Anthropology Theses and Dissertations
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INVESTIGATING THE LOSS OF IRISH CULTURE IN MARYLAND USING MATERIAL CULTURE WITH THE APPLICATION OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY
(2021)In 1845, Maryland and the United States encountered an extraordinary influx in population largely due to the arrival of Irish immigrants fleeing Ireland due to the Great Famine. The population of the eastern United States ... -
WALKING THE MIGRANT TRAIL: MOBILIZING CULTURAL HERITAGE AND COMMEMORATING CLANDESTINE MIGRATION IN THE ARIZONA-SONORA BORDERLANDS
(2021)Since 2004, a group of allies sympathetic to the plight of unauthorized migrants crossing the US-Mexico border have organized the Migrant Trail—a seven-day, memorial walk that takes place between Sasabe, Sonora and Tucson, ... -
WRITTEN IN STONE: A LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO EXAMINING OHIO PETROGLYPH SITES
(2021)A petroglyph study was completed using a novel combination of landscape theory and GIS spatial analysis in Ohio. Building on the knowledge base of James L. Swauger’s 1984 publication of Petroglyphs of Ohio, petroglyph site ... -
Pilot Town at Navy Cove: Unplanned Utopia
(2021)Pilot Town is a former commune-style settlement in Alabama that began around the 1830s. This community, described by many as utopian, consisted of generations of outer bar boat pilots and their families. For nearly a century ... -
Seeing the Materiality of Race, Class, and Gender in Orange County, Virginia
(2021)This dissertation explores some of the ways the African American community in Western Orange County, Virginia adapted to life after emancipation. The interpretation relies upon intersectional materialism, which is rooted ...