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men were found to be almost 7 feet tall, and the women approximately 6 feet tall. The Hopewell culture arose around 400 B.C., they were considered a different culture due to certain traits found in a site in Ross County, Ohio that differed from Adena traits. A big difference found in the archaeological record between the two cultures was that Adena people had round, broad skulls and the Hopewell people were found to have had long, narrow skulls. The Hopewell culture was said to have transformed…

1. The African American museum is the only African American firefighter museum in the whole United States. The name of the museum challenged me to write about this unique site .I was wondering what the history of this archeological site is. Why specially the African Americans as firefighters. I decided to search more about the African American museum; so that I can briefly get an overview about the history of this place. The African American firefighter museum is located in Los Angeles County in…

buildings designed by Mies Van der Rohe in the world. Lafayette Park is the country's first planned city renewal project and has been one of the most complete realization of the mid twentieth Century and the most successful development of city renewal. The site is an excellent example of the ideal of "super block" urban planning, combining the principles of international style architecture…

archeologist perplexed as to what it meant for the fate of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis. Gloria Ferrari has compiled and analyzed the most predominant theories concerning the temple’s actuality through use of evidence provided through archaeological, epigraphical, and historical means. The first theory is proposed by Dörpfeld, in which the temple was not destroyed during the sack of Athens merely damaged and repaired (Ferrari 2002, 11). Bates theorized the temple was destroyed by the…

Mhee: I have contacted you about a vacation in Isan trip this morning Nan: Ah!!... right ? Mhee: Yes. Nan: Ok, sit down please, What would you like to do on your holiday? Mhee: I heard a lot about fascinating archaeological sites. Can you recommend one? Nan: Of course. If you want to go sightseeing, I would suggest a package called Amazing Isan. It would take five days and four nights. During the tour, It will take you to the ruins of Khmer temple, historical parks…

The central Andean zone of South America is one of the richest areas in archaeological history of important ancient civilizations around the world. They existed in antiquity in this area of numerous cultures with varying degrees of development which, from many centuries before the beginning of our era, appeared, overlapping each other, until becoming almost all one. This confluence of cultures would become one of the most important civilizations of all time. The Inca Empire. The Inca Empire of…

Hawkins theory of Stonehenge being an astronomical Calender has good evidence such as the alignments of the sun and moon but Hoyle doesn’t agree that the sun hits the heelstone exactly. Mike Parker Pearson’s theory of a burial site for the elite has lots of flaws, for example, he explains what the stones around the heel stone were for but not the heel stone itself. He also doesn’t explain why most of the skeletons found were sickly and that most of them died a long time before…

River Deben, in Suffolk. Pretty had been curious about the mounds of earth located on her land, and she was not sure what they were. She decided to excavate the embankments on her otherwise flat property, and to her surprise, she discovered the archaeological treasures of Sutton Hoo. Sutton Hoo was thought to have been settled around 500 AD. The people who lived in Britain spoke a Germanic language, which eventually evolved into Old English, after post Roman occupation. Religion was an…

What was the impact of the Roman conquest on the religious practices of Britain? Answer by using concrete examples and case studies. Seán Hickson 16408322 4. What was the impact of the Roman conquest on the religious practices of Britain? Answer by using concrete examples and case studies. The Roman conquest had many significant, long term impacts on Britain. These impacts are exemplified by the changes to religious practices. Despite a lack of evidence for life pre-Roman…

The Hohokam culture of the Sonoran Desert lasted from about AD 50 to AD 1450 hitting its peak at around AD 950. They are well known for many aspects of their culture, but the feature that most likely lead to their large populations and lasting culture was their irrigation canal systems. The Hohokam were focused primarily around the Salt and Gila rivers of Southern Arizona as depicted in Figure 1. The massive canal systems that they build off of these rivers allowed for the support of a large…