The full text of Senior Independent Study Theses submitted during and after 2012 are available to download only by College of Wooster users. Unless listed as an exemplar, all other theses are restricted.

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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2009

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Emergence and Development of Medieval Walled Towns: An Examination of Settlement Structure in Cork, Ireland From the Ninth Century Through the Fifteenth Century, Brittany Christine Rancour
Department: Archaeology

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The Emergence and Development of Medieval Walled Towns: An Examination of Settlement Structure in Cork, Ireland from the Ninth Century Through the Fifteenth Century, Brittany Christine Rancour

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The Footprint of Empire: Evidence of the Macedonian Empire in Central Asia, Kathryn Trophia Roberts

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Mounds of Life and Death: An Analysis of Adena and Hopewell Burial Mounds, Rosalind Sawyer

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Social Weaving: An Examination of Ancient Textiles and their Broader Social Relations in Pre-Columbian Peru, Emma Schmitt

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The Road to Salvation: Medieval Pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, Nora Simon

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Catastrophic Disease and Cultural Perspectives: An Examination of the Art and Archaeology of the 14th Century Black Death in Europe, Elizabeth Terveer

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Relationship of Architectural Energetics and Architectural Symbolism at Selected Sites in Ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica, Karolina M. Walls
Department: Archaeology

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Excavating Public Misconceptions: Old World and New World Archaeology and Bias in the Media, David Walton

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The Relationship of Architectural Energetics and Architectural Symbolism at Selected Sites in Ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica, Karolina M. Wells

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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A Study of the Effects of the Fourth Crusades on Local Byzantine Households in the Peloponnesus Through the Analysis of Household Materials from the Byzantine and Frankish Periods, Nicole R. Bethel

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Two Sides to the Street: The Dynamics of Maintaining Historical Sites to Promote Economic and Demographic Growth in Wooster's Traditional Downtown District while Preserving Its Local Heritage, Aubrey Brown

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The Impact of the Vikings in the Development of Settlement Types and Patterns in Early Medieval Ireland, Margaret C. Bullock

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Counterfit Coins in Roman Britain, Bill Dalzell

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Phoenician, Aegean, and Persian, Oh My: The Development of Cypriot Sanctuaries in Relation to Greek Influence from the Late Cypriot through the Cypro-Archaic, Alicia M. Dissinger

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Putting Her in Her Place: Gender, Archaeology, and the Anglo-Norman Castle, Elizabeth Sand Eckel
Department: Archaeology; History

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No Myths of the Past; Rethinking Power and Control in Core-Periphery Relations through Modern Analogies: an Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Study in Northwestern Honduras, Whitney Goodwin

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Interpreting Africa's Past: the Use of Ekistics and Oral Tradition in the Examination of Great Zimbabwe, Ashley Marie Jirsa
Department: Archaeology

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Interpreting Africa's Past: the use of ekistics and oral tradition in the examination of Great Zimbabwe, Ashley Marie Jirsa

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Welcome to the Past: An Analysis of the Historiography and Archaeology Behind Early Colonial Living History Museums in America, Emily M. Long

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The Influence of Mythology on the Archaeological History of the Palace of Minos on Crete Through Arthur Evans, Kathryn Trophia Roberts

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In Search of a Tomb: An Archaeological Approach to the Location of Alexander the Great, Rik Workman

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Reflections of Strategy and Tactics in the Material Record: An Examination of Battlefield Archaeology in the Pacific Theater of World War II, Allison Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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The Manufacturing of Paints in Ptolemaic Egypt, Jenna Arculeo

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Extended Study of the County Line Cluster of Occupied Rock Shelters in the Killbuck Valley of East-Central Ohio, Aubrey Brown

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Irish Medieval Ecclesiastical Structures, Margaret C. Bullock

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Colossal Portraits of Emperor Augustus, Alicia M. Dissinger

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Excavating the Excavated: Reevaluating the Uhle Textiles for Future Students, Katherine Duffus

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Excavting the Excavated: Reevaluating the Uhle Textiles For Future Studies, Katherine Duffus
Department: Archaeology

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The Worker, the Wife and the Nun: An Examination of the Historical Roles of Peasant Women in 12th-14th Century England, Elizabeth Sand Eckel

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Irish Medieval City Plans: The Location of Central Places Within the Medieval City of Cork, Brittany Rancour

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Household Archaeology and the East Field at Isthmia, Greece: Interpreting Domestic Space at a Ritual Center, Rhian Alissa Stotts

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Stories in the Stone: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Historic Cemeteries in Lewes, Delaware and Wayne County, Ohio, Erin Toohey

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Stories in the Stones: a Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Historic Cemeteries in Lewes, Delaware and Wayne County, Ohio, Erin Toohey
Department: Archaeology

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The Relationship of Architectural Energetics and Architectural Symbolism at the Mayan Site of Copan, Honduras, Karolina M. Walls

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Archaeology and Public Communication, David Walton

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This Should Be in a Museum! the Illegal Trade in Chinese Antiquities and What Can Be Done to Stop It, Andrew Womack
Department: Archaeology

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This Should be in a Museum! The Illegal Trade in Chinese Antiquities and What Can be Done to Stop It, Andrew Womack

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Analysis of Three Structures and their Function at the site of Las Canoas, Honduras, Lara Britain

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Living on the Edge: Residential Structures in El Cafetal, El Parasio Valley, Honduras, Whitney Goodwin

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Were the Women of Ancient Greece Just Desperate Housewives of the Past? An Analysis of the Role of Women on the Formation of the Polis through the use of Pottery, Ashley Marie Jirsa

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Analysis of Ceramics from the Malloura Valley of Central Cyprus to Determine Social and Economic Change During the Late Roman Period, Christian M. Jones

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Analysis of Ceramics From the Malloura Valley of Central Cyprus to Determine Social and Economic Change During the Late Roman Period, Christin M. Jones
Department: Archaeology

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"On We Sweep, with Threshing Oar, Our Only Goal Will be the Western Shore!" An Analysis of the Norse Presence in North America at L'Anse aux Meadows, in Relation to the Vinland Sagas, Emily Long

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Celtic Invasion of Ireland: Myth or Fact? Revisiting the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition, Catherine McMahon
Department: Archaeology

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The Celtic Invasion of Ireland: Myth or Fact? Revisiting the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition, Catherine Ambie McMahon

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The Syncretism of Pagan and Christian Beliefs in the Eastern Roman Empire as Shown Through Floor Mosaics, Rhian Alissa Stotts

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Political Agenda in Assyrian and Babylonian Sculpture in the First Millennium B.C, Kate Duffus

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Colonization of Polynesia: Theories and Evidence, Christin M. Jones

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The Celtic Invasion of Ireland: Myth or Fact? Revisiting the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition, Catherine A. McMahon

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Recording the Voices of the Past: An Investigation of the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society, Erin Toohey

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Small Scale Spatial Dynamics, Lara Britain

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Residue Analysis of Ceramics From Late Byzantine and Mediaeval Contexts at Pella, Jordan, Hanneke Aaltje Hoekman
Department: Archaeology; Chemistry

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Settlement Dynamics of Central Cyprus: a Gis Analysis, David Massey
Department: Archaeology

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Wayne County Cemeteries, Aaron Orszag
Department: Archaeology

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Osteological Analysis of Irish Bronze Age Populations: Searching For Nutritional Deficiencies As Evidence of Social Complexity, Joyce Stockins
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003

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Using An 18th Century Cemetery and Interviews With Parishioners of St. Genevieve to Determine How Religion Reinforced Ethnic Identity in the French-Catholic Settlement of Calmoutier, Holmes County, Ohio, Jeanne Harrington
Department: Archaeology; Sociology and Anthropology

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Conflict, Warfare, and Viewshed Analysis: the Pueblo III Period in the Silver Creek Drainage, East-Central Arizona, Leslie Nicole McCluskey
Department: Archaeology; Geology

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Plain and Simple: Health Care Decision-Making Among the Amish and Its Implications on the Process of Cultural Evolution, Cori Philips
Department: Archaeology

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Plain and Simple: Health Care Decision-Making among the Amish and its Implications on the Process of Cultural Evolution, Cori Diana Philips

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Silent Houses: An Examination of Social and Economic Pressures Present in Residential Architecture During the Classic/Postclassic Transition in El Coyote, Honduras, Georlin Denise Thorne
Department: Archaeology

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Oral Histories of Parishioners of St. Genevive Church, Calmoutier Ohio, Jeanne M. Harrington

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Analyzing Residues in Bronze Age Ceramics from Pella of the Decapolis, Hanneke Aaltje Hoekman

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Aniconic Images in Ancient Aegean Cultures, Michael Ludwig
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies

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The Use of GIS in Archaeology: The Malloura Valley, David Park Massey

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May His Shoul Be Bound up in the Bond of Eternal Life: Religious and Ethnic Self-Identity at the Ashne Hesed Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania, Heather L. McEwan
Department: Archaeology

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Lithic Reduction Strategy of the Archaic: Manufacturing and Use Traces in the Maccorkle Bifurcate Tradition of Ohio, Michael J. Miller
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001

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Anglo-Saxon and Romano-British Burial Practices: Signs of Migration and Cultural Interaction, Christopher Jeremy Barney
Department: Archaeology

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Implications of Ptolemaic Rule on Traditional Egyptian Culture, Matthew J. Breznai
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies

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Combining Archaeological Databases, Geographic Information Systems, and Multimedia Digital Reconstruction; An Application of the Modern Archaeology Lab in Settlement Pattern Analysis, Aaron Fuleki
Department: Archaeology

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Gravestone Style and Analysis at St. Genevieve Cemetery in Calmoutier, Ohio, Jeanne M. Harrington

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Tressie Mcintosh Site, Clinton, Ohio: Using Nineteenth Century Ceramics As Indicators of Socioeconomic Status and Consumer Choice, Aileen Heiser
Department: Archaeology

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The Tressie Mcintosh Site, Clinton, Ohio: Using Nineteenth Century Ceramics as Indicators of Socioeconomic Status and Consumer Choice, Aileen N. Heiser

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Lithic Analysis of the Action Site (33KN345) and the Millwood Rockshelter (33KN395), Knox County, Ohio: a Study in Methodology, Kimberly House
Department: Archaeology

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Archaeology of Mummification and Its Significance in Egyptian Culture, Thomas Frederick Johnson
Department: Archaeology

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Who Owns the Past? An Analysis of the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act, Kathryn Joynt
Department: Archaeology

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Cultural Affiliation of Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio, Leslie Nicole McCluskey

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Future Is in the Leaves, But the Present Is in the Pot: Reflections of Political, Economic, and Ideological Changes of the Ming Dynasty in Yixing Teapots, Crystal Miller
Department: Archaeology

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Historical Archaeology Analysis of Slave Life on Plantations in Louisiana and Throughout the Southern United States, Amanda Moreland
Department: Archaeology

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Translating Theran Wall Paintings, Sarah E. Nichols
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies

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Plants as Medicine, Cori Diana Phillips

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2000

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It's Not the Size of the Road; It's What You Do With It: A Study on the Effects of Transportation Routes and Trade on the Romanization of Gaul, Michael P. Krackenberger
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies

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Thule, Ultimate No More: Ships of Exploration and the Development of the World-System, Heather L. McEwen

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A Study of Lithic Biface Manufacturing Traces in the MacCorkle Bifurcate Tradition of Ohio: Investigation into the Atlatl and Dart System, Micahel J. Miller

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Lithics and Prehistoric Economy in Knox County, Ohio: A Lithic Debitage Analysis From the Acton Site (33Kn395), Jonathan Vanderplough
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999

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Billman Family As a Case Study of German-American Farming Families in the Archaeological Record, Laura Baird
Department: Archaeology

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Settlement Patterns Along the Vermillion and Black Rivers in Lorain County, Ohio and Subsistence Patterns Seen Through Microwear Analysis, Steven Brandes
Department: Archaeology

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Etruscans and Rome: A Relation of Influences, Gabriel Califano
Department: Archaeology

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Testing the Possibilities: A World-Systems Perspective on Interaction Between Mesoamerica and the Southeastern United States and the Development of the Mississippian Culture, Jody Clauter
Department: Archaeology

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House of the Vetii at Pompeii, Sarah Conway
Department: Archaeology; Art and Art History

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Wooster In Pella: A History of the Site, the Excavations, and the Collection, E. Micahel DiPaolo

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Wooster in Pella: a History of the Site, the Excavations, and the Collection, E. Michael DiPaolo
Department: Archaeology

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Data Management in the College of Wooster Archaeology Lab: The Acton Database, Aaron Fuleki

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Tomb Architecture and PoliticL Development on Crete during the Bronze Age, Kate Joynt

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The Millwood Rockshelter (33-KN-395), Knox County, Ohio: A Study of Exchange and Settlement Through Sourcing of Raw Materials, Russ Kohrs

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The Water Below: A Study of Salvage Rights and Their Effects on Underwater Archaeology, Micahel P. Krackenberger

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Preservation of American Heritage, Carrie Simmons
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998

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Examination of Astronomical Alignments As Related to Public and Religious Structures in the Maya Region, Rebecca Crane
Department: Archaeology

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Viking Women: An Exploration of Female Roles and Activities in Late Iron Age Scandinavian Society, Ann-Catherine Frederick
Department: History; Archaeology

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Phoenician-Punic Tophet: An Analysis of the Evidence Concerning Child Sacrifice, Sarah Harris
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies