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Browsing Anthropology and Archaeology by Date Added
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1986)In many archaeological sites bones of the Scaridae family have been found to be the most common fish represented. This is a marked contrast to the impression given in modern ethnographic accounts of fishing in the Pacific ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2008)How does innovation in material culture occur? In this thesis, I critically examine the role of the individual in this process and contrast it against a wider background of political, economic and technological change. The ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2007)When a woman gains a foothold as a hero, as a warrior or tough woman in popular culture, the gender order is threatened. For the warrior woman's identity to be legitimated she must perform a coherent subjectivity that ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1997)The purpose of this thesis is to form a typology for a collection of Marshallese adzes and compare the differences between the collections from Ebon and Maloelap atolls. The raw materials used fall into five groups: ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2003)As human beings we are continually interacting with the landscape, and have been doing so throughout the entire course of our evolution. This thesis specifically investigates the way in which hunter-gatherers negotiate and ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)The aim of this research is to investigate the nature of the social and economic transition occurring between the Lapita to post-Lapita periods on the island of Watom, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Archaeological ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1972)Introduction: European colonial expansion during the past five centuries has had serious repercussions for many indigenous populations. Responses to intrusive European culture have varied. Aboriginal Tasmanian culture ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)This research explores the narratives of seventeen members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Southern New Zealand as they explain the meaning of disability and prenatal genetic testing, and its ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)On the 4th of September 2010 the South Island city of Christchurch, New Zealand was struck by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. The earthquake caused widespread damage, but no loss of life. In February the following year a ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)Residue analysis is a relatively new method of investigating the past, and an analysis of ceramic residues has never been undertaken in Southeast Asia. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this type of analysis ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)This research examines the nature of health care provision in Central Otago during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century through an archaeological and historical investigation of the St Bathans cottage hospital. ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)An interest in the health and disease of past populations and how they may be influenced by factors such as diet, environment and culture are major themes of current bioarchaeological research. This thesis addresses questions ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2009)This thesis is about the Rainbow Temple in Byron Shire, NSW, Australia. The diverse belief systems and the symbolic behaviours practiced by people who live at the Rainbow Temple constitute a particular identity assigned ... -
(Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1979)
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(Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1999)
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2003)The following research examines how material culture was used to negotiate social relationships through exchange, in nineteenth century Roviana lagoon, Solomon Islands. Recent debates in Melanesian anthropology have focused ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This qualitative study explores the nexus of labour and immigration policies and employment practices in New Zealand. This thesis focuses on multiple experiences of the foreign workers employed under the main labour ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)The focus of this thesis is the archaeology of workers’ camps associated with the Otago Central Railway. The railway was begun in 1880 and completed in 1920. Using the historical record in conjunction with remote sensing ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2002)
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1986)
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