Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 2Botting, Heather Denise Harden
- 2Gibson, Terrance H.
- 2Gordon, Andrew Ross
- 2Hayashi, Naotaka
- 2Kjorlien, Yvonne
- 2McCormack, Patricia Alice
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People, land, and pipelines: perspectives on resource decision-making in the Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories
DownloadFall 2012
This dissertation examines the ways in which three Aboriginal communities in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories are participating in decisions and activities related to non-renewable resource extraction on Sahtu lands. In particular, I examine local involvement in the assessment and...
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Pig Husbandry at Kastro Kallithea: An Isotopic Study of Pig Husbandry in Hellenistic Thessaly
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The goal of this study was to determine the pig husbandry practice(s) employed at the Hellenistic city of Kastro Kallithea. Kastro Kallithea was occupied from the 4th to 2nd centuries BCE. One of the primary goals of the Kastro Kallithea archaeological project was to examine the domestic economy...
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1993
Master's thesis. An exploration of the relationship of the Wet'suwet'en people of northwest British Columbia to the plants of their environment. Reviews territoriality, conservation ethics and vegetation management, and discusses traditional plant uses and classification, the role of plant foods...
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Fall 2013
Ongoing excavations on Rebun Island have demonstrated the prehistoric use of obsidian persistently from the Middle Jomon (5400−4300 cal.YBP) to Okhotsk (1500−750 YBP) periods. Since obsidian does not occur naturally on Rebun Island, only the transportation of raw materials and/or finished tools...
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Postglacial Human and Environmental Landscapes of Northeastern Alberta: An analysis of a late Holocene sediment record from Sharkbite Lake, Alberta
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Sharkbite Lake lies in northeastern Alberta’s lower Athabasca River Valley, within which lies the modern boundaries of the Mineable Oil Sands Region (MOSR). Much of the palaeoecological research to date has addressed the establishment of the Boreal Forest; however, the late Holocene...
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1986
Masters thesis. Analyses of part of a pottery vessel recovered from site GFPa-32 in the southern boreal forest of Alberta suggests that the vessel is closer to late variant Saskatchewan Basin ware than to the Clearwater Lake Punctuate type. Includes a discussion of the relationship between these...