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Anthropology Theses and Dissertations
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Masucci, Emily
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
In 2006, Brazil passed what is considered one of the most progressive policies on violence against women (VAW) in the world: the Maria da Penha Law. Among its provisions, the Maria da Penha Law called for the creation of ...
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Kallenbach, Elizabeth
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
Paleoethnobotanical remains from the Paisley Caves offer an opportunity to explore how people engaged with plant communities over time. Fiber identification of textiles, together with radiocarbon dating, contributes new ...
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Christie, Diana
(University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)
In this dissertation, I investigate relationships between gut microbiome variation and social interactions in a natural population of black and white colobus monkey (Colobus vellerosus) at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, ...
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Ramsperger, Richard
(University of Oregon, 1962-06)
Although much has been written on patterns of labor
In West Africa, there are no studies which are devoted
primarily to the social aspects of labor unions.
The purpose of this thesis is to try to determine
to what ...
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Nammour, Valerie Wheeler
(Univeristy of Oregon, 1974-12)
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Lane, Brian
(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
A myriad of local adaptations has been associated with the great human dispersal across the Pacific Ocean, occasionally expressing cultural change in dramatic ways. On the small and remote island of Rapa (Rapa Iti) in the ...
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Goldman, Elisabeth
(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
While the link between aging and metabolic function is well recognized, little is known about how variables like diet are able to drive variation in health and longevity through interaction with molecular mechanisms of ...
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Foltz, Lindsey
(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
Home-based food preservation in Bulgaria is widespread and these foods link material, biological and cultural survival, formal and informal economies, social networks, cultivated and wild-harvested foods. As such, they ...
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Herrera, Timothy
(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
Community-based agriculture is not only concerned with the cultivation of food, but also with the cultivation of connection, care, and exchange. This dissertation is based on fieldwork with a non-profit organization that ...
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Grayson, Donald Kenneth
(The University of Oregon, 1973-03)
Excavated in 1967, the Nightfire Island site yielded large amounts of artifactual, floral, and faunal data. This report presents the analysis of the bird and mammal segments of this large collection. While a fragmentary ...
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Munsell, Marvin Robert
(University of Oregon, 1967-06)
Economic change is one of the more visible effects of culture contact. This high visibility may well feature in its apparent primacy. Although culture change may result solely from the interplay of internal forces, few if ...
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Chandvankar, Rucha
(University of Oregon, 2022-02-18)
This dissertation analyzes the persistence of caste-based sanitation labor and the ways in which Dalit women are redefining the associations between caste and sanitation labor. This project is based on ethnographic research ...
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Hickmott, Alexana
(University of Oregon, 2021-11-23)
Optimal diet and functional response models are used to understand the evolution of primate foraging strategies. The predictions of these models can be tested by examining the changes in dietary diversity. Primate gut ...
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Brand, Colin
(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)
Our closest living relatives are two species in the genus Pan: bonobos and chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are further divided into four subspecies. While there are a number of phenotypic similarities between bonobos and chimpanzees, ...
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Wood, Latham
(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)
This dissertation explores questions concerning contemporary socio-political formations on Aneityum—the southernmost island of the Republic of Vanuatu—as Aneityum firmly establishes itself on the tourism world stage. ...
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Sloan, Anna
(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)
This dissertation presents a social approach to archaeology at the Nunalleq site, located just outside the contemporary Yup’ik community of Quinhagak, Alaska. Nunalleq is a pre-contact village comprised of two sod house ...
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Napolitano, Matthew
(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)
Chronology building is a fundamental part of archaeology. Questions related to the timing and duration of events are inextricably connected to larger questions about human activity in the past. Given its wide applicability ...
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Wellman, Hannah
(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)
Tribal ancestors living on the Oregon coast prior to European contact were skilled fisher-hunter-gatherers residing in a rich environment, home to diverse marine mammals. Euro-Americans over-exploited these marine mammals ...
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Collins, Lloyd R.
(University of Oregon, 1951-06)
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Gartland, Kylen
(University of Oregon, 2021-04-29)
Evolutionarily, individuals should pursue social strategies which confer advantages such as coalitionary support, mating opportunities, or access to limited resources. How an
individual forms and maintains social bonds ...
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