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The southern Russian steppe is located in an intermediary position between the Caucasus, Lower Don and Lower Volga steppe, between which peoples, goods, and technologies often moved throughout prehistory, likely facilitated by small scale seasonal movements and occasional migrat…

There exists a shared space where archaeologists use techniques developed by scientists to explore archaeological questions. Portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) is one such technique where archaeologists are uncovering appropriate archaeological applications. However…

In this thesis, I focus on an actively deteriorating rock art site that lacked complete site documentation located in Canyon de Chelly National Monument of Navajo Nation and northeastern Arizona. The presented research involves a range of advanced site recording procedures and t…

This thesis investigates whether or not track workers living at a railroad station in Inyo County, California, cultivated gardens. Kearsarge, the site chosen for this investigation, was a station on the Carson & Colorado/Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Railroad from 1883 until 196…