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    Wind Energy Dilemmas

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    Social Dimension The wind energy brings us the following social benefits in terms of ethical implications. Firstly, the wind energy intensifies the energy security. As with the concept of diversity in biology, the energy diversity is beneficial as well. A society that is dependent on a single or few energy resources is very vulnerable to one specific kind of energy resource shortage. The wind energy, which is increasingly practical and readily available nowadays, progressively contributes to…

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    Some of this information that we believe to be true may be totally incorrect but due to limitations, archaeologists have not been able to figure it out or not recognising any mistakes made. This is why work is constantly done on sites to make sure the correct information is extracted to make the right conclusions about certain things that are not given to archaeologists. This takes a lot of time and effort from archaeologists and historians. The particular sources researched are…

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    The Duwamish Culture

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    longhouses were destroyed. In 2009, the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center was opened - the first longhouse to be built in Seattle in 115 years. The center is designed, funded and managed by the Duwamish, for the Duwamish. Located across from the site of an ancestral Duwamish village, the center is the product of three decades of planning and fundraising, as there was no commercial financial involvement in its construction. A hub of “cultural activity, with regular presentations as well as…

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    Sociology Of Sexing Essay

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    Sexing: The techniques used for sexing faunal remains will be determined by the degree of preservation of the element themselves as well as the identified species present. Unfortunately, a clear indication of sex is not always apparent in the archaeological record and we have to infer based on overall size in comparison to modern population (Reitz and Wing, 1999). One exception is in the case of female birds which can be recognized by medullary bone, a calcium deposit associated with egg laying…

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    1491 Mann Summary

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    Nobody wants to be known as the colonizing or conquers who has wiped some of the greatest civilizations of the earth. I think the most compelling arguments are ones that deal with high populations estimates because as we continuously find more archaeological sites that spread to all reaches of the American and we are thoroughly surprised numerous times over at each discovery. I think it is time that we stop underestimated American civilizations because of the misrepresentation that had exists…

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    All Things Trash Trash is merely the refuse of a civilization. How one observes and analyzes trash varies greatly among those who associate their literary depictions with this discarded matter. Garbage can either be seen as grimy, discarded waste. It can also be recognized as such, only on a broader scale including how a piece of litter relates to its litterer. Three of the aforementioned literary depictions have proven to be prominent representations of how three accomplished writers…

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    Neolithic Monuments

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    Wiltshire, is one of the largest Neolithic sites in the UK. Like many monuments located in Britain and Ireland…

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    English to explore the lives of Scandinavian women from 800-1100, Women in the Viking Age. The work takes a multidisciplinary approach in order to investigate the varying roles and activities of Viking women within their society. Jesch considers archaeological evidence, runic inscriptions, foreign chronicles, art and a narrative…

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    In the movie Chariots of the Gods, based on the novel by Erich von Däniken, it brings up multiple pseudoarchaeological claims. A pseudoarchaeology claim “-involves the misinterpretation and misrepresentation of archaeological data to concoct a past that some feel is more satisfying” (Fader). One of the most interesting claims I heard about was the idea that the Egyptians could not have built the pyramids in Giza by themselves with the technology available at the time. Von Däniken creates this…

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    breakthrough in megaproject management in the United Kingdom. T5 was a succession of high profile projects that involved other disciplines and numerous stakeholders. The construction phase began in September 2002. Prior to the excavation commencement, an archaeological dig was carried out and over 80,000 artefacts were discovered.…

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