Social Science

In his article The River would Run Red with Blood’, Larry Taylor attempts to understand and put forward the answer to what appears to modern society to be a puzzling question. He is doing ethnographic research into an economically depressed…
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Traditional approaches to learning, coupled with archaeological research and modern technology, can contribute a great deal in the preservation of tangible and intangible cultural resources. Oral histories are one of the primary foundations of many cultures; a far richer perspective…
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French sociologist, Emile Durkheim defined the social state of anomie as a situation in which social and/or moral norms are confused, blurred, or nonexistent. Durkheim felt this state of “normlessness” gave rise to deviance and irregular behaviours in individuals. Durkheim…
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The educational system is society’s attempt to promote stability and ensure its own survival by passing on its insights, ideals, skills, assumptions, and goals to the next generation. This process does not happen in a vacuum. Everything that is happening…
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Many consider Emperor Qin’s terracotta army, silently waiting in battle lines, should rank as the 8th ancient wonder of the world. Here was a man so proud of his achievements, (unifying chaotic China in this life), he wished to maintain…
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Caffeine is being added to a lot of foods and drinks these days. For a person who is highly sensitive to caffeine, the effects are obvious, but the source is often a mystery, since sodas, energy drinks, even jerky, gum,…
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An “artifact” (or “artefact”) is any object, small or large, created, shaped or “selected” by human hands. The object may be complete, broken or a fragment of a whole object. An artifact is valuable to an archeaologist, a paleontologist, an…
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William Halse Rivers Rivers started out as a doctor who studied the nervous system and psychology. As a professor for St. John’s college at Cambridge University, he became interested in the study of people and how they related to one…
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We all know how important the animal is to us in our modern day life and the essential part it plays in helping to keep ecological balance on our planet. It has been like this for thousands of years and…
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Osteology and ArcheologyForensic Archeology When most of us think of the word archeology we automatically assume prehistoric finds or “old bones”. Forensic Archeology is a relatively new study and predominately deals with crime scene grave sites or “new bones”. Forensic…
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