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    Early America History

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    into rocks around the us requires history to be rewriting. According to John Ruskamp‚ an epigraph researcher claims that the symbols carved up on the rock in petrograph national monument in Albuquerque are evidence that ancient Chinese explorers discovered America around 1‚300BC nearly 2‚800 years before Christopher Columbus. Archeologist found what they believe to be a bronze leather buckle and a bronze whistle dating to around 800 AD in Alaska. However‚ bronze was not developed in Alaska at that

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    MIT Casting Lecture

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    3000BC Casting 2.810 Prof. Timothy Gutowski Casting since about 4000 BC… Ancient Greece; bronze statue casting circa 450BC Iron works in early Europe‚ e.g. cast iron cannons from England circa 1543 Outline • Sand Casting‚ Investment Casting‚ Die Casting • Basics and countermeasures • Phase Change‚ Shrinkage • Heat Transfer • Pattern Design • Variations & Developments • Environmental Issues Casting Readings; 1. Kalpakjian‚ Chapters 10‚ 11‚ 12 2. Booothroyd‚ “Design for Die Casting” 3.

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    Early Childhood Culture

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    Asian Culture in Early Childhood Classrooms Tene’ Williams ECE 405 Children and Families in a Diverse Society Prof. Kerry Trethewey August 19‚ 2013 Asian Culture in Early Childhood Classrooms Diverse backgrounds or “cultures” are necessary for the preschool classrooms just as they are for all classrooms. As a teacher‚ it is very important to understand all the cultures that are in your school as well the classroom. Students have no control over their culture; therefore no student

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    Personhood in the Bronze Age

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    How did Bronze Age people conceptualise people and personhood? What are the various ways in which archaeologists have investigated notions of identity and personhood in the Bronze Age? Archaeological prehistoric frameworks were established during the period of antiquarianism and were consolidated by the technological typologies laid out by Thomsen in 1836 (Jones‚ 2008: 4). The concept of the transition from a Neolithic period to a Bronze Age has since been inextricably associated with technological

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    Riace Bronzes

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    Riace Bronzes The Riace Warriors were discovered by Stefano Mariottini on August 16‚ 1972‚ on the bottom of the Ionic Sea near Riace Marina in Calabria in Italy. The statues have been dated to roughly 450BC. The statues’ eyes are inlaid with bone and glass‚ the lips and nipples are made from copper while the teeth are silver. Both statues at one point held spears and shields; however‚ those have not been recovered. Both statues stand firmly on the right foot‚ with the left foot forward

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    Early American Culture

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    The early American Christian attitude of limited tolerance for other religions is still apparent today with the issue of NFL players not standing for the National Anthem. Football is so meaningful to American culture‚ that it has become a segment of many people’s religion‚ so when an athlete decides to sit during the National Anthem‚ fans view it as a slight to their religion and their country at the same time. Football fans are a part of one large community where people come from all different

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    Strauss‚ Barry “Achilles Bronze Age Warrior” in the Military History Barry Strauss grew up in and around New York City. He received Bachelors‚ Masters‚ and Doctoral degrees in history from Cornell and Yale Universities. He has lived and studied in Greece‚ Germany‚ and Israel and has traveled extensively in Italy‚ Turkey‚ Croatia‚ Cyprus‚ Jordan‚ and other countries with historic sites; he has also taken part in archaeological excavations. He speaks and reads seven foreign

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    Bronze Statue Research

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    A majority of history is documented using paintings‚ sculptures‚ and ancient writings‚ however the value of the arts in present day seems to be diminishing more each year. From as early as 500 BCE‚ art has been either destroyed and repurposed to create new art‚ or for war ammunition. The purpose of this essay is to show the link between the repurposing bronze statues and schools cutting art and design programs from schools‚ as well as the drastic consequences of doing so. In ancient Greece‚ it was

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    Riace Bronzes Analysis

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    The Riace Bronzes‚ also called the Riace Warriors‚ are two full-size bronzes cast about 5th century BC. The two statues are hosted at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale della Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria. Since their discovery in the coast of Riace Marina (RC) in 1972‚ they represent one of the most significant sculptural masterpieces of the Greek art in the world‚ thanks to their outstanding manufacture. In addition to their extraordinary realism‚ the Bronzes have become one of the most important

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    Early Andean Culture

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    SOUTH AMERICA - THE CHAVIN CULTURE. Early Andean society and the Chavín cult The Chavin society was the first civilization in the Andes and migrated to present-day Peru and Bolivia region by 12‚000 B.C.E. They were primarily hunters and gatherers. By 8000 B.C.E. they started to experiment with agriculture and developed complex societies as a result. The Main crops they cultivated include beans‚ sweet potatoes‚ cotton‚ and peanuts. Fishing also supplemented their agricultural harvests By 1800 B.C

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