Culminating projects in Cultural Resources Management, including theses, starred papers, and portfolios, focus on preservation, conservation, and stewardship of the finite and quickly disappearing record of the human past. Culminating projects may be based on field, lab, or literature analysis or data synthesis. Cultural Resources Management is administered by the Anthropology Program in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Culminating Projects from 2023
Lumberjacks and Lifestyles: An Archaeological Approach to the Workers of a ca. 1900 Logging Camp, Andrew Domine
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The Eagle Nest Site An Examination of the Stone Tool Technological Organization During the Woodland Period in Central Minnesota, Alexandra Hedquist
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Lithic Technological Organization at a 2200 BP Mound on the Outer Shumagin Islands, Alaska, XSI-00007, HOLLIS REDDINGTON
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An Attribute Analysis of Precontact Ceramics of 21MO20, KC Roberts
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Pure Pints and Preservative Pyres: Archaeobotanical Investigations at the Brainerd Brewery Site (21CW0337), Corey Yates
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Culminating Projects from 2022
The Precolonial History of the Macktown Historic District (11WO256), Lucas Howser
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Cultural Resources Management Plan: Black Mesa Ranger Station, Heather Maurer
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Rock Art Documentation in the Digital Age: The Rafter Z Site (24RB2809) in Rosebud County, Montana, Megan Moscarello
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Culminating Projects from 2021
Primed to Fire: An Archaeological Study of the Percussion Caps at Historic Fort Snelling (21HE99), Spencer Fehr
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The Complexities of Developing Meaningful Archaeological Predictive Models: A Case Study from the Dome Analysis Area on the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, USA, Alison Hostad
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What’s the Point? The Tchefuncte Type Site Typology, Emily Jeansonne and Emily Meaden Jeansonne
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PRE-CONTACT SETTLEMENT PATTERNS WITHIN THE THAMES RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN, EASTERN CONNECTICUT, Kristen Jeremiah
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Culminating Projects from 2020
Searching for Archaic Semi-Subterranean Habitation At the Halls Swamp Site in Southern New England, Erin Flynn
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Alcohol Bottles at Fort Snelling: A Study of American Military Culture in the 19th Century, Katherine Gaubatz
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The Bad Pass Trail: An Examination as a Route of Least Resistance, Sarah Jacobs
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Testing Metal Detector Methodology in Archaeology, Heathley A. Johnson
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Guarding the Northwest Frontier: The U.S. Military Post at Sauk Centre Minnesota 1862-1865, Michael Penrod
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High Elevation Cultural Use of the Big Belt Mountains: A Possible Mountain Tradition Connection, Arian Randall
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Culminating Projects from 2019
Faunal Analysis of the Licking Bison Site (39HN570): An Early Archaic Bison Kill Site from Harding County, South Dakota, Monica Margaret Bugbee
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Traditional and Naturally Significant Places Process Primer for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Michael Catches Enemy
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Pottery Analysis of The Nonnast Site (39ML0009), Marshall County, South Dakota, Megan Ernst
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Burn Baby Burn: an Experiment in Archaeological Site Formation through Fire, Ian Hanson
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Paleoenvironment of the Late Eocene Chadronian-Age Whitehead Creek Locality (Northwestern Nebraska), Samantha Mills
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On the Early to Middle Archaic Occupation of Hudson-Meng: A Geoarchaeological and Lithic Study, Jeffrey Shelton
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Honey or Vinegar: Oneota Interaction in the Central and Northeastern Plains, Benjamin Shirar
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Culminating Projects from 2018
A Macroscopic Examination of Expedient Tools: Comparing Replicated Collections and Precontact Collections to Aid in Determining Site Type, Heather R. Adams
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Old Collections, New Insights: Technological Organization of the Lungren Site (13ML224), A Middle Archaic Residential Camp, Warren Davis
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Transitions: The Study of a Late Nineteenth Century Minnesota Farmstead During a Period of Agricultural Transition, Theresa Gilbertson
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Lithic Resources, Workshops, and Consumption in Northwestern Belize, Hollie Lincoln
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MCC Nipissing East 2 (20.IR.253) and MCC Nipissing East 3 (20.IR.254): A Cross Site Comparison of Archaic Sites on Isle Royale National Park, Samantha J. Olson
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Fortifying Saint Cloud: Searching for Fort Holes, Charles Peliska
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Being and Becoming: Learning, Skill, and Cognition as Exhibited on Painted White Ware Pottery at Sand Canyon Pueblo (5MT765), a Pueblo III Era Community Center in Southwestern Colorado, Jonathan Schwartz
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Culminating Projects from 2017
Distribution of Knife Lake Siltstone and Associated Manufacturing Technologies Local to the Wendt Site Quarry, Daughter District, Lake County, Minnesota, Phillip R. Bauschard
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The Old Copper Complex Component at the Sandy Lake Dam Site, Michael E. Bradford
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Finding Fort Fair Haven: Archaeological Investigations of an 1862 Settlers' Fort, Jacob G. Dupre
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Archaeological Investigations at the Adams Bay Site (16PL8), Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana: Assessing Natural and Anthropogenic Effects to a Louisiana Coastal Archaeological Site, Ryan A. Hale
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Suicide Bend6 (20MT158): An Archaeological Investigation in the Huron-Manistee National Forests along the Manistee River, Manistee County, Michigan, Russell Snyder
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Patterned Variation of Early Woodland Waubesa Contracting Stem Projectile Points in Wisconsin, Michael G. Straskowski
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Analysis of Neanderthal Biodistance using Non-Metric Features of the Dentition, Michel C. Tchang
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Lithic Analysis at the JJ Site: USFS #09-09-05-949, Lake County, Minnesota, Cassandra Vogt
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Culminating Projects from 2016
Assessing Wyoming’s Public Perceptions and General Attitudes towards Archaeology, And Statewide Trends in Looting, Kayla M. Bradshaw
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Big Game, Small Game: A Comprehensive Analysis of Faunal Remains Recovered From CA-SDI-11,521, Jennifer R. Kraft
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Twin Lakes Site: A Look into Prehistoric Minnesota, Elizabeth K. Sharkey
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Culminating Projects from 2015
A Spatial Analysis of Artifacts Using a Geographic Information System at the Grand Portage North West Company Fur Trade Depot (21CK06), Andrew L. Craft
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Digitization of Museum Collections: Using Technology, Creating Access, and Releasing Authority in Managing Content and Resources, Benjamin S. Gessner
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Culminating Projects from 2013
Rethinking Hudson-Meng: A Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage from 25SX115, Sioux County, Nebraska, Diana M. Barg
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Analyzing the Effects of Tree Throw on the Wendt Archaeological Site, Jennifer L. Norman
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Maya Cave Art Survey at Nueve Cerros, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Gregory T. Schwab
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Culminating Projects from 2003
Changing Times, Changing Themes: An Exhibit Proposal of the Historical Occupancy at the Library Site from 1849 to 1869, Jaime Yap
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