Theses - Archaeology
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Safeguarding Indigenous Heritage in the Anthropocene: A Transnational Comparative Study of the Northwest Territories, Canada, and Northern Chile
Climate change has been widely recognised as one of the most urgent and growing threats to natural and cultural heritage in the twenty-first century, and the indelible impact of humanity has led to the definition of a new ... -
A Sign of the Times: Administration, Agency of officials and Monumental architecture in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt
This dissertation explores the state in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt through the lens of administration and its officials. Due to the abstract nature of the state, it is studied through its manifestations and actions, as defined ... -
The role of hydrological changes in the demise of Iron Age state societies in southern Africa: an integrative study of Mapungubwe, South Africa
(2021-08-01)In southern Africa, Mapungubwe (AD 1200–1300) is regarded as the earliest precolonial state system that emerged by exploiting floodplain ecologies for extensive agriculture and trade for immense surplus wealth, significant ... -
Colonialism, Continuity and Change: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Relationship between Colonialism and Iron Age and Medieval Settlement in the North Channel
(2021-01-30)This dissertation investigates the relationship between colonialism and settlement. It examines three episodes of colonialism in two case-study regions facing each other across the North Channel, corresponding to eastern ...
