ANTH Graduate Student Conference Papers
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Gendered representation of popular archaeology pictorial analysis of Archaeology magazine (1948-2020)
(Wichita State University, 2023-04-14)Archaeology is a discipline that has long captured the imaginations of the public. Despite the reality that the academic field has been dominated by female graduates since the 1970s, persistence in the discipline has been ... -
Analysis of lithic material from the Boxed Springs site (41UR30)
(Wichita State University, 2023-04-14)While the Boxed Springs site is primarily known for the elaborate Early Caddo (800-1200 CE) ceramic assemblage from cemetery contexts, lithic material is also abundant at the site. This study describes the stone tool ... -
Lithic and debitage analysis of Early Caddo site at Boxed Springs (41UR30) in East Texas
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)The Boxed Springs site in East Texas contains a large number of lithics from the Early Caddo period (800-1200 CE) to the late Caddo period (1400-1700 CE). The origin of the raw materials and lithic debitage often remains ... -
Fauna and flora of Boxed Springs (41UR30)
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Boxed Springs (41UR30) located in East Texas is an Early Caddo (800-1200 C.E.) archaeological site split between multiple properties that has been sporadically excavated since the 1950s. The identification and classification ... -
Comparative investigation of building materials at Boxed Springs Site (41UR30)
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Archaeological artifacts that are commonly connected to habitation have been unearthed at Boxed Springs (41UR30), in Upshur County, Texas, during two surveys in 2020 and 2022. By comparing the depth, weight, and quantity ... -
Using GIS to interpret the shovel tests from the Boxed Springs Archaeological Site
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)The Boxed Springs Site (41UR30) is a Caddoan mound center situated within the East Texas Pineywoods. Wichita State students have dug forty-four shovel tests on the site which have not yet been properly analyzed. This is ... -
Mound confirmation at 41UR30: Analysis of elemental profiles from sediment cores at the Boxed Springs Site
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Boxed Springs (41UR30) is an Early Caddoan (ca. 1100 - 1300 CE) archaeological site in Upshur County, Texas. The Caddo people would build mound structures for culturally significant reasons. The initial investigation at ... -
Ceramic typology: Analysis of Caddoan assemblage from Boxed Springs site (41UR30)
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)The Department of Anthropology at Wichita State University excavated an assemblage of ceramic sherds from Boxed Springs Site (41UR30). Relatively little is known about this specific collection other than initial location ... -
Ceramic microfossil residues from the Merchant Site (LA43414)
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Microfossil and residue analysis is an important tool to provide context for the environment and culture within the archaeological record. Versar, Inc contracted the Archaeology of Food Laboratory at Wichita State University ... -
Cranial suture closure and its relationship to the estimation of age: A re-evaluation of the Todd & Lyon Method
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)The proficiency of adult human identification by means of age estimation based on skeletal remains is indispensable, and frequently call for anthropological methods including but not limited to the estimating of age. Past ... -
Understanding place in the realm of community health: Wichita's Northeast Community
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Place is an important factor in shaping the health of a population. To identify the potential reasons for health disparities in a particular population, one must recognize the web of social and historical relationships in ... -
Buskers of the French Quarter: Street Musicians and their spots
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)New Orleans is associated with revelry, unique architecture and culture, and the rich, musical tapestry woven by its inhabitants. These converge in the French Quarter, which attracts not only tourists but aspiring musicians. ... -
Korean comfort women as political discourse
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2013-05-08)In the dichotomy between force and agency in prostitution, the placement of comfort women, girls taken by Japan during WWII and forced into sex service, presents a clear field in which the question of agency fades. With ... -
Kansas vs. Roeder: Christian Identity, Juridical Discourses and American Exceptionalism
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)The US Evangelical movement's use of media and the court system since the 1980s to litigate morality issues, such as abortion, has gained global attention with the state of Kansas at the center of this awareness. On May ... -
Sexual Dimorphism of the Iliac Crest: A Quantitative Approach
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)This study examines indicators of male-female differences in the os Coxa, specifically in the shape of the iliac crest for the purpose of skeletal sex estimation. The iliac crest is a curved, or "S-shaped", epiphysis which ... -
Quantifying male and female shape variation in the mastoid region of the temporal bone.
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)The shape of the temporal bone of the adult human cranium, specifically the mastoid region, is documented widely in past literature as a measure of sexual dimorphism within and among human populations. Yet, past research ... -
In the shadows of the big houses: non-elite settlements at Uxbenka
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)Households inform us about social relationships in ways public-centered research might exclude. Studies of non-elite settlements also bring attention to the rich diversity that characterized pre-Columbian society. ... -
Establishing a GIS database for Sedgwick County archaeology.
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)This multifaceted project primarily concerns the establishment of a Geographical Information System (GIS) database for the archaeology of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The database documents archaeological sites and surveys ... -
“Keeping pure hearts”: identity, reminiscence, and resistance in okinawan popular music
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)Since the early 1990s, Okinawans have creating music, which mixes traditional min yo’ (folk songs) and shima uta (Island songs) with jazz, reggae, folk, and other Western musical elements. The mixing of traditional and ... -
The Asmat : spirits, shields, symmetry
(Wichita State University Graduate School., 2005-04-22)
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