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Mapping Ancient Maya Lowlands
- Aleck TanAnthropology/ArchaeologyUndergraduate Student
- Breana EsparzaAnthropology/ArchaeologyUndergraduate Student
- Marisol Cortes- Rincon PhDAnthropology/ArchaeologyFaculty
Aleck Tan and Breana Esparza will assist Dr. Marisol Cortes-Rincon in mapping the areas between Dos Hombres and Gran Cacao using GIS and remote sensing techniques. Aleck Tan has been using satellite imagery to analyze the vegetation in the area in order to identify the extent of the causeways by applying remote sensing techniques of calculating the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Breana Esparza has been applying different methods of spatial analysis to create topographic contours of quarries and water features near the site N950. The information gathered would help create a better understanding of how ancient Mayan rural communities lived within their environments.
Mapping Marijuana Cultivation Sites and Water Storage in the Redwood Creek Watershed, Southern Humboldt County
- Cristina BaussGeographyUndergraduate Student
Impending regulation of California’s medical-marijuana industry demands a quantifiable understanding of the extent of cultivation on private lands long devoted to commercial-scale marijuana growing. This research aimed to quantify marijuana cultivation and water storage in the Redwood Creek watershed of southern Humboldt County, where critical changes have taken place since the advent of the back-to-the-land movement in the late 1960s. A GIS-based spatial analysis, following a visual search using Google Earth imagery, yielded 303 greenhouses, 100 outdoor cultivation scenes, 164 water tanks, and 51 installed ponds on assessor’s parcels located within or partly within the watershed.
Mapping Our Way to Zero Waste
- Liam HazeltonEnvironmental Studies, Geospatial AnalysisUndergraduate Student
A Zero Waste perspective is supportive of reducing plastic consumption. Zero Waste Humboldt cooperated with six local governments and three schools with sponsorship from Coast Central Credit Union, Strong Foundation, and Mad River Rotary Club. They obtained a startup grant from the Footprint Foundation to implement the process of installing water bottle refilling stations to support the local communities and reduce the amount of single use plastic. They needed several maps in different mediums showing the locations where they have installed the water bottle refilling stations. I supported their efforts by making a web based map and a printed map for their public outreach.
Mapping the Ancient Maya ‘Landscape’: A GIS approach to identify undocumented archaeological structures in Northwestern Belize
- Jeremy McFarlandAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
This project presents a unique approach to mapping the Maya landscape of Northwestern Belize. The basis of the research will explore various GIS and cartographic techniques to manipulate and visualize geospatial data to map and produce a model to assist with predictive site survey of archaeological structures. As a result of this research, various images of relief visualization will be produced to help with pre-field planning for the summer 2018 field season. This project is part of the Dos Hombres to Gran Cacao Archaeology Project (DH2GC) led by Dr. Marisol Cortes-Rincon at Humboldt State University.
Mapping the Sierra Nevada
- Mary Beth CunhaGeographyFaculty
- Tyler YoungGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Patrick WoodGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Henry WhippsGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Whitney NewcombENVSUndergraduate Student
- Monica Moreno-EspinozaGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Solveig MitchellGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Isabella KnoriGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Brady GoodwinENVSUndergraduate Student
- Kim DenizENVSUndergraduate Student
- Nathaniel DouglassGeographyUndergraduate Student
- John DellysseENVSUndergraduate Student
- Kelly BessemGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Selene CastilloWildlifeUndergraduate Student
- Jacob HowardGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Michael McDermottGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Mariah LomeliGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Sara PhippsForestryUndergraduate Student
- Kassandra RodriguezGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Ryan SalasForestryUndergraduate Student
- Cristina BaussGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Harrison BrooksGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Daniel CooperGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Joben PenuliarGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Aleck TanAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
- Aaron TaverasEnvironment and Natural ResourcesGraduate Student
Mapping the Sierra Nevada HSU advanced geospatial students map a variety of topics to accompany text in a forthcoming book about Environmental Issues in the Sierra Nevada.
Mapping Tibet
- Patrick WoodGeographyUndergraduate Student
- Nathaniel DouglassGeographyUndergraduate Student
This project aims to show two different styles of Cartography to represent the same geographic area, Tibet. The first map is paper map, a mapping project of Tibet and of Tibetan toponyms. The paper map focuses on the region rather than the geopolitics of the region and displays toponyms that reflect Tibetan culture. The second map uses a web based interactive platform to display the various routes that HSU students have taken between 2000 and 2014, while conducting research in Tibet. The web map hopes to consolidate the previous field studies conducted, into an interactive database for future research to reference.
Marijuana Cultivation on the Yurok Reservation
- Nicole PetersNative American StudiesUndergraduate Student
This poster will look at the history of illegal cannabis cultivation within the Yurok Reservation boundaries. This poster will include the impacts to the tribal communities and their dependence on the water resources used in maintaining cannabis farming, the impact on natural and cultural resources and the current tribal stance on cannabis cultivation.
Mask Design for Fantastic Mr. Fox by Constance Hill
- Constance HillTheatre ArtsUndergraduate Student
My concept for the mask design is rooted in sustainability, using found materials to decorate the masks. The masks are made out of items that are found in nature - items that animals would use if they were able to make masks for themselves. Ranging from feathers, to redwood tree leaves and bark, to pine cones, and to dirt. Each material provides texture that is accurate and unique to that of the animal, or to the animal’s personality.
Maximization of Sustainable Values in Real Estate
- Ryan DaleAnthropologyGraduate Student
Using applied anthropology to create sustainable models for real estate values, and hopefully prevent another great recession. The next phase is to determine the cultural implications of these models and to see how our cultural will react when their homes loses value on paper but are worth the same in terms of wages disposable income ratio.
Mayan Ceramic Reconstruction
- Forrest EstesAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
This reconstruction project was essential in understanding the proper steps to put together ancient pottery. The methods used were based on the National Park Service use of acryloid B-72 for labeling, as well as the Xuenkal Archaeological Project, Yucatán’s way of properly conserving, washing, and gluing of ceramic. The acryloid glue allows items’ provenance to be written directly on the artifact without damage. The acryloid glue prevents the curling, flaking, and loss of numbers of the cellulose nitrate lacquers within the ceramics unlikes other glues. These methods have proven successful with the ink, not being absorbed by the ceramic causing damage and the glue proved longevity.