Davidov, Veronica, 1978-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1978-07-01
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
A picture is worth a thousand likes : a cultural anthropological analysis of Instagram users' experience, 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Luc
Identifier: b7931446
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Anthropology program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of university requirements for the Master of Arts degree.During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were...
Dates:
2020
Exploring animal rescuers : motivation ; compassion-fatigue ; symbols ; gender and human-animal bonds, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sal
Identifier: b7929343
Abstract
A systematic investigation was performed, including research development, testing and evaluation desgined to develop and contribute to the generalized knowledge of animal rescuers: exploring who they are regarding their motivation, their experiences of compassion-fatigue, how symbolism is found throughout the rescue culture, how gender relates to animal rescue, and effects of human-animal bond. Primary research involved participant-observation, surveys and interviews. Diaries were kept by...
Dates:
2018
Mapping the Pleistocene : understanding the relationship between Paleoindian peoples and Pleistocene megafauna in the American Northeast using maps, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Kni
Identifier: b7931885
Abstract
This thesis explores possible interactions between Paleoindian peoples of New Jersey and two surrounding states: New York and Pennsylvania and extinct megafauna species based on archaeological and cartographic evidence. For years, archaeologists and paleontologists had assumed that Paleoindian peoples hunted these giant mammals into extinction. Lately, this theory has come under fire from critics who propose that climate change had a bigger impact. Currently, there is very little...
Dates:
2022
Pre-contact archaeology at the William Trent House: a site-specific analysis and regional synthesis of Native American occupation in Trenton, NJ, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ada
Identifier: b7930094
Abstract
In 2019, Monmouth University's summer achaeological field school was conducted at the William Trent House in Trenton, NJ in collaboration with Hunter Research, Inc. This project supplemented earlier work by Hunter Research. These investigations revealed a robust prehistoric component that remains largely intact beneath layers of historic fill. An analysis of Native American material recovered from disturbed fills and natural soils reveals a primarily Late Archaic - Transnational Period...
Dates:
2019
The Underground Railroad : analyzing the way to freedom, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ham
Identifier: b7927967
Abstract
This thesis is an analysis of the methods used to operate the Underground Railroad. As a form of resistance to slavery, most slaves began to seek a way out of bondage. Some of these ways were legal, but the most infamous way was illegally, through the Underground Railroad. The purpose of this thesis was to explore the legal ways to freedom and see if they could have been as effective as the Underground Railroad's system. Some legal methods examined was how slaves purchase freedom,...
Dates:
2018
Using modern eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) habitat to predict prehistoric shell midden site locations: a case study of Chester River, Maryland, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Men
Identifier: b7930095
Introduction
Oysters have been an important resource for humans for thousands of years. They provided easy access to protein with little effort required to harvest, and their shells could be used as tools and as a temper in the manufacture of ceramics. The abundance of oysters made them a dietary staple for the people living along the Chesapeake Bay, and for the Europeans who first settled here. The wealth of shell fish led to overharvesting and the depletion of oysters in modern times. It is because...
Dates:
2019