Obsidian

different than other regions of the world. In map A it shows many of the different goods including “Animal skin,honey,Jade and Obsidian,”( Document A), Then in document C the maps show “Slaves,salt,gold and ivory,” (Document C). They show this as their goods.In evidence 1 is showing the goods that they sold and how they traded.Some important were goods animal skin,honey,Jade and Obsidian. Then my second piece of evidence is saying that slaves,salt,gold,and ivory as goods.Many merchants would…

the rocks did not budge when I hit them and no flake was produced and it also resulted in minor injury. Instead, I used a white pebble also from my backyard, the reason I chose this was because it was the closest material I found that resembled an obsidian flake/core. I cut the pebble down by hitting it with a larger rock, which caused it to flake, creating a perfect piece for carving. Following the creation of the flake, I began my process of copying down the glyphs from the original image of…

They generally searched for obsidian, flint, stone, chert, and bone. The reason they used obsidian is because it chips easily and when it chips it has a sharp edge. When obsidian is chipped, it has the appearance and slicing ability of broken glass. It is also a very hard rock that won't shatter on impact. The reason they used flint is because it was a…

How do you see yourself? Are you fat or skinny? Are you pale or tan? How are your eyes shaped? What is your heritage? How often do you judge yourself or are you happy with yourself? As every person looks in the mirror to make observations of themselves and carries their own thoughts and beliefs onto others, prejudice or acceptance is the result. In three selected short stories: Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler, Hands by Sherwood Anderson, and In Response to Executive Order 9066 All Americans of…

tree, staring straight at me as if teasing me. I can’t handle it anymore. The initial shock clears my system, and I am able to let out a rageful, horrified, earsplitting, uncontrollable wail until the world goes black once again as I fall into the obsidian abyss of unconsciousness once…

words, without them it crumbles. The inability to communicate by word creates divisions between people. As these divisions grow their world transforms from a structured society to a ramshackle aberration of its previous self. While she travels with obsidian, she reflects on her own language impairment, “She had lost reading and writing. That was her most serious impairment and her most painful. She had taught history at UCLA. She had done freelance writing. Now she couldn’t even read her own…

Aztec Science includes much of Aztec Math and Aztec Technology as well. The advances in Aztec technology were so great that they are still looked upon today. When the Aztecs met the Spanish, the two cultures introduced a lot to each other. But the Aztecs had not yet developed the modern conditions other civilizations had, they also did not use the wheel. Despite of their lack of these basic technologies, the Aztecs had an adequately developed society. They had some writing and technology of…

Teotihuacan was the dominant civilisation of Mesoamerica in the 5th century. The origin, history and culture of Teotihuacan have been vast and abstruse areas of research, which rely decisively on masses of evidence found at the site of pyramids, temples and neighbourhoods in a sub-valley inside the Valley of Mexico. Since the earliest excavations of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora in the 17th century, the nature of Teotihuacanos society has been a persisting mystery however, through the utilisation…

reached its peak during the civilizations “Classic Period”(two hundred to nine hundred common era). During this period as well a others, the Mayans were known for their usage of materials like Jade, obsidian, and stucco. Jade is a typically hard material that is most commonly seen in a green color. Obsidian is “a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization.” Lastly stucco is a “fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or molding…

Ancient Egyptian is Canopic Jar with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head. The date of the is particular piece is was made around short thereafter ca. 1345-1336 B.C. The medium it was made of is Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), blue glass, obsidian, unidentified stone. The piece is a creamy coffee color jar with a top that has a head of a woman's head. The woman's heads was once painted but over time you can see it start to fade away. They're is still some paint but not as it would have…