Social Science

Archaeology is the study of ancient people and societies through surveying, excavating, and analyzing collected materials from the past.  Archaeology is both a science and a humanity and contains elements of anthropology, geology, geography, linguistics, chemistry, and history. Archaeologists begin…
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From time immemorial mankind has been obsessed with building huge structures for various reasons, especially religious ones, and also to show how clever they were and how advanced was the technology of their culture. Today, history repeats itself as modern…
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Dirt Archaeology: Where Does the Archaeological Record Really Begin? While many people associate archaeology with the study of ancient cultures, anthropologists hold the perspective that all cultures are equally important to the archaeological record, and that older finds are not…
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Pyramids Awesome or Awful ? Without question pyramids are awesome, especially the Great Pyramid at Giza. Not only because of its enormous size, six and a half million tons of rock, (enough to build almost 18 Empire State Buildings) –…
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Archaeology is incredibly important to mankind.  By determining how mankind lived in the past it is possible to prevent problems in the future.  Archaeologists are also able to create a snapshot into what life was like for our ancestors.  This…
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Indiana Jones is the best thing that could happen for archeology. It suddenly gave people interest in archeology in a way never known before. It opened eyes and minds to archeology. Archeology when learned in school can be boring but…
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The beautiful Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Church of our Lady of the Remedies) is located on top of what seems to be a natural grassy hill dotted with cypress groves and thickets. This peaceful hill, only 4…
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According to the Bible, Noah’s Ark was a ship that Noah built at God’s behest. The humans of the world had grown so “sinful” that God felt it necessary to kill all of them, save two. He told the least…
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The history of North America starts with groups of nomadic peoples wandering across the continent.  One of these groups is known as the Clovis people, a group of prehistoric hunters that established themselves in widely different areas, ranging from the…
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Relative Dating at Sterkfontein There are two types of dating in anthropology. The first is absolute dating, “which ties a fossil or artifact to an absolute time scale in years” (Conroy, 2005). It can also be referred to as chronometric…
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