Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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eng
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Copyright for all items in the Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
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The Politics of Feasting: Civic Commensality and the Rise of the Polis in the Early Iron Age to Archaic Transition on Crete, ca. 700-500 BCE

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Langebeck, Francheska Marie, Thesis advisor (ths): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Munson, Marit, Degree committee member (dgc): Moore, Jennifer, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The goal of this thesis is to explore the role that civic (i.e. state-sponsored)</p><p>feasting and drinking played in early polis (pl. poleis), or city-state formation on Crete in</p><p>the Early Iron Age to Archaic transition, ca. 700-500 BCE. Using the two recently</p><p>excavated civic feasting structures at the site of Azoria as a model for both… more

Lost Landscapes of the Kawarthas: Investigating Inundated Archaeological Sites Using Integrated Methods

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Obie, Michael Albert, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree committee member (dgc): Moore, Jennifer, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The Kawartha Lakes region of south-central Ontario is dominated by water bodies and rivers, where humans are known to have lived since at least 10,500 years ago, only shortly after the retreat of glaciers from the region. Since this time, water levels within the region have changed dramatically as a result of various geophysical, climatological, and human-induced-phenomenon, leaving… more

When He Reigns, It Pours: The Use of Water Rituals and Water Symbolism by the Royal Court of Bagan From the 11th to the 14th Century

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Rivera Borbolla, Raiza Stephany, Thesis advisor (ths): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Haines, Helen, Degree committee member (dgc): Moore, Jennifer, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the symbolic meaning and significance that the elite attached to water in ancient Bagan. Through the use of ethnoarchaeological, epigraphic, archaeological, and iconographic data, this study examines the role of water as part of rituals performed by the royal court and the ways in which the royalty of Bagan, in particular King Kyansittha, negotiated, appropriated and… more