resultant faces and the antemortem photograph, Catherine J. Clark
Maxillary canine/third premolar transposition in a prehistoric population from Santa Cruz Island California, Greg C. Nelson
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Variation in the artifact assemblages from five Oxbow sites, Douglas Melton
Spatial analysis of the Ghost Cave (24YL2) archaeological assemblage, David Charles Schwab
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Eclectic approach to anthropological bibliography, Richard Thomas Dunn
Interpretation of the archaeological record for the area in and around the Helena Valley, William B. Long
Socio-cultural factors and the diffusion of malaria control, Richard D. Periman
His or hers the dichotomy of urban and rural dominant kinship networks: A functional explanation, Mark Wm. Timmons
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Anthropological study of American cosmological beliefs, John Domitrovich
Patterns without rhythm : Social structure ambiguity in an archeological field camp, Larry Moore
Infanticide in human groups, Diane Olsen
Culture history of the Yahk Mining District, Rebecca S. Timmons
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Preverbal communication : an experiment teaching sign language to a hearing infant, Judith Prochorchik Oberst
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Techno-economic examination of midsexualism, Mary Courtis
Speaking in tongues and other gifts of the Holy Spirit: A study in possession, Steven G. Herbert
Cultural history of the Lolo Trail, C. Milo McLeod
Crisis and dissolution in a Brazilian family: A study of destructive role enactments, Donn Alan Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
The 1908 Okanagan word lists of James Teit, Ivy Grace Doak
Spatial patterns in five tipi ring sites, Timothy F. Light
Ethnohistory of the Kootenai Indians, Cynthia J. Manning
Circadian rhythms: Activity preferences and the ability to adjust schedules, Peggy E. McCallum
Archaeology and cultural resource management| A case study from the Ashland Division, Custer National Forest, Montana, Gary A. McLean
Archaeological applications of the PL1022 Data Base Management System and GRAFIX mapping program, Dori M. Passmann
Children of light children of darkness: Inside and outside a religious commune, Guido Kathy Riley
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Agnes Vanderburg: A Woman's Life in the Flathead Culture, Barbara Springer Beck
Activity budgets of Guatemalan howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra Lawrence), Teri L. Cunningham
An ethnographic study of tribal industry on Fort Peck Reservation, Charles Nolley
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb: An ethnography of speaking of a millenarian movement, Karl W. Schmiedeskamp
Sociocultural effects of epidemics on the Northern Plains, John F. Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Montanans and socialism: A study of values, William J. Dakin
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
The structure of Chinese Communist ideology: a content analysis, Kathleen D. Brasel
Crow and Hidatsa women: The influence of economics on religious status, Lucy E. Capehart
Ecology of Guatemalan howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra Lawrence), Janene M. Caywood
Relationship between Laotian Hmong refugees and providers of social services in Missoula Montana, Julianne S. Duncan
Assessment of the assimilation variables on the Lao Hmong refugees in the Missoula Montana high schools, Patricia M. Ingram
Geoarchaeology of a rockshelter : site 5 ME 82 Mesa County Colorado, Barbara A. Till
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Core reduction and artifact curation| Patterns of prehistoric behavior from northern Wyoming, Thomas R. Lincoln
High altitude Aboriginal occupation in southwestern Montana, Dale Heath Rominger
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Archaeology and ethnohistory of the Bearmouth area, Patricia Robins Flint
Prehistoric land utilization of the Decker area, southeastern Montana, Richard Allan Fox
Archeological survey of the middle Clark Fork River Valley| Missoula to Superior, Montana, Jerome Michael Ryan
Structure versus nonstructure at the Poverello Center, Harley C. Schreck
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Blackfeet revitilization: An interpretive study of the American Indian Movement among Blackfeet college students, William Arthur Dicus
Archaeological inferential classification considered over fixed attribute fields using various quantitative models, Thomas Allyn Foor
Head Start secession : network analysis of a social conflict, Jerry Gold
Study of the comparative effects of smallpox on four Indian groups, Carol A. Novotne
Ottawa experience| The life of Iassac Battice in the context of his tribe, Betty Paulsen
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Poker playing as a dramaturgical event| Bull power, the meaning and commitment for efficacious gamesmanship, Susan Helene Boyd
Study of Campbell County, Wyoming with special emphasis on the social impact of coal development, James Anthony Devitt
Role of participant observation in anthropology, William Robert Humphrey
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Survey and synthesis of archaeological sites within the sub-alpine ecological zone, Pryor Mountains, Montana, Kent N. Good
Two High Altitude Game Trap Sites in Montana, Bonnie Jean Hogan
Systematic allometry and its application to the study of protein-calorie malnutrition, Gary Edward Schultz
Heart rate analysis of protein malnourished rhesus macaques exploiting traditional and biotelemetric EKG recording techniques, David Duane Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Autonomy and achievement in the American culture, Ray Stefanson