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Moseley's Life in Ruins: The Excavation of Lot 34 and its Structural Remains at Brunswick Town
(East Carolina University, 2018-06-18)During excavations at Brunswick Town in 1959, an anomalous feature was uncovered and interpreted as a rammed earth foundation on politician Edward Moseley's property. However, it was never fully investigated. This style ... -
USING DENTAL METRIC ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND PREHISTORIC POPULATION VARIABILITY ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-18)Biodistance studies can quantify intra- and inter- population relatedness through non-metric and metric skeletal variables. In this study, dental metric traits of two linguistically distinct Late Woodland (AD 800-1650) ... -
Social Stress and the Health of Women in the Andean Highlands: An Explorative Study
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)Social stress and health were explored among Andean highlanders to understand what stressors Andean women experience. The women’s stressors were investigated using the research methods of cultural domain analysis: free ... -
REVISITING THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE ARTIFACT PATTERN: CULTURAL PATTERNING AT TWO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GOVERNMENT SITES
(2007-05)This thesis presents a comparison of the artifact assemblages from two eighteenth century government sites: Delaware's Old State House of 1787 located in Dover, Delaware; and The Chowan County Courthouse of 1767 located ... -
GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DUNE FORMATION AND ARTIFACT DEPOSITION AT BARBER CREEK (31PT259)
(2009-03)The stratified prehistoric site at Barber Creek, located on a relict sand dune in eastern North Carolina, has the potential to offer important insights into the previously poorly understood chronologies and typologies ... -
RECONCILIATORY BEHAVIOR IN CAPTIVE FEMALE CHIMPANZEES (Pan troglodytes)
(2008-05)Between May 29th and July 31st I studied the behaviors of the nine adult female chimpanzees at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina. Data were collected using focal animal observations in which ... -
Internship in applied and development anthropology : Catholic charities of Tennessee refugee services : an ethnographic study
(2010-12)An internship with a nongovernment organization provides an opportunity for an anthropology graduate student to learn how an anthropologist might be useful in these organizations. This internship report summarizes working ... -
A STUDY OF DECOMPOSITION RATES IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
(2006-07)Estimating the time since death (or postmortem interval) via postmortem changes is crucial in forensic cases involving decomposed human corpses. Several factors can influence the rate of decomposition, such as ambient ... -
Exploring Cultural Influences and Moral Experiences Behind Mental Illness Stigma in the U.S. Army
(2013-06)During recent conflicts in which the United States military is engaged, research exposed the high number of conflict veterans suffering from behavioral health problems. Existing research primarily focuses on the individual ... -
FORT BRANCH, HAMILTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: RESEARCH DESIGN AND SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN
(2004-06)The purpose of this thesis is to produce a research design and a site management plan for Fort Branch, a National Register-listed Confederate earthwork on Rainbow Bend in Martin County, North Carolina. The thesis discusses ... -
Working with a Refugee Outreach Organization in Rochester, New York
(2011-06)To fulfill my master's degree requirements, I participated in an internship with Mary's Place Outreach, a non-governmental organization (NGO) located in Rochester, New York during the summer of 2013. I worked under the ... -
FORT BRANCH, MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: RESEARCH DESIGN AND SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN
(2004-06)The purpose of this thesis is to produce a research design and a site management plan for Fort Branch, a National Register-listed Confederate earthwork on Rainbow Bend in Martin County, North Carolina. The thesis discusses ... -
Blackbeard's Beads: Identification and Interpretation of the Beads Recovered from the Shipwreck 31CR314 Queen Anne's Revenge
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-13)Glass trade beads are one of the most notable artifacts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and played an important role in African culture spiritually, metaphysically, and historically. Since its discovery in 1996, 798 glass ... -
Responding to health and social needs of aging Latinos in new-growth communities: a qualitative study
(2017)Background The development of new-growth communities of Latino immigrants in southern states has challenged the traditional health and social service infrastructure. An interprofessional team of service providers, Latino ... -
A Paleodemographic Study of Mortality in 1st century BC/AD Petra, Jordan
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)The 1st century BC to 1st century AD population of Petra appears to have rarely suffered from infectious diseases based on the low frequency of pathological bone lesions in skeletons recovered from tombs on the site's North ...