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    addition‚ another opposite example of Harrapa is the stratigraphic in Cohokia. Cohokia obeyed strict social stratigraphic. For instance‚ the leader of the society can live on the top of the mound; comparing with leader‚ slaves who were forced to sacrifice for the ritual purpose have the lowest social status. From Mound 72‚ which is a mortuary gathered site‚ shows 15 elite men and women were buried under the liter in a huge spread area. In contrast‚ the sacrificed people were discarded in piles with missing

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    Selective Attention

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    hear a story my roommate tells me while checking Facebook on the computer. However‚ when hearing my name from a distance‚ I can automatically switch gears and will listen to what is being said. The reason for this is selective attention. When on the mound during a softball game‚ I selectively pay attention to the pitch I am about the throw and how I’m going to go about that pitch. I process information from one part of the environment and exclude all the other parts. I don’t notice the conversations

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    Abstract This lab’s purpose was to test the patterns of percolation in various places. This lab tested how soil would absorb water based on different places. Distance from a group of trees‚ distance from a swamp‚ and different types of soil were tested. From the results collected‚ you can not prove‚ but you can infer that the ability to absorb increases as you go farther away from a swamp‚ and a group of trees. The ability to absorb also increases based on how much silt is in soil. Introduction

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    Cahokia: located on the site of an ancient Native American city situated directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis‚ Missouri / largest and most influential urban settlement in the Mississippian culture / the mound builders / advanced and indigenous cultures Constantinople: trade routes in 1453 / eastern Roman Empire capital / right in the middle of a trade route from Europe to the middle east and Asia Leif Erikson: Viking from Scandanavia / Norway / the first European to set

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    Contents 01. – The importance of site investigation Page 2 – 4 1.02 – Trial Pits Page 4 1.03 – Auger holes Page 4 – 5 1.04 – Boreholes Page 5 – 7 1.05 – Soil sampling Page 7 1.06 – In-situ testing Page 8 1.07 – Quasi-static cone penetration testing Page 8 – 9 1.08 – Dynamic probing Page 10 1.09 – The Standard Penetration Test Page 11 1.10 – Field vane test Page 12 1.11 – Classifications of Soils Page 13 1.12 – Size range of grains Page 13 – 14 2.00 –

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    resources becoming more and more limited‚ but they are also contaminated and are harmful to the planet and the organisms that live there. In the movie‚ the character WALL-E was created to fix the problem of the mounds of trash‚ but the problem was not solved. The robot merely made the mounds of trash an organized mess. In society now‚ this is a major issue. Most cities have dumps‚ and soon those dumps will fill up‚ which will cause the creation of another city dump. This eventually will lead to what

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    also. Pigs and sheep were the main source of meat and leather. Mules pulled carts‚ cows gave milk and cheese. Around the same amount of people that lived in Europe also did in the Americas—100‚000‚000. The first explorers thought that giant mounds of earth were glaciers‚ but were really enormous ancient cities. People in those cities were mostly farmers. Mans’ first feat of genetic engineering was corn; it was vital‚ and also unknown to the rest of the world. Corn was key to flourishing cultures

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    Draco ’s stars are not very bright. The head of the dragon consists of four stars; Beta‚ Gamma‚ Nu and Xi Draconis. Shooting stars that are known as the Dranconids appear to radiate from Draco ’s head. The Cat ’s Eye Nebula CREDIT: NASA the Cat ’s Eye Nebula is also contained within the constellation. The constellation encompasses several faint galaxies‚ including the Draco Dwarf Galaxy‚ one of the least luminous galaxies with a diameter of about 3‚500 light years. Draco is a circumpolar constellation

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    drizzle; the annoying kind which seeps into clothes‚ soaking the underwear‚ sticking it to the butt. Surveying the scene‚ nothing had changed; not one twig had moved‚ not one pile had shrunk‚ and the snow had not melted. This was a daunting challenge; mounds of leaves‚ branches‚ and other debris

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    a head. Its body is divided into three parts. Each part is connected with the other by a slender line. It has strong jaws. Where Found: Ants are found in almost all parts of the world. They live in houses‚ farmyard and cornfields. They build mounds for their protection. Ants vary in color. Some are black and some are white. Their kinds : There are many kinds of ants. Some are very small in size. Others are big. There are red‚ black‚ yellow and white ants. The small red ants are commonly

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