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>This thesis analyzes the processes and rationales of ritual creation among contemporaryGermanic Neopagans (Heathens). It is based on ethnographic fieldwork from May–
September, 2023 at Raven's Knoll, a campground near Eganville, Ontario that hosts
Heathen festivals. I identify selection criteria used to determine which cultural practices
to adopt, adapt, or omit from rituals. I… 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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Name(s): Creator (cre): Molica-Lazzaro, Olivia Rosina Velma, Thesis advisor (ths): Newton, Jennifer, Thesis advisor (ths): Haines, Helen R., Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Mortuary archaeology presents a unique opportunity to compare cultural and biological factors within burial assemblages. This study expands upon the previous bioarchaeological research in the eastern portion of the Southern Maya Lowlands through a comparative mortuary analysis that highlights burial trends between the site of Ka'kabish, Belize, and surrounding settlements. Ka'… more Full Text: An Investigation of Residential Mortuary Trends Among the Southern Lowland Maya: A Case Study at Ka'kabish, Belize A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Gobran, Adam Matthew, Thesis advisor (ths): Haines, Helen R., Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Elizabeth, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis presents the excavation and analysis of Structure D-6 at the Maya city of Ka'kabish in what is now North-Central Belize. Structure D-6, together with Structure D-7, comprise the site's only known ballcourt. Performance theory is used in tandem with the existing literature about the Mesoamerican ballcourt's crucial function within the legitimization strategies… more Full Text: From Court to Court: The Ka’kabish Ballcourt in Relation to the Political Landscape of Classic Maya North-Central Belize A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Low-density urbanism is ubiquitous in the industrialized world, with suburbs and sprawling urban zones like the American Northeastern Seaboard being classified as such. Due to
outsized environmental impacts and perceived unsustainability, this settlement pattern is often
maligned. As one of the few prominent examples of agrarian-based low-density urbanism, the
ancient Maya can provide… more Full Text: Cities of the Future or a Relic of the Past? The Universality of Low-Density Urbanism Among the Ancient Maya A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Low-density urbanism is ubiquitous in the industrialized world, with suburbs and sprawling urban zones like the American Northeastern Seaboard being classified as such. Due to
outsized environmental impacts and perceived unsustainability, this settlement pattern is often
maligned. As one of the few prominent examples of agrarian-based low-density urbanism, the
ancient Maya can provide… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Reis Cordeiro, Julia, Thesis advisor (ths): Janz, Lisa L., Thesis advisor (ths): Dubreuil, Laure L., Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James J., Degree committee member (dgc): Rosen, Arlene A., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The Holocene Climate Optimum turned the Gobi Desert from a mainly grassland habitat into a mosaic landscape composed of dune-fields, wetlands and high elevation forests (Janz 2012, 2016; Janz et al. 2017). The populations that inhabited the region at the time adapted by adopting new settlement patterns and tools, which might have allowed them to better exploit a new wide range of… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Gobran, Adam Matthew, Thesis advisor (ths): Haines, Helen R., Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Elizabeth, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis presents the excavation and analysis of Structure D-6 at the Maya city of Ka'kabish in what is now North-Central Belize. Structure D-6, together with Structure D-7, comprise the site's only known ballcourt. Performance theory is used in tandem with the existing literature about the Mesoamerican ballcourt's crucial function within the legitimization strategies… more Year: 2024, 2024
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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: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Molica-Lazzaro, Olivia Rosina Velma, Thesis advisor (ths): Newton, Jennifer, Thesis advisor (ths): Haines, Helen R., Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Mortuary archaeology presents a unique opportunity to compare cultural and biological factors within burial assemblages. This study expands upon the previous bioarchaeological research in the eastern portion of the Southern Maya Lowlands through a comparative mortuary analysis that highlights burial trends between the site of Ka'kabish, Belize, and surrounding settlements. Ka'… more
