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 1998

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Manipulation of Greek and Cypriot Rural Sanctuaries From 1050 to 450 B.C.E., John Oswald
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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A Study of Lithic Projectile Points recovered from a Prehistoric Site in Northern Ohio, Steven Brandes

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A Comparison of Reconstruction and Experimental Archaeology at SunWatch Archaeological Park (33-MY-57) and Cahokia Mounds State Park (11-MS-38), Jody Clauter

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"Recent" Archaeology: A Look at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, E. Michael DiPaolo

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Analysis of a Mastodon Trackway Located Near Saline, Michigan, and Its Implications For the Systematic Hunting of Mastodon By Paleo-Indians, William Hubbard
Department: Archaeology; Geology

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Pottery Types of the Protohistoric Ohio Region, Timothy Montbach
Department: Archaeology

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God's Golden Box: the Role of the Ark of the Covenant As a Relic Within Both Ancient and Modern Societies, Erik Lars Peterson
Department: Archaeology

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Roots of Denial:The Link Between the Material Culture and Cultural Ideologies of the Victorian, Great Depression, and World War II Eras as Embodies in Mortuary Monuments at the Wooster Cemetary, Anna Roth

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Examination of the Collapse of the Anasazi Civilization in the Chaco Canyon Region, Terressa Skinner
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1996

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Analysis and Interpretation of the Aurelian Column, David Carew
Department: Archaeology

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Space Matters: The Maya Articulation of Myth and Cosmology as represented in the Spatial Elements of Building Construction and City Planning: The Example of the Ball Court Sector of Late Classic La Sierra, Garrett W. Silliman

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Space Matters: The Maya Articulation of Myth and Cosmology as Represented in the Spatial Elements of Building Construction and City Planning: The Example of the Ball Court Sector of Late Classic La Sierra, Garrett W. Silliman

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Arthurian Legend Revisited: the Archaeological Investigation and Historical Resolution of the Figure of King Arthur in Dark Age Britain, Jennifer Szemer
Department: Archaeology

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Warriors and Farmers: the Expansion of Scandinavia Between 800 and 1100, Damien Seattle Tietjen
Department: Archaeology

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Report of the Excavations at the Norman Cullison Site: a Protohistoric Village in Coshocton County, Ohio, Andrew Vellenga
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995

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Evolution of Medical Practices Before the Fall of the Roman Empire, Laurie Warneke
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1994

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Tlingit Art and Archaeology, Christopher Caputo
Department: Archaeology

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Scientific Archaeological Method, Oral Narrative, and Advice Literature: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Interpreting the Material Culture of Rural America, Anamaria Mihalega
Department: History; Archaeology

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Reconstruction of the Paleotopographic and Paleogeologic Landscape Including An Archaeological Spatial Component Within a One By Three Kilometer Area Containing the Akrotiri Excavation on Thera in the Southern Aegean Sea, Marcus Pillion
Department: Archaeology; Geology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993

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Cult of Yahweh: An Archaeological Perspective, Eric Dyrhsen
Department: Archaeology

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Search For a Pre-Clovis Occupation of the Americas, John Esson III
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1992

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Treasures of the Earth, Moon, and Sun: An Archaeological Study of the Items Associated With the Roman Mystery Cults of Cybele, Isis, and Mithras, Gary DeVore
Department: Archaeology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1989

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Archaeoastronomical Features in the Maya Civilization, Christopher McLaren
Department: Archaeology