Browsing Honours Theses by Author "Fowler, Jonathan, 1972-"

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Atop Gallows Hill : magnetic susceptibility in archaeological reconnaissance

Fraser, Allison Carol (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)

This thesis synthesizes documentary evidence with two major sets of geophysical data in a comparative study between a potential subsurface archaeological feature, tentatively identified as the possible remains of a colonial ...
Chasing Evangeline: How archaeology and heritage shaped the Grand-Pré National Historic Site

Barker, Brooke M. M. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-29)

This thesis examines how the relationship between archaeology and heritage impacts a historic site, using the Grand-Pré National Historic Site (GPNHS) as a case study. Particularly, looking into whether this relationship ...
The importance of language to minorities in urban areas : Acadian identity in Halifax, Nova Scotia

McLean, Jordan Alexandra (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-29)

This thesis explores how Acadians in Halifax Regional Municipality use French to index their identity, including the importance of language in doing so. Halifax, Nova Scotia is home to an English majority as well as ...
Peter McNab's Island : Scottish settlement on McNabs Island 1782 to 1847

Smith, Vanessa Lynn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)

On Christmas Day, 1782, or so the story goes, Peter McNab purchased the largest island in Halifax Harbour, which carries his name to this day. Folk and literary tradition has portrayed Peter McNab, a native of Highland ...
Property crime of 18th-century Halifax : an anthropological approach

Ryan, Kristina R. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

This thesis examines the property crimes of 18th-century Halifax, Nova Scotia from the years of 1749 to 1770. In this study an investigation of the judicial system of a British colony is produced, along an evaluation of ...
The ritual origins of the roof-box at Newgrange

Freeman Marr, Laura (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)

This thesis explores the unique archaeological feature of Newgrange known as the roof-box, which was rediscovered after the excavations carried out at the site in the 1960s by Michael J. O’Kelly. This rediscovery led to ...
The rock-art of Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Lutz, Katherine Elizabeth (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

The rock-art of Point Pleasant Park has been largely unacknowledged by academic research and popular narratives. This study seeks to remedy such oversight by exploring the function of this contemporary assemblage, based ...
Why learn Irish?

Walker, Kieran P. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)

This thesis applies anthropological methodology to concepts of second language acquisition motivations in an attempt to better understand the question of, why students at Saint Mary’s University choose to learn the Irish ...