Cultural anthropology focuses on patterns of social interactions and behaviors. It defines what is acceptable and not acceptable within a community. It focuses on what is and isn’t important and what is right and wrong. It also gives us and insight on the increased and impactful use of technologies of various sorts. Technology use might differ depending on where you live and the standards they uphold. The tangible tools we own are determined in part by ones social structure. The beliefs‚ practices
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The Yahweh inscription from 1400 BC is the oldest inscription of Yahweh‚ or God. Also‚ the Yahweh inscription is the oldest known inscription in history. The inscription was discovered in the temple built by a pharaoh named Amenhotep III. Amenhotep became the ninth pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt at the age of twelve. He ruled Ancient Egypt until his death at the age of fifty years old. The text on the oldest inscription of the name “YHWH” has many symbolisms and sketches. The Yahweh inscription
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Bibliography: The Archaic Mode of Production: Archaic Northern Africa‚ Starting on 24 May 2008‚ Holl Augustin‚ Saharan rock art: archaeology of Tassilian pastoralist iconography‚ Publication date: April 2004‚ Cave Art in Europe‚ 2011-11-20 14:38:01‚< http://waiyu.kaoshibaike.com/tuofu/tuofu/ Shiti/zhenti/201111/499996.html> Allan Susan‚ A major discovery of Aboriginal cave paintings
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In just the blink of an eye life can go from living with one’s family to be a preserved body that scientists study for knowledge of the past. Pompeii is a small city in Italy located near the coast of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. When Mount Vesuvius erupted it nearly effaced Pompeii. However‚ this catastrophe gave scientist an opportunity to study Ancient Roman. The tragic event of Pompeii changed the lives of the civilians. The remains of those who lost their lives were able to be studied
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Business Intelligence (BI) The financial services industry is rapidly changing. Factors such as globalization‚ deregulation‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ competition from nonfinancial institutions‚ and technological innovation‚ have forced companies to re-think their business. Many large companies have been using business intelligence (BI) computer software for some years to help them gain competitive advantage. With the introduction of cheaper and more generalized products to the market place BI
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In Patagonia is one of the more interesting books that I’ve read lately. It’s the only book that I know of that crosses thieves with archaeology. It is mainly a collection of Bruce Chatwin’s logs and descriptions of his travels in the South American frontier in the late 70’s and early 80’s (during the Cold War)‚ filled also with short stories and vignettes. Some of them are true‚ though some mix the facts with fiction. Chatwin leaves these stories hanging and ties most of them back together in the
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Solve Sundsbo Early Life • Solve Sundsbo is a Norwegian fashion photographer‚ born in 1970. • Sundsbo realised he wanted to pursue photography seriously after taking reportage and action photos of his friends skiing and clubbing. • In the beginning of his career‚ he had difficulty finding a job because his work had no particular style and so people would say to him “ I’m sot sure if I can hire you‚ I’m not sure what you are doing. What is your style?” • Still in his early twenty’s‚ Sundsbo
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Caribbean Civilisation is not based on the truth. Historians gave us ideas about the history of Caribbean Civilisation and culture which were the bias of historical history. These ideas came to us via books or through oral history in stories and songs. The Cambridge Online Dictionary refers to civilization as “human society with its well-developed social organisation‚ or the cultural and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in time.” Truth is the creation of human interaction
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I have been fortunate enough over the last few years to be presented with a variety of academic subjects and interests‚ but they have always felt detached from reality. I see the University of Michigan’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as the filter through which I can truly determine my interests. Through LSA I can bring my interests in history and physics into a real world context. While I may enjoy certain areas of academic study at this point in time‚ I have not reached the level of passion
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We were asked in our Archaeology class to watch two documentaries‚ one is “In Search of the Origins” and the other is “The Real Eve”. “In Search of the Origins” by Don Johanson discusses the discoveries of the fossils of Lucy‚ a Homo sapiens from Hadar‚ Ethiopia‚ the Laetoli footprints in Tanzania‚ and the fossils and other artifacts of Zinjanthropus boisei from Olduvai Gorge‚ Tanzania‚ Homo habilis also from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and Homo erectus in Turkana‚ Kenya. While “The Real Eve” discusses
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