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A comparative health analysis of the historic African American cemetery population from 1LA151, Foster Cemetery, to three contemporaneous historic southeastern African American cemetery populations

Thompson, Brandon Samuel (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The focus of this thesis involves the examination of two hypotheses stemming from field and osteological work at Foster Cemetery (1LA151) located in Lawrence County in northwest Alabama. The majority of this thesis assesses ...
A cultural model of life goals for young men in the Roanoke Valley

DeMoss, Lessye Joy (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Parents and educators might assume that young people understand the expectations of adulthood by the time they achieve their majority. In a rapidly changing cultural scene, this may not be the case. To address the question ...
A model Guadalupan: devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe and psychosocial stress among Mexican immigrants

Read-Wahidi, Mary Rebecca (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

This project measures the buffering effect of devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe on psychosocial stress among Mexican immigrants to Scott County, Mississippi. Rural Scott County is home to the largest percentage of Hispanic ...
A re-examination of cremated remains from the archaeological record: an evaluation of the process and application of current methods

Owens, Amanda Kate (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

Cremation is a burial practice that has been adopted by numerous cultures throughout time. In the past, the fragmented nature of cremated remains gives them the reputation of being difficult and time consuming to analyze. ...
A rights-based approach to HIV prevention, care, support and treatment: a review of its implementation in Ethiopia

Tadesse, Mizanie Abate (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Although new HIV/AIDS infections and HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and premature mortality show a declining trend globally, HIV/AIDS has continued to be a major setback to socio-economic development in several parts of the ...
Afflictions of tradition: trends and consequences of traditional African American foodways

Wilson, Ashley Shaunta (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and high cholesterol are among the leading health concerns facing African Americans. Since these conditions are related largely to lifestyle choices, such as diet, it is ...
An anthropological reconstruction of historic population movements in Tuscaloosa County using cemetery analysis

Burt, Hillary Suzanne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Data were gathered from 16 cemeteries in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama to see if historic population movements, like the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural areas of the South in the twentieth century, could ...
An exploration of the age of mound construction at Mazique (22AD502), a late prehistoric mound center in Adams County, Mississippi

LaDu, Daniel Anderson (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The Mazique site (22Ad502), in Adams County, Mississippi, is believed to have been occupied during both the Coles Creek (A.D. 700-1000) and Mississippi periods (A.D. 1000-1680). However, Ian W. Brown (2007) has suggested ...
An osteological and forensic photographic analysis of prehistoric multiple burials in the middle Tennessee Valley

Stewart, Ashley Nicole (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Investigation of mortuary practices provides vital information regarding the lifeways of past peoples. Examining multiple burials from the Pickwick Basin, this thesis assesses if these burials were the product of some ...
Archaeological Investigations of Magnetic Anomalies in the Northern Settlement Area at Actuncan, Belize

Tidwell, Jonathan Wade (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

This study incorporated a landscape-scale geophysical approach to locate and excavate buried households in the commoner settlement area at the Maya site of Actuncan, Belize. The goal of this study is to provide a better ...
Archaeology after the field: assessment of the Josselyn Collection at the University of Alabama Birmingham

Carlisle, Christel Nicole (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's (UAB) Josselyn Archaeological Collection (Josselyn Collection) contains artifacts from over 100 Archaic and Woodland period Native American sites from Alabama and other states in ...
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: the sociocultural influences on ADHD knowledge and diagnosis decision making

Doucet, Jenelle C. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Based in biocultural medical anthropological theory, this project was designed to explore the diagnosis decision-making process in families whose elementary school children may be suffering from Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity ...
Biocultural models, cultural consonance and salutogenesis in type 2 diabetes treatment; measuring the impact of symbol systems on health within a Mexican community

Brown, Richard Arlan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

The project described here takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico in a major government sponsored health clinic. It examines the impact of social and cultural factors on clinical medical treatment with a focus on type 2 diabetes. ...
Black glass on the Georgia Coast: the utility of black glass trade beads in refining site chronology and detecting color preference at seventeenth century Mission Santa Catalina de Guale

Templin, Robert Burns (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

Historical and archaeological research has established that European glass beads are high-resolution temporal markers for colonial sites in North America. Additionally, recent studies have demonstrated that compositional ...
Ceramics and the political economy of Moundville: a compositional study using Neutron Activation Analysis

Salberg, Daniel James (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) is used to determine the chemical composition of 80 stylistically local and nonlocal ceramics recovered from the Mississippian civic-ceremonial center of Moundville in west-central Alabama. ...
Cheating death in prehistory: pathology, trauma, disability, and care during the archaic period in North Alabama

Simpson, Diana (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

Bioarchaeological studies exploring provision of care for the disabled in prehistoric societies often have received criticism on the basis of lack of evidence or inadequate rigorous inquiry. The recently introduced ...
Classic Maya palace complex at Actuncan, Belize: a functional analysis of room architecture and ceramic assemblages

Lawhon, Taylor Denise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

This thesis aims to shed light on activities that took place during the Late and Terminal Classic period (ca. A.D. 600 - 1000) in eight contexts within the Maya palace complex at Actuncan, Belize. The form and paste ...
Connections between the folk psychiatry of addiction and levels of attributed stigma

Henderson, Nicole Lynn (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Some serious health problems, such as addiction, can be highly stigmatized by others. Through different learning experiences and life events, people develop varying conceptions of the etiology of addiction. These sets of ...
Cultural consensus models of strategy among Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners in Atlanta, GA

Bennett, Karl (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

This study utilizes mixed methods and cultural consensus analysis to understand how the cultural model of strategy among Brazilian jiu jitsu athletes in a gym in Atlanta, Georgia mediates the relationship between culture ...
Cultural consonance in narrative: an example in the transition to retirement

Arnold, Randy J. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-05)

Retirement is a liminal period that has been shown to have positive or negative effects on subjective well-being. In this study, a cultural model of retirement was identified among the general population in Tuscaloosa, ...

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