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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 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. ...
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 ...
Investigation of Late Woodland cultural changes at the Bridgeport site (1JA574), Alabama

Adams, Andrea Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This thesis examines Late Woodland cultural changes in northeast Alabama at the Bridgeport site, 1JA574, specifically the switch from ceramic stylistic homogeneity and social consensus in the Middle Woodland (A.D. 100-400/500) ...
Perimortem and postmortem fracture patterns in deer femora

Wright, Catherine Susan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

A question remains as to whether specific criteria can be used to differentiate perimortem and postmortem breakage patterns in deer femora. The purpose of this experiment was to discover if fracture characteristics, such ...
Skeletal evidence of the treatment of the elderly in the Archaic and Mississippian periods in the southeastern United States

Smith, Merritt Redfield (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

One of the primary goals in the discipline of anthropology is to explain the changes that accompany major transitions in human life. One very important transition that has occurred worldwide was the transition from a ...

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