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    keep the fire burning as long as they needed. Fire in human nature has always been a fear and still is‚ but humans have learned to understand and control fire to their will. In Kenneth Feder’s book “The Past in Perspective an Introduction to Human Prehistory” he stated that “Homo erectus was our first ancestor able to control fire due to the evidence founded at an 800‚000 year old site in Gesher Benot Ya ‘aqov‚ in Israel. Strong evidence has been found there such as burned seeds‚ wood‚ and even flint”

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    Bibliography: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. http://www.central.k12.ca.us/akers/dynasty.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/map/map.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/ancient_china/xia.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/timeline.html http://www.yutopian.com/arts/xia/hfigure.html http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chicowryreal.jpg http://www.central.k12.ca.us/akers/religions.html http://www

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     Chauvet Cave Horses The expression of “cave painting” usually refers to drawing‚ stencil art and painting on the walls and ceilings of prehistoric caves of the Stone Age. Evidence indicates it began during the Aurignacian period (around 30‚000 BC) but reached a highpoint during the late Magdalenian period. The most spectacular examples of this rock art have been discovered in France and Spain‚ where archeologists have found some 350 caves containing Paleolithic artworks‚ but

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    Show how the iconography at Chavin de Huantar can be understood and what it can tell us about the Early Horizon ceremonialism in the Andean Highlands. The Chavin iconography is expressed in a number of media and over a large area‚ having its focal point in central highland Peru and spreading to south to the river valleys‚ flood plains and the beaches of the Pacific Ocean coast. The famous examples include the stone sculptures from ancient ceremonial centre in highlands‚ which comprised the Old

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    The peopling of the Philippines: A cartographic synthesis Jean-Christophe Gaillard[1] and Joel P. Mallari[2] Abstract: This paper aims to plot cartographically the different theories proposed to explain the peopling of the Philippines. The first map locates the existing Pleistocene and Paleolithic archaeological sites while the next seven figures compile the different theories dealing with the evolution or dispersal of the Austronesian speakers. A final figure tends to summarize and formalize

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    Keltische Forschungen Herausgegeben im Auftrag von Brennos – Verein für Keltologie von David Stifter unter redaktioneller Mitarbeit von Hannes Tauber Praesens Verlag Literaturwissenschaft | Sprachwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft | Kulturwissenschaft Wien Ke l t i s c h e For schungen 3 · 2008 Inhalt Vorwort des Herausgebers zur dritten Ausgabe Editor’s Foreword to the Third Volume 9 10 Gerhard DOBESCH In memoriam Kurt Tomaschitz 11 Hazel BUTLER Birth‚ Looms and Irish Queens: The Power and

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    Throughout history women have not always been treated with equality‚ this inequality is also shown in prehistory. The Paleolithic and Neolithic eras contrast when it comes to gender inequality or gender equality. In Paleolithic times‚ Women easily had a greater amount of equality and not so much of that equality in Neolithic times. In Paleolithic times‚ women were the ones who invented and began the use of farming and agriculture‚ without this great source of food‚ humans may have not been

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    The fundamental importance of Context in the Archaeology of the Intangibles By Rebecca Lee Culture history in archaeology involves the study of artifacts and objects that articulate the background of past human culture. It is imperative to understand the context of space and time in these artifacts and objects‚ as they tell stories of the human past with no written records accompanied with them. An intangible factor in archaeology‚ culture is derived through the study of the artifacts and

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    events as well as the memory‚ discovery‚ collection‚ organization‚ presentation‚ and interpretation of information about these events. Scholars who write about history are called historians. Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. History can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative to examine and analyse a sequence of past events‚ and objectively determine the patterns of cause and effect that determine them. Historians sometimes debate the nature of

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    The central idea of the article “Down and Dirty” is regarding the understanding of how men and women perceive cleanliness. According to the article men and women have different advantages and perceptions with different things within the world’s society. The conclusion that women are cleaner than men are. 1.According to a study of researchers examined 450 samples of bacteria taken from offices in New York City‚ San Francisco‚ and Tucson. findings were various‚ but one of them was this: In the workspaces

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