Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

Summer 7-21-2026

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

September 2026

Department

Anthropology

College Granting Degree

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Department Granting Degree

Anthropology

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Meredith Ellis,

Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair

Valentina Martinez

Abstract

Archaeological excavations leave behind extensive paper trails and repositories of materials. When these materials are transformed into an archive it disjoints the archaeological process and increases the possibility for knowledge loss. The archive from Salango Site 141C showcases this. These materials have remained in storage or on display since their original excavation and over time the understanding and significance of the site has been lost. Utilizing the theoretical framework of slow archaeology, this thesis analyzes the various parts of the archive from 141C. Using both mortuary archaeology and skeletal analysis, these parts of the archive are reconciled, compared, and integrated. Through this reconciliation, comparison, and integration knowledge loss and knowledge recovery is explored demonstrating how different interpretations can result when the archaeological process is disjointed, how reconciling and integrating this disjointed information can result in more holistic understandings of the past, and how time, separation, and decisions can affect knowledge production.

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