Archaeologists usually assume that human societies are structured as a superorganism system in which various social, cultural, economic, and political sectors are intertwined and mutually influenced. Once force occurs in one sector, dynamic interactions will transmit the force a…
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A significant development in ancient Mesopotamia occurred during the mid-fourth millennium BC, when materials and settlements in the southern Mesopotamian Uruk tradition began to appear in neighboring areas. Some scholars have interpreted this phenomenon as a colonial network. W…
This dissertation examines cultural process: the nature of regional interaction in the ancient world. Although ceramics as chronological markers have been emphasized in studies of early complex societies, they also help define cultural and interaction spheres. Traditionally, dec…
The transition from mobile hunting and gathering societies to settled agricultural and urban societies first took place in the ancient Near East. This transition is a pivotal phase in a process that has ultimately led to the proliferation of urbanized spaces and societies worldw…
Archaeological research presented in this dissertation confronts assumptions about the spatial patterning of Harappan pottery in borderland regions of the Indus Civilization (2600-1900 BC), a geographically expansive ancient state located across Pakistan and northwestern India. …
Due to the nature of their lifestyle and inherent mobility nomadic groups of the past have left little if any discernible imprint in excavated archaeological records. This is regrettable since most regions of the world that saw the emergence of complex societies were shaped by p…
The goal of this thesis is to develop an understanding of the history of Middle and Late Woodland settlement at Jacob Island, located in Pigeon Lake in the Trent River region, through analysis of ceramic artifacts recovered during the 2016 excavation program. Using both typologi…