Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
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 …
