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Research Materials (Anthropology)
This collection contains unpublished research literature (grey literature) and other items associated with research from the Department of Anthropology.
Items in this Collection
- 8Young-Leslie, Heather
- 4Bourgeois, Rebecca L.
- 4Lovell, Nancy C.
- 3Gelderman, Karen
- 2Lovell, Nancy C
- 2Steinwand, Tyanna
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2007-01-01
Paper published in Pacific Arts, vol 3, pp115-127 (2007). Abstract: Commoner women’s textile-work is a key medium in the ongoing process of hybridizing Tongan culture for the contemporary ‘modernity plus tradition’ present. One set of wefts for this paper are ethnographic. Commoner women’s...
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2007-01-01
The story of the Tä‘atu, a fish harvesting technique traditionally conducted in the Tongan village of Ha‘ano, is the closest thing the village has to a founding myth and mystical justification for the traditional estate of its hereditary chief. Here, I consider the tale...
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1973-01-01
Bonnichsen, Robson, Horan, Roy, Doll, Maurice, Baldwin, Stuart J.
This report presents data obtained from the archeological excavation of a historic cabin site located in the Cypress Hills of Alberta and thought to represent a historic Métis occupation. The report is divided into two sections: the first section is a presentation of excavation data, discussion,...
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Culture, Ecology and Restoration: a report of a workshop on human influence on the montane ecosystem in Jasper National Park
Download1996-03-29
Murray, Carol, Higgs, Eric S., Wesbrook, Mike
This report is a summary of a gathering of 35 researchers at the University of Alberta in 1996 to develop a set of guidelines for mapping the human influence in the montane region of Jasper National Park. Participants were from a wide variety of backgrounds: anthropology, archaeology, ecology,...
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2012-10-30
Lovell, Nancy C, McConnan Borstad, Courtney
Extensive excavations at Tell er-Rubca (ancient Mendes) have documented aspects of the city's political and cultic significance and its development over several millennia, but much less is known about the inhabitants of the city themselves. This paper presents an analysis of dental health as...
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2024-04-01
The Annual Tłı̨chǫ Research Expo began in December 2022 with the inaugural “Night at the Museum Research Expo.” Now an annual event, this program arose from the work being done to develop Tłı̨chǫ Nàowoò Deghats’etsaa: Tłı̨chǫ Cultural Commons Digital Archive and the Behchokǫ̀ Community Museum...
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1999-01-01
The dissertation offers a localized, symbolic analysis of the tropes which organize mothers' everyday practice on a remote Tongan atoll. It pays particular attention to the language, meanings and practices associated with 'health'. I argue that as mothers, women are active agents in the invention...
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Night at the Museum Research Expo: Coming Together for the Tłı̨chǫ Cultural Commons Archive
Download2023-01-01
Bourgeois, Rebecca L., Gelderman, Karen
On December 6th and 7th, 2022, the Tłı̨chǫ Government Department of Culture and Lands Protection (DCLP) hosted a two day “Night at the Museum Research Expo.” This event was originally thought of as a way to introduce the Tłı̨chǫ Cultural Commons archival work to the public in Behchokǫ̀, but then...