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Anthropology: Recent submissions
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Careful capitalism: Children, residential kinship, and live-in domestic work in Costa Rica
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-31)Limited publications address structures of residential kinship and live-in domestic work in Central America. Informed by participant observation fieldwork with three families, and open-ended interviews with employers (6) ... -
Vaccine Hesitancy: Changing Priorities Towards a Lens of Compassion and Opportunity
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-24)Vaccine hesitancy and refusal is an increasingly important topic, especially as concerns appear to be on the rise after the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent vaccine rollout. While concerns about vaccines are often brushed ... -
Doing DNA differently: A bioarchaeological secondary exploration of Brucella in ancient metagenomes in the NCBI SRA
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-23)The use of biomolecular methods in bioarchaeological studies of health and disease offer novel insights into the dynamics of disease presence and prevalence in the past, such as pathogen evolution, human–pathogen–environmental ... -
Health and Disease in Byzantine Greece: A Dental Analysis of the Temple of Ismenion Apollo, Thebes
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-05)Through a dental analysis, this study aimed to develop an understanding of the demography and health of the population at the archaeological site of Ismenion Hill, Thebes, Greece, dating to the early years of the Byzantine ... -
A paleopathological analysis of juveniles from Thebes: Childhood health in Byzantine Greece
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-15)Limited publications address juvenile health in Byzantine Thebes, Greece. As vulnerable and abundant members of most populations, children are essential to understanding the health experiences of past populations. This ... -
Maritime Trade of Classical Greece: Commodities Shipped in Transport Amphorae
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-04)Trade practices have long been a concern of anthropological studies but has fallen out of focus in archaeological research. Much can be learned about trade from material remains, especially those from shipwrecks. For this ... -
Flora Tristan: Rethinking the Intersection of 19th Century French Women’s Travel Writing and History of Anthropology
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-21)Flora Tristan was a 19th century French socialist and feminist writer and activist. During her lifetime, Tristan published two works of travel writing, Pérégrinations d'une paria (Tristan 1838a; 1838b) and Promenades ... -
Transnational Dialogues and Community Making in the Syrian Digital Space
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-18)This thesis examines the ways diasporic and transnational Arabs, and particularly Syrians, utilize and engage in the virtual space to voice their experiences and engage in transnational dialogues, while overall taking part ... -
Self, Materiality, and National Identity: The Dilemma of Authenticity Among Millennial Industrial Designers in China
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-29)By analyzing the discourse relating to the dilemma of authenticity among millennial industrial designers in China, the major objective of this thesis is to gain insights into the values, beliefs, practices, and ethics of ... -
Biodiversity Citizen Science Data Production Through iNaturalist: An Anthropological Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-04)iNaturalist is a common mobile application used in biodiversity citizen science projects and education. The application lets laypeople of all levels of expertise submit species ‘observations’ that can include correlating ... -
An Archaeobotanical Analysis of the Iler Earthworks Macro Remains
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-23)This thesis examines the archaeobotanical remains from the Iler Earthworks, a Springwells-Wolf phase site within the Western Basin Tradition (WBT) of Southwestern Ontario. Excavations between 2015 and 2018 resulted in soil ... -
An Analysis of a Perplexing Group of Graves from Ancient Corinth, Greece
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-19)In 2019 a post-12th century C.E. cemetery was identified at Ancient Corinth, Greece, in the area northeast of the ancient theatre. The 2019 and 2022 excavation season uncovered a perplexing group of graves with limited ... -
Accessibility in Bioarchaeology: Methods of 3D Imaging of Entheses
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-19)This thesis examines accessibility within the field of bioarchaeology in two methods of generating 3D models of human remains, laser scanning and photogrammetry. These were analyzed for the following attributes: cost, time ... -
Springwells Pottery Production at the Iler Earthworks
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-18)This thesis examines the pottery assemblage from the Iler Earthworks (AaHr-22), a Late Woodland (Western Basin Tradition) Springwells Phase occupation in Essex County, Ontario. An assemblage of 3724 pottery sherds was found ... -
Responsible Representation and Collaboration in Supporting Indigenous Maternal Health in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-05)Honouring the sacredness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period has long been held as integral to the strength and celebration of Indigenous families and communities in Canada. Although the impacts of ... -
Migration Narratives from Third Wave Bulgarian Immigrants in London, Canada: Internalization of Balkanism and its Effects on Citizenship
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-24)Bai Ganio, a brash fictional character famous among Bulgarians who grew up during communism, has become something of an example of what not to do for Bulgarian immigrants to Canada aged thirty-five and up. Subconsciously, ... -
Glazing Over Differences: Picuris Pueblo and Rio Grande Glaze Ware
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)Located in the northeastern corner of the Pueblo world, Picuris Pueblo exists on the fringe not only geographically but also archaeologically. In many ways, Picuris culture is unique, combining aspects of both Pueblo and ... -
Pagan Community Online: Social Media Affordances and Limitations in Religio-Political Sociality
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-18)Ultra-conservative and social justice politics in North America have imbued political meaning into ideas of race and religion. Norse Pagans (i.e., Heathens) are factionalizing and contesting the significances of race and ... -
A Trace Element Analysis of Lead in Human Tooth Enamel from Wadi Faynan 100, Jordan
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-17)The environmental pollution that persists in the Wadi Faynan region of Jordan can be attributed to copper mining and smelting activities that flourished during the Early Bronze Age I (EBAI) (ca. 3600-3000 BCE). Previous ... -
Transition Analysis as a Solution for Fragmentary Remains: Estimating Age-at-Death for a Skeletal Collection from Gurat, France
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-14)Transition Analysis is an age-at-death estimation method developed in 2002. While originally developed using the same skeletal features as other methods, Transition Analysis was recently expanded to include121 features ...