Lamira Herrera Anth 121 5/12/15 Question Set 10: Chapter 17-19 1. (p. 459-61) What was an Aztec calpulli (plural calpultin)? What role did the calpulli play in the larger Aztec state? -Calpulli or calputin are small family units that owned land together; means “Great House”. The calputin played a smaller role in the larger Aztecan state because they did not own the same land and food producing powers but were used for trade and collection. The Templo Mayor (p. 462) was the main pyramid in the ceremonial
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Poor people sleep in clay huts or tents made of goat fur. In larger villages‚ their houses are made of stone. A normal Amazigh house has a flat roof that allows more floors to be added as needed‚ it is made of rammed earth or clay. They normally have three or four floors. On the bottom floor the oxen and goats live together being fed through a hole in the ceiling. Kitchen waste is dropped through the hole and is an eco-friendly method of waste disposal. The clothing of these ancient people differs
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New Urbanism has also promoted social equity as a way to foster social diversity through urban design. NU planning aims to promote equal and free access to public goods in which every resident has the same benefit regardless of their demographic characteristics. Thus‚ social equity can be achieved by using physical design strategies that locate all range of people in proximity to goods and services (Talen 2002). In fact‚ New Urbanism believes that towns should provide a range of public and private
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Chicago and Los Angeles Schools of Urbanism. Urban studies aims to develop an understanding the modern city metropolis. As Savage et al. have pointed out‚ the urban encompasses far more than just the physical city itself; understanding the city help us to understand many aspects of modern life (2003‚ pp.4). Many of its features‚ such as mass media and public transport systems have spread throughout society over the past century. Sociological studies of urban life began with the landmark publication
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Metropolis and Modern time : Modern society‚ Urbanism and industrialization By Kanin Sunthornsuk (Buddy) Metropolis is a German science-fiction about idea of future utopia urbanism society which more kind of horror or nightmare rather than utopia and Modern time is comedy with iconic character ‚ portrait by Charlie Chaplin‚ the tramp about a story of modernism and industrialization. These two movies have lots in common about how they imagine or have the idea in modern society world would be.
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in balance with their natural ecosystem. The indigenous people hunt‚ fish‚ and practice slash and burn agriculture. The Kayapo way of life is ever threatened by mining‚ logging and the threat of Brazilian developers who wish to build the world’s 3rd largest dam (Belo Monte) along with a series of support dams. I support the Kayapo rights to preserve their way of life over the rights of those of the greater “world” to have access to it. This land is theirs to do with as they please. Since the
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Alcoholism: A Drinker’s Way of Life What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency. For some people it might just be the occasional night out to relieve some stress‚ but for an alcoholic it’s not only a need‚ it’s a dependency. There are no advantages that can come from abusing alcohol. Alcoholism negativity affects everyone involved – it affects the drinker’s health‚ their family
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While reading the Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass‚ I received an inside look on Frederick Douglass’ life as a slave and how he was mistreated. While serving his time as a slave‚ Frederick took this opportunity to learn how to read and write. The concept of this essay is to see if learning to read and write impacted or changed Douglass life in a positive or negative way. I will be answering to this quote in chapter 6‚ pg. 20 “… she very kindly commenced me in learning to spell words of
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“The American Dream”‚ is it really something we want in life? Living life by being self-reliant and individualistic‚ or find humor and entertainment in everyday life is the ideal way of living. Sure‚ it would be neat to make a lot of money and go to the store‚ so that you buy things you’ll probably use once (if even)‚ but is that true happiness? Most people do the same thing every day‚ going to work‚ eating‚ then sleeping. It’s a very dull way of living‚ yet most people don’t do anything about it
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Nowadays‚ the majority of college students have experiences about doing a part-time job. Getting a part-time job seems to be an important thing to do in college life. Although having a job in college may bring a lot of different experiences but also bad effect to them. If students can get a part-time job‚ they can make money by their own instead of getting money from parents. Students have ability to make money so they can know that making money is not an easy thing. They know the money they get
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