Fouad, Geoffrey
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Cemetery documentation and language analysis : a case study at the Old Methodist Church Cemetery in Toms River, New Jersey, 2023
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Identifier: b7931615
Abstract
This study examines how global positioning systems (GPS) mapping can be utilized in cemetery documentation and analysis using a case study at the Old Methodist Church Cemetery in Toms River, New Jersey. Both the spatial data of the gravesites and the grave marker information were collected using a Trimble TDC150 unit over the winter of 2023. A digital database and interactive map were created using Trimble Connect and geographic information systems (GIS). A methodology was developed to...
Dates:
2023
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
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