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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…

Mass Murder or Religious Homicide? Rethinking human Sacrifice and Interpersonal violence in Aztec Society Dr. Caroline Dodds Pennock is a professor at the University of Sheffield with a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient and Modern History, a Master of Studies in Women’s Studies, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Ancient Aztec History from the University of Oxford. She is the author of Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifestyle and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture which won the Royal Historical Society Gladstone…

though - Nod, for one. That ancient land, that other place, was the lynchpin. All souls came to Nod, in one way or another. Mr. Black and the Blood, they were the caretakers. Theirs was a position to envy. It's bullshit, Poe thought, and slammed the Codex shut. Thankless work for ungrateful souls. You see them - their arguments, their wars, their petty squabbles. One day it's compassion…

Christopher Columbus is credited with making a discovery that changed history. Before his discovery of the new world there had been no contact across the Atlantic Ocean borders. For Columbus, and his European party, this finding lead to riches and new lands for their respected countries. Another positive part of this finding of new land were people, cultures, and goods This encounter however for Indians brought an uninvited guess that wanted their land, crops, and riches. Europeans also exposed…

Did you know Hammurabi’s Code is one of the oldest known laws to date? This was because Hammurabi’s code was very early for its time having laws placed for the Babylonians, so they won’t do horrible, despicable acts against each other, and the society will stay intact. Though before we get into the laws of Hammurabi 's Code, let’s talk about who Hammurabi was himself. Hammurabi was just a man that came into the power of a small city-state by the name of Babylonian in 1792 B.C. Hammurabi was a…

Blood, human sacrifice, and savage ways are conceptions of the Aztec civilization that a mind novice in Aztec history has formulated. These misconceptions can be attributed in part to the destruction of historical archives and undiscovered pieces of information nestled within Aztec ruins. It is correct to say that much history of this grand civilization was destroyed during the Spanish Conquest of 1519 led by Hernan Cortes and his populous army of men. However, through archaeological…

Slavery had a big impact in both Brazil and in Africa but was also a terrible thing that happened throughout history. Slavery caused both economies to change (Brazil and Africa), caused many people to die or be injured and lastly caused many people to be put into dangerous situations and/or deadly environments. The reason the slave trade started was because people wanted workers that they didn't need to spend their hard earned money on. This later turned into a way to boost the economy and for…

quest through life. The poem was written in England between the 8th century and the early 11th century by an anonymous author, who was referred to as Anglo-Saxon poet. The poem is set in Scandinavia and it survived as a manuscript known as Newell Codex. The poem is said to be the oldest surviving long poem in the old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of old English literature. The style of writing in the poem Beowulf…

The Mayan Indians: The Largest Indigenous Indian Group in North America Dating back as far as 50,000 B.C. and originally coming from Asia across the Bering Sea and Alaska to the Americas and the Yucatan peninsula during the last ice age, the Mayan Indians are an indigenous group of culturally diverse people. The ancient Mayans lived in present-day southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and western El Salvador having a population of eight million at the Pre-Columbian period, and at the…

Sadducees and Essenes, and the different Rabbi interpretations or the Torah, Talmud, or Mishnah such as Rabbi Rashi or Rabbi Akiva. Throughout the museum, there were copies of the Torah in different structures such as the scroll made of parchment or a codex. There was a Torah that was on a scroll made of parchment written in ink from Tunisia in 1837. The Torah did not have any punctuation and it only had spacing between it to identify a new passage beginning. In addition, there was the detail…