trade it. In Doc. 4‚ it is clear that Portugal became a great trading region‚ mostly due to the trade of silver. Because they were getting so much Japanese silver‚ they were able to trade that silver for Chinese luxuries. In Doc. 6‚ although the excavation of silver helped to improve the Spanish economy‚ it was extremely damaging to the native Indians who had to mine it all. In Doc. 7‚ the author’s report to the emperor explains how foreign trade is beneficial to their economy. Trading with the Spanish
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one or two sides‚ referred to as a walk-out or daylight basement. Residential basements are more common in colder regions of the United States‚ where the frost line is deep so that a basement can be economically provided without much additional excavation. Commercial basements can be several floors deep‚ particularly in buildings located in downtown areas. • Conditioned and unconditioned basements A basement can be conditioned (to maintain a constant indoor temperature) or unconditioned‚ where
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Cultural History - In archaeology…’the culture region’ - regional chronologies - description of ‘tool kits’ - lots of emphasis on sites with long term occupations - direct historical approach…working back through time to understand histories Cultural History: Seriation - a relative dating technique to put things in a series - relative dating techniques depend on another line of information to know which end is the beginning and which is the end…stratigraphic level is the most common
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Explain the Difference Between the work of the Historian and the Archaeologist It is easy to distinguish between the work of a historian and that of an archaeologist. Historians work and learn by investigating. In fact‚ the word ‘history’ is derived from the Latin term historia which means ‘study by inquiry’. Therefore‚ the work of the historian focusses on asking questions‚ making a thesis and using relevant sources to back up their statement. As evidence to back up their theses‚ historians
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Phytoremediation process The remedial processes for the pollution in the environment are getting very expensive and this problem is increasing around the world‚ the processes are getting unreachable for some places were the pollution is starting to affect humans and animals in a serious way. The phytoremediation process‚ is a process that is use to reduce or remove the pollution form land‚ water‚ sediments and air using living plants. In this process the plants degrade of break down the pollutants
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Anthrcul101 Sec 033 First Writing Assignment PROMPT 1: In her chapter “How Do You Know”‚ Ilana Gershon introduces the concept of second order information. Second order information refers to the conjecture of the background information or concealed meaning of a communicated message. The communicated message’s phrases are analyzed beyond their initial literal meanings in order to decipher any expectations or intentions the message may deliver. Various mediums of communication allow for different ways
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discovered in 1989 beneath the car park at the rear of Anchor Terrace on Park Street.[9] The shape of the foundations is now replicated on the surface. As the majority of the foundations lies beneath 67—70 Anchor Terrace‚ a listed building‚ no further excavations have been permitted.[10] History Second Globe Theatre‚
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hundreds of years. In the 1890’s excavations were made on the islands of the Cyclades on which hundreds of tombs were recovered. From these tombs scholars were able to identify a new era called the “Cycladic” civilization which could be dated alongside the Egyptian chronology (Pedley 20). One ancient Cycladic piece I found to be quite interesting is a marble statue of a harp player that is located in the Getty Villa museum in Malibu‚ California. It was found during an excavation on the island of Keros in
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The site of Marlik is one that gives so much valuable information about a culture that lived so long ago‚ yet very few seem to know about the site and what it can tell us about a culture long gone. The site has given so much to the study of archaeology and is one of the richest excavated graveyards in Iranian history‚ and some have argued‚ the best-documented ancient cemetery in the entire Near East. (iranica) Because of its immense significance and vast documentation‚ (MET Culture) it is hard to
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the Aztecs consisted of. Beginning in the 1940s‚ Pablo Martínez del Río and Antonieta Espejo began to explore Mexico. In their quest‚ they explored the portico of the Church of Santiago and they also found remains of the Tempo Mayor (Luján 6). The excavation took place between 1978 and 1997‚ and began because they discovered Coyolxauhqui‚ who is known as the Moon Goddess. This finding‚ sparked enormous interested in the scientific field‚ so a long-term project was organized (Luján 7). The Templo Mayor
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