Year: 2026, 2026
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This study explores the connection between the historical occurrences and the landscape changes on Main Duck Island, located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario. This research is conceptualized within the framework of Maritime Cultural Landscapes (MCL) to understand the relationship between the landscape and Lake Ontario. To explore this relationship, the study integrates spatial and… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>Recent work at the site of Tamsagbulag, Mongolia, suggests it predates both agriculture and herding in the broader region by more than 2000 years. These excavations showed a more intensive use than expected, consistent with a hypothesis of year-round sedentism alongside a primary reliance on large game. This is noteworthy because, while sedentary hunter-gatherers are known, they are… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Scott, Becca B, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Dubreuil, Laure, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, William, Degree committee member (dgc): Butler, Donald, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The objective of this thesis is to collect and analyse wild clay from the vicinity of previously identified and excavated archaeological sites near Pigeon and Rice Lakes, and comparing the characterized clay samples to archaeological pottery samples from the sites. The purpose of this research is to explore the resource exploitation in the landscapes around sites, and investigate the… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Lorenzen, Aarilee, Thesis advisor (ths): Morin, Eugene, Degree committee member (dgc): Szpak, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Bogićević, Katarina, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study examines the foraging strategies of Mesolithic foragers in the Central Balkans, particularly those employed by the occupants of Crvena Stijena, Montenegro. The Prey Choice Model, Patch Choice Model, and Marginal Value Theorem are used to interpret subsistence patterns. The data from the Crvena Stijena assemblages are compared to those from other Mesolithic sites in the region… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>This thesis critically engages with the historic site Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. The most visited historic site in Ontario anchors a vivid and pervasive story of early Canada while archaeological excavations and reconstruction have a history of their own. It is intertwined with the Martyrs' Shrine and regional sites of significance and pilgrimage in the Catholic world where… more Full Text: TRACE OF BLOOD: SAINTE-MARIE AMONG THE HURONS AFTER THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OF CANADA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (MA) in Canadian …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis critically engages with the historic site Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. The most visited historic site in Ontario anchors a vivid and pervasive story of early Canada while archaeological excavations and reconstruction have a history of their own. It is intertwined with the Martyrs' Shrine and regional sites of significance and pilgrimage in the Catholic world where… more Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Understanding tissue turnover rate is crucial for isotopic analysis. Collagen, a main component of bone, is often studied in archaeology and paleontology, yet bone collagen turnover rates across various skeletal elements, remain underexplored. This study addresses this by assessing collagen turnover rates in multiple human skeletal elements using the bomb carbon dating method. Seven… more Year: 2023, 2023
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Kollaard, Jelissa, Thesis advisor (ths): Dubreuil, Laure, Degree committee member (dgc): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Zaidner, Yossi, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>In the southern Levant, ground stone tools (GST) provide insight into early plant food exploitation, butchery, and cognition. Outside of these examples, GST evidence is scarce, particularly for the Middle Paleolithic. An extensive assemblage of GST recovered from Nesher Ramla, an open-air hunting camp in Israel, presents the unique opportunity to study the role of GST within Middle… more Full Text: Functional Variation within Middle Paleolithic Ground Stone Tools: Use-Wear Analysis of ad-hoc Limestone Tools from Nesher Ramla Units I-II. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Name(s): Creator (cre): D'Angelo, Stephanie, Thesis advisor (ths): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Buell, Matt, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study explores different ways of interpreting mainland and Knossian burial customs and assessing the manner in which they were used to explore themes of political and social status. In order to complete this study, correspondence analysis was applied to 98 tombs from Bronze Age (1700-1360 BCE) Knossos, Pylos, and Mycenae. Through the use of CA 14 hidden clusters and two hypotheses… more Full Text: A Statistical Analysis of the Hidden Patterns Found in the Burial Customs of MM/MH III – LM/LH IIIA1 Mainland Greece and Knossos A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Jenkins, Deborah A., Thesis advisor (ths): Schaefer, James A, Thesis advisor (ths): Lecomte, Nicolas, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Ray, Justina, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Central to wildlife conservation and management is the need for refined, spatially explicit knowledge on the diversity and distribution of species and the factors that drive those patterns. This is especially vital as anthropogenic disturbance threatens rapid large-scale change, even in the most remote areas of the planet. My dissertation examines theinfluence of land- and sea-scape… more Full Text: ISLANDS, UNGULATES, AND ICE: THE RESPONSE OF CARIBOU TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Stevenson, Nicholas Donald, Thesis advisor (ths): Dubreuil, Laure, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Rodríguez, Amelia, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The onset of the Natufian sees the unfolding of a lasting dietary shift: the transition from foraging to farming. To understand this transition, we have to identify the exploited plants and explain why they were chosen. To that end, I used use-wear and residue analysis to isolate wear patterns distinctive of specific plants. I conducted a series of six grinding experiments on wheat,… more Full Text: Food Practices in Transition: Plant Processing and Recipes during the Transition from Foraging to Farming in the Levant. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Watson, Samantha L, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Janz, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Peers, Laura, Degree committee member (dgc): Ferris, Neal, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the history of Indigenous inclusion in the discipline of archaeology and how archaeologists can provide reconciliation when working with Indigenous peoples in their territory. This thesis focuses on the territory of the Williams Treaties with a particular focus on the location of Nogojiwanong (Peterborough). My data consists of in-depth interviews from ten informants… more Full Text: Archaeology and Reconciliation in the Williams Treaties Territory A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): LaPierre, Daniel Josef, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Morin, Eugene, Degree committee member (dgc): Janz, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Hart, John P., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This case study focuses on geospatial patterns of decorative variation in pottery assemblages from 234 Northern Iroquoian village communities, occupied between ca. 1350–1650 CE. Previous interpretations of these assemblages' ceramic decorative variability have been based on the assertion that potters from these communities used collar decorative motifs as communicative social… more Full Text: Community Coalescence and Regional Geospatial Trends of Ceramic Decorative Variation in Late Woodland Northern Iroquoia A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …
