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- Comparisons of mortuary data and demography for AME Zion cemetery and the Poor Farm in Pensacola, Florida.
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- Hutson, Allison M.
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Populations from two historic cemeteries in Pensacola, Florida were researched, analyzed, and compared through the use of archival and site survey records in order to understand connections between causes of death, ages at death, and socioeconomic status (SES). A total of 1,267 individuals were analyzed within this research (404 from AME Zion and 863 from the Escambia County Poor Farm) to answer 1) how the socioeconomic status (SES) of a selection of a population connects to their eventual...
Show morePopulations from two historic cemeteries in Pensacola, Florida were researched, analyzed, and compared through the use of archival and site survey records in order to understand connections between causes of death, ages at death, and socioeconomic status (SES). A total of 1,267 individuals were analyzed within this research (404 from AME Zion and 863 from the Escambia County Poor Farm) to answer 1) how the socioeconomic status (SES) of a selection of a population connects to their eventual cause of death and age at death; and 2), how SES is or is not reflected in the burial practices evident through extant surface material at cemetery site(s). The goal of this research was to better understand how the life experiences of people in the past affected their representations in death. Initial analysis of the overall populations (AME Zion n=404; Poor Farm n=863) showed higher rates of infant deaths and males at the Poor Farm than was seen in the AME Zion Pre1970 population sample of all ages. For these full samples, susceptibility to the most frequent causes of death categories (Illness and Disease) were the same at each site. With these similar levels however, individuals at neither site were living substantially longer than the other even when individuals at the Poor Farm had a significantly average SES. Analysis of the cause of death and age at death analysis samples (AME Zion n=240; Poor Farm n=419) as well as analysis of the SES subsamples (AME Zion n=133; Poor Farm n=408) highlighted sex and SES differences between the sites where the Poor Farm had a higher frequency of males and higher wages, on average. Conclusions found no connection between SES and the existence or absence of extant surface materials at AME Zion or the Poor Farm but brought to light the possibility of other cultural factors such as church affiliations and burial associations.
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- 1298231672, WFE0000782
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- I can barrel-ly contain myself: identifying types of wooden casks within the Emanuel Point II artifact assemblage.
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- Elmore, John Robert III
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Wooden casks served as essential tools for economic development for thousands of years by storing and transporting various commodities. Though they no longer play as significant of a role for commerce in the modern era, their utility is still remembered because of their long-lasting reign of use. Historians and archaeologists alike study both casks as well as the individuals who make them (coopers) to further understand the significance each held as contributors toward economic growth....
Show moreWooden casks served as essential tools for economic development for thousands of years by storing and transporting various commodities. Though they no longer play as significant of a role for commerce in the modern era, their utility is still remembered because of their long-lasting reign of use. Historians and archaeologists alike study both casks as well as the individuals who make them (coopers) to further understand the significance each held as contributors toward economic growth. Archaeologists have recovered numerous types of wooden casks from across the globe, with each discovery shedding light on the cultural significance held by different cask types during different eras. Though archaeologists have yet to recover a fully intact cask from any of the archaeological sites affiliated with the Tristan de Luna expedition of 1559, one of the site's artifact assemblages (the Emanuel Point II's (EPII)) contains a collection of objects identified as wooden cask components. An analysis of these components contributes toward the identification of cask types within the EPII artifact assemblage, thereby shedding light on the types of casks utilized by 16th-century Spanish colonists.
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- 1296381613, WFE0000780
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- Japanese rule in Formosa and Korea: a contrast in colonial regimes?.
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- Mortensen, Dylan Matthew
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This thesis seeks to discuss the differences in rule that Korea and Formosa experienced under the Japanese Empire, looking at the status of each colony prior to colonization, during initial colonization, and what followed later; as well as ultimately discerning if the the concepts of direct and indirect rule are applicable to these cases. This thesis uses the definitions of direct and indirect rule, as given by Gerring et al. 2011. The time frame outlined for this thesis is 1895-1926. Through...
Show moreThis thesis seeks to discuss the differences in rule that Korea and Formosa experienced under the Japanese Empire, looking at the status of each colony prior to colonization, during initial colonization, and what followed later; as well as ultimately discerning if the the concepts of direct and indirect rule are applicable to these cases. This thesis uses the definitions of direct and indirect rule, as given by Gerring et al. 2011. The time frame outlined for this thesis is 1895-1926. Through analysis of Japanese rule, such as the empire's modernization attempts on their colonies, resource abstraction, and governance both de facto and de jure, it is shown that the Japanese empire indeed did differ in their forms of rule of each colony. Japanese rule over Korea and Formosa showcases textbook examples of indirect and direct rules that did change over time as the empire and its needs changed.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1202267406, WFE0000722
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- Document (PDF)
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- Looking through the glass: Booker Fish Camp, an archaeological investigation.
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- Preston, JodiLyn
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Booker Fish Camp project is an archaeological study applying a multi-method approach to explore the terrestrial and submerged aspects of a twentieth century fish camp in Escambia County, Florida. It explores the dichotomy of a site that is both residential and commercial, and remote yet part of a community. The duality of this land/water and residential/commercial endeavor is explored through an analysis of a large surface trash midden and viewed through the lenses of maritime cultural...
Show moreBooker Fish Camp project is an archaeological study applying a multi-method approach to explore the terrestrial and submerged aspects of a twentieth century fish camp in Escambia County, Florida. It explores the dichotomy of a site that is both residential and commercial, and remote yet part of a community. The duality of this land/water and residential/commercial endeavor is explored through an analysis of a large surface trash midden and viewed through the lenses of maritime cultural landscape and waterscape archaeology. The analysis provides a fascinating look at the intertwined relationship of land and water, residence and commerce, and home and community.
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- 2018
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- 1117308278, WFE0000644
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- Document (PDF)
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- Mapping colonial strategies: a comparison of British and Spanish Pensacola.
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- James, Cody B.
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When interpreted alongside written documentary evidence, cartography informs a view of how colonists directed expansion across the landscape. The qualities and content of maps illuminate significant details about their culture of origin; the attributes captured and omitted in cartography can shed light on the content considered relevant at the time of a map creation. For this research, a comparison between Spanish and British colonial maps from mid-18th-century Pensacola reveals a varied...
Show moreWhen interpreted alongside written documentary evidence, cartography informs a view of how colonists directed expansion across the landscape. The qualities and content of maps illuminate significant details about their culture of origin; the attributes captured and omitted in cartography can shed light on the content considered relevant at the time of a map creation. For this research, a comparison between Spanish and British colonial maps from mid-18th-century Pensacola reveals a varied assemblage of attributes, accuracy, detail, and scale that portray modest development for the First Spanish and rapid, organized expansion in the subsequent British period. Using historic maps, two divergent modes, and experiences of colonization can be traced, revealing how environment, socioeconomics, and relations with native peoples influenced the settlement of Pensacola's frontier.
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- 1129043933, WFE0000659
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- Document (PDF)
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- Overshadowed: history, public engagement, and conflict archaeology at Florida's natural bridge.
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- Johnston, Janene Whitley
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The Civil War Battle of Natural Bridge was fought within miles of Tallahassee, Florida, in March of 1865. The site, which is now the Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, was the subject of a historical and archaeological investigation incorporating documentary evidence, metal detection survey, trench excavations, LiDAR, and firearms identification analysis. The survey was conducted with the help of a wide range of volunteers and community stakeholders including students, members of...
Show moreThe Civil War Battle of Natural Bridge was fought within miles of Tallahassee, Florida, in March of 1865. The site, which is now the Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, was the subject of a historical and archaeological investigation incorporating documentary evidence, metal detection survey, trench excavations, LiDAR, and firearms identification analysis. The survey was conducted with the help of a wide range of volunteers and community stakeholders including students, members of Florida State Park Service, the local archaeological society, and Civil War reenactors. The results from the survey are being utilized to provide an updated analysis of the conflict which demonstrates how the Confederate forces expertly utilized the landscape to their tactical advantage. Additionally, this project can be used as a guide for on-site interpretation or future research involving the recent acquisition of the remainder of the battlefield.
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- 1129044081, WFE0000660
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- Scorched sawmills: effects of a confederate raid on the lumber industry of West Florida.
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- Patterson, Brianna Lynn
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The main goal of this study is to analyze the effects of the Confederate raid of 1862 on the lumber industry of West Florida. This study established a baseline for the lumber industry, which showed a robust and successful industry prior to the raid. After the Confederate raid, the industry recovered, but never regained the prominence it possessed in 1860. This study also examined the raid's impact on sawmills through terrestrial and maritime archaeological investigations at the Criglar,...
Show moreThe main goal of this study is to analyze the effects of the Confederate raid of 1862 on the lumber industry of West Florida. This study established a baseline for the lumber industry, which showed a robust and successful industry prior to the raid. After the Confederate raid, the industry recovered, but never regained the prominence it possessed in 1860. This study also examined the raid's impact on sawmills through terrestrial and maritime archaeological investigations at the Criglar, Batchelder, and Pooley Company sawmill; Pearce and Son Mill; and Hyer planing mill. A shovel test survey at the Hyer planing mill revealed an associated feature that displayed evidence of the Confederate raid. The two other sites did not produce any definitive archaeological evidence of the sawmills. Analysis of the three sawmill landscapes showed that the raid accelerated the industrial processes and adaptations at the sites.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1202268105, WFE0000726
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- Document (PDF)
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- The steamer Columbia: recreating the life history of a Pensacola sidewheeler.
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- Dvorscak, Christopher Kevin
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In March of 2013, faculty and students from the University of West Florida discovered an unknown shipwreck in the Blackwater River. After multiple seasons of investigation and intensive historical research, the shipwreck is determined to be the sidewheel steamer Columbia, of Pensacola. It was built in 1900 by the W. B. Wright Company, towed lumber, and functioned as an excursion vessel. A fire of unknown origin caused it to burn to the waterline and sink on March 13, 1911. This project...
Show moreIn March of 2013, faculty and students from the University of West Florida discovered an unknown shipwreck in the Blackwater River. After multiple seasons of investigation and intensive historical research, the shipwreck is determined to be the sidewheel steamer Columbia, of Pensacola. It was built in 1900 by the W. B. Wright Company, towed lumber, and functioned as an excursion vessel. A fire of unknown origin caused it to burn to the waterline and sink on March 13, 1911. This project focuses on the discovery and investigation of Columbia, describes the life history of the vessel and the region in which it functioned, and provides convincing evidence to confirm its identity.
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- 1129014911, WFE0000654
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- Thermal niche requirements of the whitespotted bamboo shark, chiloscyllium plagiosum.
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- Porter, Zoë Caitlin
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The Whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum is a species of longtail carpet shark native to the Indo-Pacific region known as the Coral Triangle. Temperatures across much of the geographic range of the Whitespotted bamboo shark are rising, and it is not immediately clear if the species has the physiological capacity to withstand the impending rise in sea surface temperatures expected by the end of the century. Although listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as...
Show moreThe Whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum is a species of longtail carpet shark native to the Indo-Pacific region known as the Coral Triangle. Temperatures across much of the geographic range of the Whitespotted bamboo shark are rising, and it is not immediately clear if the species has the physiological capacity to withstand the impending rise in sea surface temperatures expected by the end of the century. Although listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as Near Threatened in 2006, their current conservation status is unknown. Indeed, thermal requirements of elasmobranch fishes in general are grossly understudied with empirical data available for only five of the more than 1200 extant elasmobranch species. The purpose of this study was to quantify thermal niche requirements of the Whitespotted bamboo shark by estimating key thermal metrics including intrinsic tolerance, upper and lower critical temperatures, thermal acclimation range, and upper and lower temperature acclimation responses. The results are interpreted and discussed in relation to current and potential future thermal conditions across the shark's traditional geographic range. The bamboo shark data presented here are the first to describe thermal requirements in a selachian elasmobranch.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1202268168, WFE0000727
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- Document (PDF)