Obsidian

Minority Languages: Chimariko All over the world many minority languages are struggling for their existence. At one point in time there was believed to be at least 200,000 languages. Now, there are only 6,909 languages left and even those languages aren’t safe from becoming extinct. Thanks to linguists from all over the world, we have an Ethnologue that keeps track of the vitality of all the different languages. When using the Ethnologue I researched the group of the Chimariko tribe and their…

their horse. The birds dived at their horses sending them into a frenzy throwing them from their owners. Hui Li notched his mighty bow and began firing turning soldiers to ash and bone. When they thought they had over whelmed him he drew flail of obsidian and steel. He bashed and whipped his way through the army as if they were paper. The heat from his body driving the men away. The great leader of the north, Moi Nache tried to run but the flail caught his ankle bringing him to his knees. What…

In “the Urban Revolution”, Gordon Childe identifies ten specific criteria in a process that he believes transforms villages and defines a city, civilization, or society. It is through this process that we can easily categorize and compare settlements and cities from ancient times. Two of these criteria, social stratification and occupational specialization, address important aspects of any civilization, such as the existence of specialists in fields like politics and religion. These aspects are…

The discovery of the Uluburun shipwreck was a key moment for the practice of Underwater Archaeology. Underwater Archaeology has created a new and unique method of discovering historical artifacts from thousands of years ago. The scientific study of underwater archaeology is a recent revolutionary tool that can surge past what archaeology on land can do. The shipwreck of the Uluburun exemplifies the importance of this practice. The Uluburun shipwreck reveals the importance of trade during the…

The three major civilizations of the American continents were the Mayans, The Aztecs, and the Incas. They all originated in Mesoamerica, an area including Mexico, Central America, and northern South America, although the Incan Empire spanned to the south end of Chile. The different civilizations shared many characteristics due to their intercultural exchange and proximity to each other. This paper will compare and contrast the religion, government, economy and trades systems, architecture,…

The trade between the Mayans and Olmec was not only basic needs such as food but also included luxury goods such as jade items which is typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite, and obsidian mirror which is a distinctive stone formed as lava from volcanic eruptions cools within the…

However, the book ends, with describing the daily lives of the Ancient Aztec culture. “The Aztecs farmed lived in mud brick. For a living both Aztec men and women farmed fields, wove cloth, hauled stones, dug canals, fired pots, shaped canoes, polished obsidian, hammered copper tools and created objects of commanding beauty” (Aztecs reign of blood and…

As being said in the rubric, Easter Island covers almost 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean, specifically located 2,300 miles from Chile’s west coast and 2,500 miles east of Tahiti. In 1722, the island was known as Rapa Nui to its earliest inhabitants, Dutch explorers, and was christened Passeiland (Easter Island). Easter Island’s most known claim of fame is the 900 giant stone figures called “moai” located all over the land. These figures reveal that the creators were master…

latest beauty products and never leaving the house without smelling lightly of fragrant, sweet roses. Nonetheless, she grew up in Beijing and had an Asian standard of beauty: Girls were most beautiful with pale, dewy skin, large doe eyes, and sleek, obsidian hair. A fresh, natural, and youthful look was the central dogma to Asian beauty. As we walked past huge…

The Castle Eve was in a state of uneasy quiet, the usual sounds of mischievous twins and non-binary London Nymphs did not ring clear through the stone walls. Not even his synth could be heard in the silence, and Dulcimar automatically knew that this was something peculiar. The afternoon light streamed in from the windows, and he'd felt as if he hadn't slept in days. Like he had been constantly on edge and that worry lines were already starting to set in, in though he had not yet even reached the…