Archaeology

my desire to aid people in growing and doing better. I had this hunger for people to grow. I wanted everyone to go to heaven, so we could all sit with Jesus and make him smile. The desire to please God is what drove me to study Anthropology and Archaeology in the undergraduate programs at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. I wanted to know how to look, see, and understand people at different…

This isn't to denote a sense of superiority or mockery of others in her field--ask any one of them and they will say the same, and ask the woman herself to hear the opposite. Regardless of her beliefs, however, one doesn't earn a double major in archaeology and marine biology in the same 6 years of schooling by being anything other than an exemplary student and veritable master of their field, all at the crisp young age of 24--an age most dream of being halfway through anthropological studies…

The territory of black Ham was where the existence of human lives began, from the soil of Africa. According to the world historians, scholars, scientist, geographers, archaeologies and the anthropologists, they all unanimously believed that the ancient men and women known as (Homo Sapiens) originated from the land of Africa before any human migration to any parts of the world, thus making it the first home of human ancestor…

The murals on the second floor of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology are scaled watercolor replications of the those painted on the walls of the so-called Villa of the Mysteries in Italy. They were commissioned by Francis W. Kelsey in 1924 to preserve the amazing images of the frescoes from continuing deterioration and were re-created by Maria Barosso, an Italian artist, over the course of two years. The original images were first painted on the walls of a Roman villa outside of Pompeii and…

Montt in Guatemala, the multidisciplinary approach proved pivotal in the conviction of Montt. Together Beatriz Manz, a social anthropologist and international eyewitness, Elizabeth Oglesby, a geographer, Clyde Collins Snow, an anthropology and archaeology consultant, and several others of different disciplines were able to bring the first…

Thriving Educational Dollars: The Arts and Humanities is Powerful In Max Rebarb’s book, “Wasted Educational Dollars” New Perspectives on Education and Economic Benefit Rebarb argues, “the arts and humanities is useless.” He also states that faculties in post-secondary buildings should be removed because of them being “useless.” Rebarb’s opinion is flawed though, and one that’s inconsistent. The arts and humanities offer creativity in children for the future, historical events to review from…

Montage Rhodes James, who is born in 1862, is a famous horror novelist and story writer. He pursued his reading habit when he was young. At college, he preferred to stay in the library and rapidly became an assistant in the classical archaeology. He is known as an intelligent and scientific knowledge of human nerves and feelings. His most popular works include “Ghost Stories of an Antiquary”, “The Five Jars”, “A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost Stories” and “The Collected Ghost Stories of…

Nobody Colonizes Innocently Colonialism is still affecting modern society in a more insidious manner, through neoliberalism. The same mechanisms that justified the implementation of colonialism are allowing for neoliberal practices to propagate systematic inequality in order to maintain the imperialist power dynamic. Although colonialism has formally ended, it has left a legacy of oppression that has yet to be reconciled. Even though these nations have newly attained liberty, they still remain…

The Army of the First Emperor Qin, an incredibly large and unique collection of sculpted soldiers, dates back to 210-209 BCE. During the first years of his ruling, Qin Shi Huang ordered the creation of the famous terracotta army, requiring over 700,000 craftsmen to make. The artwork was found and assumed created in the Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. Being a particular work of art that is distinguished throughout the Chinese history, the Terracotta Army emphasizes the good works of…

Berenice Chavez-Rojas ANT 4123.001 09 March 2016 Manos and Metates of the Mimbrenos Mimbres is the name of a river in the mountainous southwestern New Mexico. The Mibres River valley has prehistoric archaeological sites with centuries of occupation. The elevation is as diverse as the vegetation. The arid climate and long growing season were attractive to maize, which dominated an agricultural movement. The increase in available food led to population growth and the need to process more grain at…