Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Supervisor "Liston, Maria"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Are Metric Methods Really User-Friendly? A Methodological Study of Sex Estimation Techniques for the Talus and Calcaneus
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-13)Skeletal sex is most commonly estimated using the pelvis and the skull. These elements, however, are not always available in archaeological and forensic situations as they may be missing or damaged as a result of burial ... -
Bioarchaeology in Greece: Breathing Life into the Early Helladic and Archaic Skeletal Assemblages from Klenia
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-15)Rescue excavations between 2014 and 2015 in Klenia, Corinthia, Greece uncovered an assemblage of human skeletal remains from one Archaic (750-479 BCE) and four Early Helladic (2650-2200 BCE) tombs. Until recently, ... -
Developmental Defects in Ancient Context – Causations of Cleft Palate in the Athenian Agora
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)This research looks at the infant cleft palates recently identified in the Athenian Agora. This assemblage provided the opportunity to expand the ways which bioarchaeology may study developmental defects which affect the ... -
Differential Diagnosis of Complex Conditions in Paleopathology: A Mutational Spectrum Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-06)The expression of mutations causing complex conditions varies considerably on a scale of mild to severe referred to as a mutational spectrum. Capturing a complete picture of this scale in the archaeological record through ... -
Distinguishing Burials in Thebes, Greece: Using MNI and MLNI as a Differentiation Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)The objective of this thesis was to determine an additional method to help distinguish between types of burials in Thebes, Greece and generally in archaeological remains. Using two quantification methods, MNI and MLNI, ... -
The Effects of Collagen Rehydration on Postmortem Fracture Morphology: Implications for the Perimortem Interval
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)The purpose of this thesis was to explore the effect of water saturation on the fracture morphology of dry bones – specifically, this research sought to determine if rehydrating dry bones would cause skeletal material to ... -
Imagining Greece: Sensing Antiquity in Two Athenian Museums
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-09)Physical and sensorial experiences of museums provide publics with a material ground to (re)imagine history and its relationship to contemporary society. Through these experiences, museums become venues of spatialized ... -
Reconstructing the Life Histories of the Individuals Buried in the Rock-cut Cave Church of St. Georges, in Gurat, France
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)In the 1960s and 1970s, eighteen individuals were excavated from the cave church of St. Georges, located in Gurat, France. This thesis develops osteobiographies for these individuals to build on previous studies relating ... -
Sex Without the Head or the Hips: The Inferences Made on Bone and the Use of the Lower Body to Estimate Sex
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)When it comes to the sex estimation of a skeleton, the main factors contributing to which methods are used depend on which skeletal elements are present. When a skeleton is uncovered that is essentially complete, with ... -
Skeletons in Wells: Post-Mortem Treatments in Roman Eretria, Greece
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-09)This thesis is an osteoarchaeological analysis of adult and juvenile human skeletal remains (more specifically, crania and long bones) that were excavated by the Swiss School of Archaeology from a 3rd century CE Gymnasium ... -
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 ...