Thesiss

This collection of poetry depicts landscapes and experiences of loss. The poems occur in various locations: Baltimore, MD; Shenandoah, VA; Rochester and New York City, NY; Uppsala and Göteborg, Sweden; Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Kusadasi and Ephesus, Turkey; Vilnius, Li…

How do different types of monuments and different monumental forms express social realities and inform larger social patterns? This dissertation research adds to this discussion from the perspective of the region best known for its ancient monuments: the Middle East. Known to it…

This project examines the role of plant diversity in the resilience and vulnerability of socioecological systems using an archaeological case study of the ancient Maya of the Mopan River valley, Belize. Archaeologists have documented major sociopolitical transformations in this …

Sutter County’s Century Farmers identifies families with an ongoing legacy of land use in Sutter County. Families that have been farming for 100 years in Sutter County are vital resources in identifying regional themes, historic agricultural developments, and landscape character…

From the beginning of his career, Thomas Cole was known for his unique vision and appreciation of the American wilderness. His early paintings of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York gained critical praise for their embrace of the wild elements of nature and rejection of t…