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Analysis and interpretation of intrasite spatial patterning of chipped stone artifacts at two sites in northwest Kansas

Potter, Alan Randall (Wichita State University, 2010-05)

The k-means clustering procedure is a statistical method used to derive patterns of spatial clustering. This method is applied here to discern distributional patterns in lithic artifacts recovered from two sites in northwest ...
The analysis of Okinawan popular music and identity in relation to other studies of southeast Asian popular music

Harvey, Sandi K. (Wichita State University, 2010-12)

This research attempts to use the creation of popular music in Okinawa as a symbolic resource to reveal attributes related to the making of identity. Popular music in non-Western societies is a useful unit of analysis that ...
Patterns of long bone growth and dental eruption and the estimation of age in juvenile skeletal remains

Soltis, Joanna Marie (Wichita State University, 2010-12)

This study incorporates data from a European archaeological cemetery site. Two select published standards for estimating age by documented long bone length, dental formation and eruption have been reviewed. Research was ...
Sexual dimorphism in the 12th thoracic vertebra and its potential for sex estimation of human skeletal remains

Voisin, Meghan Dawn (Wichita State University, 2011-05)

The purpose of this study is to determine the presence/degree of sexual dimorphism of the 12th thoracic vertebra through a quantitative analysis and to further examine its potential and reliability in the sex estimation ...
Analysis of code-switching and code-mixing among bilingual children: two case studies of Serbian-English language interaction

Brezjanovic-Shogren, Jelena (Wichita State University, 2011-07)

This research attempts to expose the patterns of language behavior of two five-year old bilingual children through the analysis of the code-switching and code-mixing occurrences in their everyday conversational interactions. ...
Morphological variation in the human tibia and its potential for profile estimation in human skeletal remains

Arney, Christle Shannon (Wichita State University, 2011-12)

This study evaluates the existence and degree of human variation as it is represented by the morphology of the tibia. Specifically, this research is undertaken in order to quantitatively address the morphological variation ...