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    principle, however, is often forgotten with the presence of strong religious beliefs and rising emotions following violent crimes. Directors, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, in the documentary film Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) takes an insider look surrounding the trials of three teens who were accused of brutally murdering and sexually assaulting three eight year old boys in the Bible Belt town of West Memphis, Arkansas. The accused, Jessie Misskelley Jr.,…

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    Early People Theory

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    artifacts are the oldest in Virginia. The site that found this evidence is known as Cactus Hill. The evidence found here of the pre-clovis people was dated to 18,000 years ago. This meant that the first humans most likely started out from Europe some time from 20,000-30,000 years ago. The picture shows that North America and South America were connected in the southern part of the continent. After settling in Cactus Hill the first people would have came down south towards Chile. Another site…

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    Theory is a theory that people followed the pack ice from Europe to the Eastern part of what is now known as The United States of America. They were hunters from Solutrean. According to http://www.kidspast.com/images/migration-into-americas.jpg. Cactus Hill, Topper, and Meadowcroft are places where these hunters were likely to land. These sites contained pre-Clovis people according to Ice Age Discoveries: New Evidence.The website…

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    Solutringian Theory

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    Many dig sites such a Topper, Meadowcroft, and Cactus Hill, have been found to contain artifacts dating back 12,500 years ago. The New York Times article The New World’s Earliest People; Tests Hint Campsite is 15,000 Years Old states that blade-like stone tools were found at a lower level of the Cactus Hill dig site. However, these tools did not closely resemble the Clovis spear points that were found there before, and were…

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    Maria Concepcion Analysis

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    resting for a moment in the dark shade by the roadside” the author states, “but she had no time to waste drawing cactus needles from her feet.” [208] Despite the pain she must have been in from the cactus needles Maria continues on simply because there’s a task at hand and she is a young woman who gets the job done. Even more impressive than her determination to keep walking on sore, cactus needle pierced feet is what we learn about Maria next. Porter reveals that Maria is “a woman carrying an…

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    arrest? ‘Such stupidity’ I was right not to read that piece of paper. I have done nothing wrong. I am a professor, doctor of music. No need to waste my energy protesting. They will let me out once they discover I’m as innocent as grass growing on the hills of Barberton. I’ll be released in no time. I’ll be released in no time. Besides, my cell isn’t even locked up I’m free, to explore this place,…

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    Beringian Theory

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    Evidence states that they were around 15,000 years ago. Weber, G. Cactus Hill site states that Lynn and Joseph McAvoy found charcoal from a fire pit in clovis hill from 15,000 years ago. On a lower level of Cactus Hill archaeologists also found found blade-type stone tools that appear to have been used for butchering meat and processing hides, but nothing resembling Clovis spear points. Dr…

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    treat illness and disease differently. Their practices are based on the concept of “the man is part of the nature” and health is a matter of oneself balance regardless of their tribe. We will explore the Native American ways of healing using Peyote cactus by discussing their…

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    feet but some can grow up to 7 feet long. The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake likes its climate to be hot. This particular animal is usually underground. It is almost in snake holes all day. It likes to be near grassy plants, deserts, forest, rocky hill sides, and areas along the coast. The Rattlesnake is commonly found in Arizona, California, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. This creature has many abiotic and biotic factors. The abiotic factors that it has are dirt, rocks,…

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    great pride in Texas state history. When the legislature decided it was time to select a state flower, a heated debate began. Some spoke in favor of using the cotton boll since cotton was heavily produced in Texas at that time. Others wanted the cactus for its hardiness and its beautiful orchid like flower. The ladies of The Chapter of the Colonial Dames suggested the bluebonnet. On March 7, 1901, Texas officially adopted the Lupinus subcanosus variety of the bluebonnet as the state flower.…

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