Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Goldberg, Sophie Clare Gabriella, Thesis advisor (ths): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree committee member (dgc): Keenleyside, Anne, Degree committee member (dgc): Elton, Hugh, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the interrelationship of urban planning and population health at the site of Angkor (c. 802-1432 CE), the capital city of the Classical Khmer state, now found within modern-day Cambodia. The inhabitants of Angkor developed a settlement strategy that relied on the dispersal of water management features, rice fields, temples and residential areas, to best utilize the… more Full Text: i ASSESSING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE URBAN INHABITANTS OF CLASSICAL ANGKOR, CAMBODIA (C. 802-1432 CE) 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 …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The Huns are one of the most misunderstood and mythologized barbarian invaders encountered by the Roman Empire. They were described by their contemporaries as savage nomadic warriors with superior archery skills, and it is this image that has been written into the history of the fall of the Western Roman Empire and influenced studies of Late Antiquity through countless generations of… more Full Text: HUNNIC WARFARE IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES C.E.: ARCHERY AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty …
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This study investigates the use of dental calculus for paleodietary studies using stable isotope analysis of a skeletal sample from the Greek colonial site of Apollonia Pontica, Bulgaria (5th to 3rd century BC). A sample of 27 individuals was used to examine the δ13C and δ15N values of paired dental calculus and bone samples, and the dental calculus was analyzed as… more Full Text: TESTING THE VALIDITY OF DENTAL CALCULUS AS A PROXY TO BONE IN PALEODIETARY STUDIES USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>When bioarchaeologists investigate ancient gender identity, they typically place skeletal remains into one of six sex assessment categories: male, female, possible/probable male, possible/probable female, ambiguous, and indeterminate. However, the study samples are often reduced to male and female reproducing a male/female gender and sex binary prevalent in the "Western"… more Full Text: REASSESSING BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL SEX DETERMINATION AND RESEARCH INTO GENDER AT THE EARLY ANGLO-SAXON WORTHY PARK BURIAL GROUND IN HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Schmidt, Jodi Lee, Thesis advisor (ths): Keenleyside, Anne, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Garvie-Lok, Sandra, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study analyses deciduous dental pathology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to investigate the relationship between dietary composition, feeding practices, and oral health in a subadult skeletal sample from the Greek colonial site of Apollonia Pontica, Bulgaria (5th to 3rd century BC). Stable isotope analysis of 74 bone collagen samples indicates that weaning began between the… more Full Text: CHILDHOOD DIET AND FEEDING PRACTICES AT APOLLONIA: EVIDENCE FROM DECIDUOUS DENTAL PATHOLOGY AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Sutinen, Jessica, Thesis advisor (ths): Williams, Jocelyn S., Degree committee member (dgc): Keenleyside, Anne, Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Thornton, Erin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Strontium isotope analysis has become an important tool in identifying non-local individuals at archaeological sites. For this study, tooth enamel samples were collected from 20 individuals from the ancient Maya centre of Minanha, Belize. These individuals date to periods spanning the formative occupation of the centre, as well as its fluorescence and protracted decline. The goal of this… more Full Text: IDENTIFYING NON-LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AT THE ANCIENT MAYA CENTRE OF MINANHA, BELIZE THROUGH THE USE OF STRONTIUM ISOTOPE ANALYSIS A thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
