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.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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THE ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT DNA: FROM MITOCHONDRIA TO PATHOGENS, Tre Joseph Marcus Blohm

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AN EXAMINATION OF THE FOOD SYSTEM, FOODSCAPE, DIETARY PATTERNS, AND ACCOLATED HEALTH OUTCOMES OF SALISH PEOPLE WITHIN THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI NATION, Joshua William Brown

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Activity Pattern Analysis from a Commingled and Fragmentary Necropolis: Entheseal Changes at Kourion Amathus Gate Cemetery (KAGC), Hannah Burgess Carson

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All Under One Roof: An Ethnographic Commons in the Missoula Public Library, Caitlin Ervin

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NEGOTIATING THE SACRED: UNDERSTANDING IMPACTS TO IKS AND ITEK FROM USE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN TRIBAL LANDSCAPES, Renelda R. Freeman

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Ancient Migrations in West Mexico: MtDNA Analyses, Patricio Gutiérrez Ruano

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UNDERSTANDING IDENTITY, POWER, AND USE OF SPACE OVER TIME WITHIN HOUSEPIT 54, BRIDGE RIVER SITE (K’ETXELKNÁ’Z), BRITISH COLUMBIA, Ashley Elizabeth Hampton

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META-ANALYSIS OF SCENT DETECTION CANINES AND POTENTIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR SUCCESS RATES, Molly Marie Jaskinia

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FLICKER FEATHER FILMS: VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY, INDIGENOUS FILM, AND DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING, Martin I. Lopez

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Venturing into the Virtual: An Analysis of Virtual Museums and Creation of UMACF Southwestern Basketry Virtual Exhibit, Monica D. Lusnia

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Re-Curation and Recognition: Addressing The Curation Crisis Through the Garnet Ghost Town, Jocelyn A. Palombo

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The Cultivation of Therapeutic Landscapes: A Medical Anthropological Approach to Understanding the Health and Wellbeing Qualities of the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas, Andrew Thomas Ranck

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CHINESE MATERIAL CULTURE SIGNATURES IN NATIVE NORTH AMERICA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN ONLINE COLLECTIONS AND PLAINS, Erin Drin Rosenkrance and Erin D. Rosenkrance

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SEEKING A COMMON THEME: A STUDY OF CERAMIC EFFIGY ARTIFACTS IN THE PRE-HISPANIC AMERICAN SOUTHWEST AND NORTHERN MEXICO USING COMPUTER IMAGE PATTERN RECOGNITION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS, Lee Roger Tallier Jr.

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UMFC 140 A COMPREHENSIVE CASE REPORT, Daniel D. Warila

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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USING BONE BIOLOGY TO ENHANCE FORENSIC AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL DNA ANALYSIS, Keith M. Biddle

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Linear Programming Analysis and Diet Breadth Modeling at Bridge River, British Columbia, Sean Patrick Boyd

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MORPHOMETRIC ANCESTRAL ANALYSIS OF INFRAORBITAL FORAMEN AND MAXILLO-FACIAL LANDMARKS OF ADULT NORTH AMERICAN SKULLS USING X-RAY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS, Anna-Marie Lynn David

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The Mountain Home: Spatial and Optimal Foraging Assessments of Hunter- Gatherer Mountain Landscape Use In The Beartooth Mountains, Montana, Scott William Dersam

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Revisiting the Ladle House Site: A Starch Granule Analysis of Ground Stone Artifacts from 5MT3873, Cortez, Colorado, Kathryn Marie Kemp

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TRACING MIGRATION AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN SUBADULTS AT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF CONVENTO: A PRELIMINARY STRONTIUM ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS, Holli Kaye McDonald

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Identifying Skeletal Trauma Markers Associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Haley K. Omeasoo

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THE SYNDEMIC LANDSCAPE: A NEW PARADIGM FOR MONTANA SUICIDE PREVENTION GROUNDED IN AGRICULTURAL RENEWAL, Emory Chandler Padgett

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PRELIMINARY STUDY IN MORE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF 87Sr/86Sr ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Samantha Powers

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The effects humidity & temperature has on DNA contamination during storage, Samantha L. Ramey

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THE EFFECTS HUMIDITY & TEMPERATURE HAS ON DNA CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE, Samantha Leigh Allison Ramey

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NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AT 48PA551: LAND TENURE AND SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES AMONG MIDDLE HOLOCENE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUNTER-GATHERERS, Ethan Patrick Ryan

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MOCCASIN ECONOMICS: ENTANGLED MUSEUM STORIES OF NIITSITAPI WOMEN, LABOR, AND FOOTWEAR, Michaela Ann Shifley

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FOR THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE: MICRORITUEL IN THE SOCIALIZATION OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS, Rebekah Morgan Skoog

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A COMPREHENSIVE FORENSIC CASE REPORT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY LAB UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FORENSIC CASE #167, Tyler J. Trettin

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Y-Chromosome DNA Extraction from Post-Cranial Skeletal Elements, Mykala D. Ward

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND HISTORIC ARTIFACT ANALYSIS FOR THREE PROJECTS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Monte Keoua White

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HE, SHE, THEY, OTHER: AN EXAMINATION OF GENDER ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE CHATELAINE IN THE ANGLO-SAXON CULTURE, DANE A. WILLIAMS

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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THE ECOLOGY OF PUHA: IDENTITY, ORIENTATION, AND SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS REFLECTED THROUGH MATERIAL CULTURE AND SOCIORELIGIOUS PRACTICE, Aaron Robert Atencio

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Mapping Ethnophysiographies: An Investigation of Toponyms and Land Cover of Missoula County, Montana, Emily L. Cahoon

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A Moral Influenza: An Historical Archaeological Investigation of the Prohibition Era in the United States 1920-1933, Kelli Michele Casias

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A COMPREHENSIVE FORENSIC CASE REPORT FOR THE BONNER COUNTY CORONER CASE #20-100, Megan Copeland

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Uncovering Cooperation in Housepit 54, Bridge River, British Columbia, Canada, Megan Denis

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Exploring Indigenous Involvement in the Fur Trade at the Bridge River Pithouse Village, British Columbia, Rebekah Jean Engelland

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THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN SOIL ON DNA DEGRADATION AFTER DECOMPOSITION, Samantha Hofland

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Devastation and Displacement: The Destruction of Native Communities as a Result of Specifically the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota and the Dalles Dams on the Columbia River in Oregon, Farryl Elisa Hunt

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Buffalo in the Mountains: Mapping Evidence of Historical Bison Prescence and Bison Hunting in Glacier National Park, Kyle Langley

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Summer Vacation in the Wild: An Historical and Archaeological Study of Timber Land Fraud in the Tobacco Plains, Montana, Tyler Jay Rounds

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READING THE BONES: A TAPHONOMIC INVESTIGATION OF ARCHAEOFAUNAL REMAINS RECOVERED FROM SITE 48PA551, NORTHWEST WYOMING, Morgan H. Thurman

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The Influence of Ancestry, Sex, and Age on the Morphology of the Frontal Sinus in Black and White Individuals, Hope Annelise Vance

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The Lost Histories of the Shetayet of Sokar: Contextualizing the Osiris Shaft at Rosetau (Giza) in Archaeological History, Nicholas Edward Whiting

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC SEX DETERMINATION AND MODELED FRAGMENTARY ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN PUBIC BONE, Katherine Scot Baca

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SPIRIT EYE CAVE: REESTABLISHING PROVENIENCE OF TRAFFICKED PREHISTORIC HUMAN REMAINS USING A COMPOSITE COLLECTION-BASED ANCIENT DNA APPROACH, Tre Blohm

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Conceptions and Receptions: A Case Study Analysis of Community Engagement at Four Local Museums, Mary L. Casey

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A Comparative Analysis of Homicide Rates Utilizing the University of Tennessee Forensic Data Bank, Anna F. Hampton

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SYNCHRONY: AN ASPECT OF THE ABILITIES OF STEPPE HORSE ARCHERS IN EURASIAN WARFARE (525 BCE – 1350 CE), Chris Hanson

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Alas, Poor Yorick: A DNA Analysis of Ancestry Using Crania, Claire Hanson

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SECRETS OF SOIL: A GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY LIVING FLOORS OF HOUSEPIT 54, BRIDGE RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nathaniel Louis Perhay

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DIET-BREADTH ANALYSIS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: METABARCODING METHOD WITH COPROLITES, Paige Nicole Plattner

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A Snapshot of Care: Creating Models of Care for Individuals Included in the Terry Collection, Felicia Robyn Sparozic

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THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AT PLAZA H, CAHAL PECH: A STUDY IN RESILIENCY, Rachel A. Steffen

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A Chip off the Old Rock: An Investigation of Hunter-Gatherer Lithic Behavior at Site 48PA551 Using the FIeld Processing Model, Emma Lydia Vance

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HANDING DOWN THE HERITAGE: PRESERVING IRISH DIASPORIC IDENTITIES IN THE FESTIVAL CITY OF MONTANA, Margaret Mary Walsh

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A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BURNED HUMAN REMAINS, Amanda Noel Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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3D PRINTING OF THE PROXIMAL RIGHT FEMUR: IT’S IMPLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND BIOARCHAEOLOGY, Myriah Adonia Jo Allen

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THE QUEST OF VISION: VISUAL CULTURE, SACRED SPACE, RITUAL, AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF LIVED EXPERIENCE THROUGH ROCK IMAGERY, Aaron Robert Atencio

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Sexual Dimorphism in Skeletal Trauma Associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Keith Biddle

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RECONNECTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO THE SUNLIGHT BASIN: INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY, Liz Dolinar

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GRANT-PROPOSAL WRITING AS A CRAFT AND POTENTIAL WAYS TO IMPROVE GRANT-PROPOSAL WRITING KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION READINESS FOR STUDENTS SEEKING FUNDING ASSISTANCE ATTENDING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, Eileen L. Flannigan-Lewis

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A Comprehensive Forensic Case Report for the University of Montana Forensic Collection Case #141, Nohely Gonzalez

“IF THE WATER IS TAKING IT AWAY, LET THE WATER TAKE IT AWAY…”: A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF CONSULTATION AT LAKE KOOCANUSA, Kayla Ciara Johnson

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Cultural Property Protection and Preservation During Counterinsurgency Operations: A Handbook for Archaeologists Choosing to Serve with the American Military in the Global War on Terrorism, Thomas Joseph Livoti

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HERITAGE ALCHEMY: A MODEL FOR SUSTAINING THE BUILT HERITAGE OF MONTANA IN THE CHANGING LANDSCAPES OF THE 21ST CENTURY VIA PERSPECTIVES FROM THE NETHERLANDS ON POLICY, EDUCATION, AND STEWARDSHIP, Jeffrey MacDonald

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NATIVE AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAMS: CULTURAL HERITAGE AS AN APPROACH TO COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, Michaelle Anne Machuca

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HUMAN VS. NON-HUMAN BONE: A NON-DESTRUCTIVE HISTOLOGICAL METHOD, Haley N. O'Brien

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Mapping Ideologies: Place Names in Glacier National Park, Kaitlin E. Pipitone

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DNA ANALYSIS ON CERAMIC COOKING VESSELS, Britney J. Radford

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DNA integrity in forensic samples, Samantha L. Ramey

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LEARNING FROM THE LANDSCAPE: INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND PLACER MINING LANDSCAPES IN THE ELK CREEK MINING DISTRICT, WESTERN MONTANA, Brent Stephen Rowley

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Learning From Stone: Using Lithic Artifacts to Explore the Transmission of Culture at Bridge River, British Columbia, Anne V. Smyrl

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IS HUMLA, NEPAL REALLY OPEN DEFECATION FREE? LATRINE USAGE AND UPKEEP POST ODF, Evan William Stewart

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A Comprehensive Case Report for the University of Montana Forensic Anthropology Laboratory Case #18-188, Elizabeth Rose Valentine

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An Investigation of Historic Euro-American Inscriptions at Madison Buffalo Jump, Jay Thomas Vest

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THE ANZICK ARTIFACTS: A HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FORAGER TOOL ASSEMBLAGE, Samuel Stockton White V

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CONSTRUCTING DISTANCE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT THEORIES: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DEATH NOTIFICATION INTERACTIONS, Teresa Ann 'Lilly' White

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, Erin Chiniewicz

8HG1312 Amanda's Terrace Lithic Analysis, SEAN FLYNN

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The Sylvan Blindspot: The Archaeological Value of Surface Vegetation and a Critique of its Documentation, John S. Harris

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VARIATION OF TOOL MARK CHARACTERISTICS IN FROZEN BONE AS IT RELATES TO DISMEMBERMENT, Elena Hughes

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A CERAMIC ANALYSIS OF TWO TERMINAL CLASSIC MAYA SITES: EXAMINING ECONOMIC TIES THROUGH POTTERY, Kara B. Johannesen

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PIG TRAUMA MODELS: A CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON AR-15 POST-CRANIAL SKELETAL TRAUMA, Lauren M. Kenney

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TRIBAL CONSULTATION: A CRITICAL REMINDER OF CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LAWS AND OBLIGATIONS, Natasha F. LaRose

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SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON THE PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, Cheyenne Louise Laue

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The Battle of the Little Bighorn Gunshot Trauma Analysis: Suicide Prevalence Among the Soldiers of the 7th Cavalry, Genevieve M. Mielke

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What's For Dinner?: A Faunal Analysis of the Bison, Elk, and Bighorn Sheep Bones from the Windy Bison Site (48YE697), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Collin R. Price

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CHIPPING THROUGH TIME: THE EVOLUTION OF LITHIC SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AT THE BRIDGE RIVER PITHOUSE VILLAGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Ethan P. Ryan

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DIFFERENTIAL DECOMPOSITION RATES OF NON-HUMAN REMAINS WITH THE FACILITATION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN DISSIMILAR DEPOSITION ENVIRONMENTS, Hayley Savage

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OF RUPTURES AND RAPTURES: LOCATING IDEOLOGY WITH LIDAR IMAGERY, William Dale Schroeder

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CALIFORNIA CREEK QUARRY: REGIONAL PERSEPCTIVES AND UAS MAPPING, David A. Schwab

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THE EFFECTS OF COMMON METHODS OF SOFT TISSUE REMOVAL ON SKELETAL REMAINS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Emily Silverman

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THE EFFECTS OF COMMON METHODS OF SOFT TISSUE REMOVAL ON SKELETAL REMAINS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Emily Silverman

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Fertility and Reproduction's Niche: Human Sexual Diversity, Samuel w. Austin

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PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: NIKUTORU, TABITEUEA MAIAKI, KIRIBATI, Jaime Lynn Bach

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Moving Toward a Holistic Menstrual Hygiene Management: An Anthropological Analysis of Menstruation and Practices in Western and Non-Western Societies, Sophia A. Bay

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BEFORE ABANDONMENT: SOCIAL CHANGE IN PRE-COLONIAL HOUSEPIT 54, BRIDGE RIVER SITE (EeRl4), BRITISH COLUMBIA, Kathryn L. Bobolinski