Thanks Cathie

I will have to check out University Microfilms but I am not sure if I can
access theses on it as a non student.

Gaye
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From: "Cathy Spude" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, 15 July 2002 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: comparing assemblages


> Gaye:
>
> You might check out my dissertation. I referenced about 40 collections,
all
> dating from various shorter time periods within the larger span of 1880 to
> 1920 ( one collection dated into the 1930s) from both frontier and urban
> contexts in the United States and Canada. While I no doubt categorized the
> collections differently than you will want to, I did provide inventories
of
> all the collections in an appendix, and you can go to the original studies
> for more complete descriptions if you need them. For all but two or three
> of the collections, which I had to inspect myself, the reports had very
> detailed artifact descriptions.
>
> The dissertation is:
>
> Blee, Catherine Holder
>
> 1991  Sorting Functionally-Mixed Artifact Assemblages with Multiple
> Regression: A Comparative Study in Historical Archeology. PhD
dissertation,
> University of Colorado, Boulder. Available through University Microfilms,
> Inc.
>
> One item of important note. Since I did the dissertation, I have since
> discovered that the "Family Assemblage" model is not a useful one. The one
> I discuss in my dissertation is actually a bimodel distribution, and
breaks
> naturally into a "Drinking Family" and a "Temperate Family" assemblage. If
> you are interested in any follow-up on these particular models, please let
> me know, and I can send you some other papers I have written that explore
> the question further.
>
> However, if you just want the raw data or further references to artifact
> inventories, my dissertation may be a place to start.
>
> I hope it can be of some use to you.
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
>
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> My PhD thesis is looking at applying frontier theories to recent
frontiers.
> In this case to Western Australia's Northwest frontier. I have looked at
it
> regionally and at town level now I am down to site level. I would like to
> compare my assemblage to other frontier and non frontier assemblages from
> the same timespan. The site assemblage has been divided into four
> chronological assemblages
>
> 1874-1883
> 1884-1895
> 1896-1910
> 1910>
>
> The first three are frontier layers. Does anyone know of any accessible
> assemblage data from domestic/store or domestic assemblages which fit
those
> sort of time periods?
>
> Also if anyone can point me in the direction of some pertinent reading to
> applying frontier theories to the spread of artifacts across a site it
> would be appreciated.  Particularly relating to Paytner's strategies of
> domination and resistance, recognising social display, group membership,
> private/public space and servant/master relationships and any later
> researches applying the Lewis frontier theory model. I was sick during
most
> of the 90s and could not keep the reading up. I am now trying to catch up.
>
> Thanks Gaye
>