Veit, Richard F. (1968- )
Person
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
Roman contact with Ireland in the ancient world, 2024
Item — Call number MU Thesis Fla
Identifier: b7931823
Abstract
The relationship between the Roman Empire and Ireland during the Iron Age is a niche topic often overshadowed by the Roman occupation of Britain. However, this does not mean that there is no archaeological evidence or historical documentation that explores this relationship. In
fact, numerous sites containing Roman artifacts have been found across Ireland. Furthermore, contemporary Greco-Roman writers have written about Ireland and the Irish people for centuries. As a result, Roman...
Dates:
2024
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Site identification through artifact collector pit survey : lithic use on Broad Mountain, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Fal
Identifier: b7929301
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:
2019
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Smoke and fire forgery : a theory and practice of living history museums, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Mul
Identifier: b5596233
Abstract
History as a field of study and education often appears infallible and authoritative. However, history is simply one account of the past supported through repetition. Museum institutions draw upon the idea of an unquestionable account of the past when crafting and presenting their interpretations. These interpretations of the past are drawn from historic and archaeological sources. In the process, certain reports of the past leave out events and specific groups of people. The public, when...
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Steel rails to the seashore : railroads, tourism, and commuters at the Jersey shore, 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Elw
Identifier: b7930251
Abstract
Railroad history, as a discipline, is usually explored avocationally by enthusiast historians on specific railroads or locations or by career historians who interpret the subject on the national scale. When used separately, the techniques often leave out context or chronology that detracts from interpretation and narrative. An interdisciplinary approach, combining elements of local, avocational, historical study and scholarly interpretation, reconciles the differences in research and...
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Stone, shell, or steel? A closer look at butchery implements on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, 2014
Item — Call number MU Thesis Tri
Identifier: b7526742
Abstract
Analysis of cutmarks on archaeologically recovered fauna can indicate what type of blade was used for butchery tasks. Taking this approach to evaluating tool choices in a multiethnic community has been done elsewhere but remains a relatively unexplored topic in the American Southwest. Meanwhile, shell butchery is severely understudied. This study evaluates cutmarks observed on zooarcheological bone collected from the Mission and Pueblo at Santa Catalina de Guale on St. Catherines Island,...
Dates:
2014
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
The 1798 Direct Tax in New Jersey as a study in local architecture, 2003
Item — Call number MU Thesis OHe
Identifier: b2088752
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate History program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.
During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library,...
Dates:
2003
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
The Barnegat Bay : a look at the legacy, culture, & heritage of seafaring community, 2015
Item — Call number MU Thesis Fuc
Identifier: b7667220
Abstract
This thesis looks at the legacy, heritage and culture that has shaped the Barnegat Bay. By examining different groups of inhabitants like the Lenape Indians, the European settlers, pirates and privateers, and the baymen and surfmen. Each component, along with the inhabitants, has left a long lasting impression on the area. Historical events, archaeological evidence, and anthropological groups that have provided some rich, diverse, and important characteristics that were influential to the...
Dates:
2015
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
The celebration of birth : Botticelli and Respighi, 2002
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lef
Identifier: b2089265
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Liberal of Arts program offered by Monmouth University. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of Monmouth University requirements for the Master of Arts degree.
Dates:
2002
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
The Clark-Watson site : an archaeological exploration of colonial Perth Amboy, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cav
Identifier: b7929034
Abstract
Perth Amboy is a city with a rich and significant history that often gets overshadowed by its famous neighbors, New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. Its original occupancy stretches back thousands of years to the Native populations who dominated New Jersey territory up until the Contact period. By the seventeenth century, Perth Amboy was populated by Scottish, English, and Dutch immigrants who formed Perth Amboy into the city we know today. This thesis is an analysis of the artifact...
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
The evolution of fairytales and folklore, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Got
Identifier: b7877111
Abstract
This thesis examines the changes in fairytales and folklore overtime and across borders. Folklore and fairytales have been around for centuries and similar stories appear in multiple countries. These familiar tales have not remained the same as time has gone by. The alterations that occur are the result of many factors. The current culture, the story's ending, and the intended audience can all effect [sic] the content of fairytales and folklore.
Dates:
2018
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives