ARCHAEOLOGY/ANCIENT HUMAN REMAINS Archaeology is the scientific study of past cultures and the way people lived based on the things they left behind. Archaeological techniques involve finding the site‚ use of specialists‚ use of technology‚ dating methods‚ and preservation/ conservation. From the techniques used to study the remains of human bodies and the specific locations in which they were found‚ it is possible to learn details of their lives prior to their deaths and then later preservation
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Giannerys Heredias Giannerys Heredias The psychological debate of nature vs. nurture is one that has been considered and contradicted for many years. This debate is so controversial because although it is fact that genetic makeup does play a major role in developing a person‚ the nurture and environment in which a person is brought up in is also an important factor. The psychological debate of nature vs. nurture is one that has been considered and contradicted for many years. This debate is
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There is a sub culture that is all around us. It is the art of body modification. People do different things to there bodies to make it reflect who they feel they are inside. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ “body modification is the permanent or semi-permanent altering of the human body for non-medical reasons‚ most often religious or aesthetic.” Many items that fall under this broad category are frowned upon by society. However‚ there are some that are accepted as well. This is a brief history
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Tattoos in the Work Place Tattoos are very popular. They are the style now days. There are a lot of people who have them. There are also many people who want them. Tattoo can mean different things. It’s can be some type of way someone can expressed them self. Tattoo is an art that many people enjoy. Tattoos have been in the news a lot over the last few years mostly in an ongoing debate about being acceptable in the workplace. Tattoos have not always enjoyed widespread acceptance but today’s
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noted that after refusing to quit and riding in the lead Humvee throughout their campaign got him the respect of the other marines. Acceptance in First Recon is based on the respect for being hard. Indeed even the Battalions veteran sergeant Brad ‘Iceman’ Colbert referred to a marine who wanted out of the campaign as a pussy and looked at him as one who did not deserve to be in the marines. If ‘snivel gear’ such as wearing a fleece‚ taking cold medicine or sleeping on foam pads represents being
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the exchange students. I recalled the spontaneity with which I volunteered when the tour guide had asked us if anybody was willing to climb the rock and repented every moment of it. Apparently there was a superstition among the Aborigines that an Iceman existed at the peak of the rock and that he would chastise anyone who ascends it. Not one to abide by something that was beyond logic‚ and encouraged by my previous trekking experience in the Northern Himalayas‚ I decided to take on the challenge
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Horseshoe pitching has existed as a sport for over a thousand years. The origins of this sport are most likely based in athletic competitions that involved throwing a heavy discus (imagine a stone Frisbee®). It is believed that fans of the Greek discus competitions created their own game by using discarded horseshoes and throwing them towards a stake in the ground. In 1869‚ the British devised the first actual rules for the game of “horse-hardware” pitching. There were limitations to the size of
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Delaware North vs.Yosemite‚ with the case of Italy vs. Australia ‚ over the The Iceman‚ Otzi.‚ both cases relate to the rights of property. According to the story‚ of the The Icemen‚ Otzi‚ on September 1991 two Austrians‚ who were hiking the Tyrolean Alps came across a the well-preserved body of a man frozen in ice. After an investigation
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was not always this way‚ tattoos used to be only for kings and queens or those of importance. The earliest known examples of tattoos date back to ancient Egypt. The first tattoo found was from the famous frozen mummy known as “The Iceman”. The tattoos found on The Iceman‚ located on each of his joints and are believed to relief joint pain. Others tattoos found on remains from ancient mummies from as far back in history to 2000 B.C. have been found and I thought to ward off different diseases. Tattoos
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does seem to be a common denominator and it is safe to say that the first tattoos can be documented back anywhere between 12‚000 B.C. to 3300 B.C. (Mayers‚ Joy 2008-2009) According to scientist and researchers‚ the mummified-body of an iceman was found in the Italian Alps. Upon examining the dead body‚ the researchers discovered several marks on the skin of the body‚ which were considered to be over fifty individual tattoos. The ground breaking find stood to symbolize the earliest confirmation
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