Archaeological section

Cahokia: A Book Critique The book Cahokia by Timothy R. Pauketat answers a question that most didn’t even know was questionable: What did early North American cities look like? The answer lies in the mounds and relics of the magnificent city of Cahokia. Pauketat explains through extensive detail, the experiences of others, and by presenting questions to the reader just how this city came to be and how it faded out. Pauketat portrays information in a clear and precise way by using exact…

I am a Christian myself. The point is to berate the quality of the Holy Book that is, to put frankly, poorly written. The bible is poorly organized to begin with. The book is written chronologically with events that can be verified through archaeological finds and historical documents. The reason it is unorganized isn’t because of its chronological order, but because it is not written in thematic order. The…

occurrence has become a pivotal narrative for Texans and many Americans as a whole. In the first section of this book, “The Alamo as Place,” Flores examines how the Alamo’s narrative seems to shape human relations in all aspects of Texas life. He mainly examines the relations between White Texans and Mexican Texans in the time period of the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. In the second section of his book, “The Alamo as Project,” Flores focuses on the “popular culture” recreations of…

Introduction The Old Testament is cluttered with stories of revenge personifying the Latin concept of Lex Talonis, which can be loosely translated to an “eye for an eye”. It is not surprising then that throughout the book of Genesis there are only two instances of reconciliation between siblings, the stories of Jacob’s reconciliation with his estranged brother Esau (Gen ) and Joseph forgiveness of his brothers (Gen 45: 1-28). Prior to these isolated incidents the previous mention of siblings…

has a fine finish, straight ceilings and walls, containing markings that are believed to have been created after the pathway was cleared and the water began to flow through the city.” The height of the tunnel gets increasingly larger in the last section, although the bottom has a reasonable slope the ceiling remains consistently higher. Hezekiah’s Tunnel is considered “Jerusalem’s most impressive ancient water system.” The content of the inscription is important as it suggests for researchers…

For anyone residing, living in, or planning to travel to Central America in general and Mexico’s Maya area in particular, John Lloyd’s book Incidents of Travel in Yucatan is the ideal book since it does a good job of groundbreaking the region for the reader and the traveler alike. In spite of the passion and keenness with which the book is narrated and illustrated, it still manages to achieve the objective of delivering the uncontaminated message about the Central American discovery in a…

traditional roles of women. As antiquities archaeologist robin lane for says, while literature cannot stand in lien of archaeological evidence, it must be considered seriously as it must have true later in the society. So literature can give guidelines to the roles of women were more in remote areas. Since, biblical times women have been running private business. Managing large sections of domestic’s servants and making considerable helps to society. In fact Fox speaks of inscriptions at…

excavation could not be continued until July of 1992. Because they had waited for better weather to come most of the ice had melted but the excavators found leather, hide remnants, grasses, string, pieces of skin, muscle fibers, hair, a fingernail, a section of a broken longbow, and the Iceman’s bearskin…

operation of energy intensive devices and services for optimum operating conditions. IT is also behind the Freedom Tower in terms of making it an energy efficient building. The Tower’s design features two complex "pleated skin" facades. The office space section of the tall and twisting building has been modeled using ArchiCAD to import the intricate building skin geometry into an energy analysis application - EnergyPlus. The performance of different building skin options are simulated, as an…

architecturally, and that was the French revolution. Dr. McKinley discussed the influence the neo-classical world had on the art and architecture of the period. We discussed how the French like the Greeks and Romans emphasized the use of precise archaeological exactitude, which was down to their understanding of the classical world. Whether it is the French replica of the Pantheon (the Panthéon), or the Sacré-Cœur, neo-classical influence is all over the architecture of this period. Not only is…