http://hdl.handle.net/10464/2931 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:19:10 GMT 2013-05-23T09:19:10Z http://hdl.handle.net/10464/3083 Beyond child's play : wealth, status, and the death of children in the MH-LH I periods of the Argolid, Greece Schleifer, Katherine This study explores the mortuary remains of children from the MH-LH I periods of the Argolid, Greece. This examination concentrates on how the child in death acted as a tool for wealth and status display. Here, children are understood to have perpetuated, maintained, and reinforced status distinctions between families in their community. The analysis of one hundred child burials that date to these periods illustrates how the burials of children were important opportunities used by the families of children to display wealth and status. Thus, children can be viewed as important factors in the reorganization of social structure in the transition from the Middle to Late Helladic. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10464/3083 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10464/2923 The Princeps Optimus : towards a new reading of Velleius Paterculus' history Dawson, Christopher. Abstract This thesis works towards a new reading ofVelleius Paterculus' survey of Roman history, published in AD 29 or 30. Modem scholarship has tended to condemn Velleius as historian and stylist. Though opinions have started to change in the last few decades, even the most recent works generally treat him as a passive and perhaps unconscious conveyor of Roman cultural ideals and Augustan ideology. This thesis argues that the historian is, in fact, manipulating these themes to make definite political points. It focuses on the negativity of the history's conclusion as it stands in stark contrast to the preceding narrative celebrating the principates of Augustus and Tiberius. The thesis tentatively concludes that Velleius was trying to express concern over Rome's future, and specifically to influence Tiberius to return to Rome from his retreat on the island of Capri and curb the power of his "assistant," Sejanus. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:46:02 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10464/2923 2009-02-16T15:46:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/10464/2912 Patterns in space : a regional study of motif in Minoan wall painting Scott, Cindy Lee. This thesis consists of a quantitative analysis of the regional prevalence of certain artistic motifs as they appear in Minoan wall painting of the Neopalatial period. This will help to establish the relative degree of artistic autonomy exercised by each of the sites included in this study. The results show that the argument for itinerant artists during this time period is a strong one, but the assumption that these travelling artists were being controlled by any one palace-centre is erroneous. Rather, the similarities and differences seen suggest that the choices were predicated either by the specific patrons, or by the function of the associated building or room. Thus, the motifs found within this study should be understood as constituting a cultural identity, with greater or lesser degrees of regional homogeneity, which act as one facet of a number of cultural indicators that can be used to better understand the role of artists and regional dynamics on the island during the Bronze Age. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:45:57 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10464/2912 2009-02-16T15:45:57Z