This thesis investigates the possible relationship between the archaeological presence of maize, in the United States, and historical environmental variables, rainfall and temperature, in addition to the number of underground plants that store energy and nutrients, in a given ar…
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In many different cultures throughout history, humans have chosen to live and work cooperatively, arranging themselves into domestic corporate groups. However, these domestic corporate groups are not identical in their nature or operation. For instance, the ways in which communi…
Freezing rain is a winter weather phenomenon that is both particularly dangerous and difficult to predict. This forecast challenge arises because freezing rain requires the maintenance of a narrow range of temperature profiles, with warm air aloft and cold air at the surface. Th…
The Windover archaeological site (8BR246) is one of the few mass pre-historic burial sites in North America. The 168 skeletonized men, women, and children were interned in a peat bog accompanied by cultural materials such as bone and stone tools, textiles, flora, and fauna. This…
Spanning multiple fields of scholarly inquiry, the bulk of this study concerns itself with competing notions of sovereignty, citizenship, boundary-making, and belonging in twentieth and twenty-first century Indigenous North America. Situated at the productive confluence of Borde…
The Miocene to post-Miocene geologic history of Northeastern Oregon and West-Central Idaho is difficult to parse because this area has experienced several dramatic events. Within 35 km of each other, there are exposures of the Chief Joseph Dike Swarm (CJDS) the fed the youngest …
This study was designed to discover what strategies Christian couples with progressive values who are engaged to be married can use to plan a wedding that honors their beliefs and prepares them to be partners in a marriage that values egalitarian principles. Attitude changes in …
The main focus of this thesis is Tenrikyo’s North American mission before World War II. This thesis examines the collaborative efforts between the Tenrikyo churches in Japan and the Tenrikyo community in the US in promoting the Tenrikyo’s North American mission.
Light-frame wood construction is one of the most common types of construction in North America, particularly for low-rise residential dwellings and apartment buildings. Light-frame wood buildings were found to perform well during recent earthquakes. However, past earthquake even…
This thesis is a synthesis of two separate research projects conducted in the summer of 2018 and the spring of 2020. The first project was conducted in conjunction with the Fort Ticonderoga Association as a means of exploring the memory and legacy of a historic military landmark…
This brief, focused ethnographic study investigated the unique problems and adaptations of Zoroastrianism in North America and how they made it distinct from the religion practiced in the mother communities of India and Iran. The field research took place in the Zoroastrian comm…
This work attempts to achieve two overarching objectives: firstly to trace the historical growth of Islamic schools in North America and secondly, to explore the ideological and philosophical values that have shaped the vision of these schools. The historical growth of Islamic s…
Literature on North American slavery is vast but negligent of the religious culture of the slaves, most especially African-American Christianity. As noted in Robert Handy's insightful article,1 for several decades African-American Christianity appeared only as incidentals in the…
Growing interdependence of Canada, the United States, and Mexico in production, trade, and consumption of natural gas and electricity during the 1990s produced a new North American functional entity—partly governmental, partly non-governmental, and partly intergovernmental. Coop…