Archaeological site

1. Describe the geography of your civilization. The Andes are a mountain range in South America. The mountain range is the second highest in the world, and the longest mountain range (4,500 miles long) in the world running from Colombia to Chile. They comprise much of the western coast of south america and the the nations within the andes are Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. 2. When did your civilization begin? Because the Andes is not civilization but a region, there is no one…

The Blood Pit Kate Ellis is a crime fiction writer known for her ability to incorporate medieval history and archaeology in her crime and mystery novels. The historical facts used to illustrate Kate’s novels enrich its plots providing readers not only with the excitement of solving mysteries but also with interesting facts about history of the medieval times. The Wesley Peterson series is an example of her mystery and history blend, it is an exciting series of eighteen crime novels in which she…

can conclude that slaughtering and butchering was done away form the site (Arbuckle, 2009). Another indication of cattle management can be seen through the difference in ages in skeletal profiles…

¬¬ Have you ever wondered how civilizations managed to live during the height of their power? One of the greatest pre-conquest Mesoamerican cultures was the “Toltecs.” According to the dictionary of World History, it defines the Toltec civilization as: A northern Mexican tribe, who established a military state between the 10th and 12th centuries at Tula, 80 km north of modern Mexico City. They played an important part in the downfall of the city of Teotihuacán and were themselves overrun in the…

history, Machu Picchu was asserted a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It has been considered culturally important place since Spanish conquered the Incas. The classical Inca style with dry-stone are major building style, and the buildings are intihuatana(ritual stone,) the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the…

The Obelisk’s iconography takes on a geographic scope in its artistic elements as the interaction sphere of Chavin’s civilization sphere entailed the desert coast, humid tropical forests and highlnds, which were three key ecological zones of Peru. The monumental architecture reflected the unique interregional syntesis of Chavin as it is located on a crucial route from the Pacific Coast, through the high pass to the Amazon basin. The obelisk, additionally, was structured in a manner that it…

Veland Abbey’s Seyney house, and a certain monk Brother William, who lived in the abbey and seemed to have suffered some sort of abuse and cruelty. While digging up the remains of the medieval site, Neil finds a strange blood pit. Similarly to the blood-rituals mentioned in the anonymous letters, the site had also been a place where these rituals happened, dating back to the days of Henry VIII. Neil concludes that someone working in his digs might have been the author of the letters. The author…

Following the findings of other artifacts that resemble Clovis in the different regions of the Southwestern U.S. This provided additional proof for the theory and timeline. In today’s society, the Beringia theory continues to be a significant archaeological life…

search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker have come up empty. It is also possible that the species may exist in southeastern Cuba, where it was last sighted in 1986. The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is present in a number of ancient native American archaeological sites, suggesting that it was used as ceremonial…

process called reconstitution. He employed a number of European artists, specialised in archaeological drawing, to reconstruct the fresco. The artefict represents a ruling figure crowned with a headpiece of lilies and feathers. Sir Arthur Evans interpreted it as being a portrayal of a king (possibly King Minos), and he found it logical as it matched the ancient sources and his own assumptions about the site and the Minoan society. However, Evans’ conclusion encounters diverse disputes. This…