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    flakes at times and at other times whittled down the core and used it. At first they held the stone points to use them. Eventually they figured out how to haft a blade onto a wooden handle‚ using something sticky. In some areas they used heated red ochre. In Eastern Europe‚ though it was apparently some sort of starchy root‚ as shown by microscopic examination of the stone points. They made a greater variety of points and tools. Their tool culture is generally called the Mousterian (oh‚ I forgot to

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    First Nation

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    BC First Nations Studies 12 Terms‚ Names and Events Terms: Aboriginal title--- ownership Adze--- a tool for cutting away the surface of wood‚ like an axe with an arched blade at right angles to the handle Artifact--- an object made by humans Camas bulbs--- a member of the lily family‚ has a blue flower and a sizable bulb that was traditionally a staple food item for FN Capitalism--- an economic system in which private wealth or capital is invested to produce and distribute goods at a profit

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    Task 1. (Word count: 800-1000 words) 1. Select one project of your interest – something that you would like to visit or discover how it works and prepare a report. Why is this project interesting from an operations management perspective? - How long it took to design it‚ plan it and build it? - How many people were involved in its design‚ planning and operationalization? - How much material and what types of material were needed? - What were the main phases of the project? - What were

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    Middle Palaeolithic Stone Tools Stone tools made by Neanderthals during the Middle Palaeolithic were manufactured using prepared core technology‚ a technique in which whoever made the tools carefully shaped the core to control the form of the flakes produced. François Bordes Divided the stratigraphic sequence into dozens of well defined layers Created a typology of tools and counted how many of each were found at eac particular level‚ thus being able to quantify the totality of the tools

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    Italian Figurines Analysis

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    naturalism in shape and proportion‚ as with most Paleolithic figures‚ the artists did not carve any facial features. “The small female figure most likely cultic or religious in function‚ carried by the band of Gravettian and it’s acknowledged that red ochre is often represented as a sacred color and used in burial rituals.”(Binsteiner) It’s hard to say how the Willendorff was intended to be seen and viewed‚ as we view her out of context of her culture and civilization‚ we can assess the figures formal

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    Waking Up to Corruption

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    nothing but simple vocabulary. “Then the beating begins. The soldiers use the stout green cane staves‚ bringing them down with heavy slapping sounds of washing paddles‚ raising red welts on the prisoners backs and buttocks… The black charcoal and ochre dust begin to run with sweat and blood. The game‚ I see‚ is to beat them till their backs are washed clean.” [Coetzee‚ 115] The last sentence of this particular section is an indication of the severity of the beatings: till the dust on the prisoner’s

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    In this report the Indigenous Australian/Aborigine culture was studied over a course of three weeks to learn the significance of the Sun and astronomy to those people. Covered in this report is the indigenous perspectives on the Sun and Moon‚ the Australian Aborigine creation myth‚ and the story of the Aboriginal Flag with the Sun as its symbol. Each point will be thoroughly explained. The Aborigine people of Australia have unique perspectives on the Sun and the Moon. The stories explained will

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    Meiping Vase Analysis

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    Furthermore by getting details of the works you will give you a feel of the background of the works‚ and comparing them directly you will get a taste not only of the artistic styles of the time‚ but a taste of the Greek and the Chinese culture. This vase made up of stoneware‚ cizhuo type‚ with sgraffito to decoration. The Meiping vase was originally used as a wine vessel‚ but since the Song dynasty it became popular as a plum vase and got its name "Meiping". The pottery of the Geometric kratar is

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    Aboriginal Ceremonies in Australia Aboriginal people in Australia are indigenous. The earliest known is meaning of the word “aboriginal”. Actually‚ the Australian aboriginal is not coming from Australian it self. They came from Asia about 30.000 years ago. They have 500-600 distinct groups. No matter they live in different groups‚ they still an inherent part of the culture of aboriginal. Their culture is unique. Not only unique‚ they also rich in cultures. One of their unique cultures is ceremony

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    Aboriginal spirituality

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    established as inanimate subjects such as plants and rocks. Ancestral beings also had the ability to transform from inanimate objects to animal to human form. Furthermore‚ ancestral beings were able to transform into the landscape‚ such as sources of ochre in Arnhem Land are formed from the blood or fat of ancestral beings. These ancestral beings taught and passed on Aboriginal laws and sacred rituals and ceremonies‚ which aboriginal people practice today. So the main feature of Aboriginal spirituality

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