Social Science

The Mississippi flood plain in Southern Illinois was once the location for America’s first large city. The lost city of Cahokia, whose name was acquired from a tribe close to the area in the 17th Century (BBC, 1998), was a…
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According to statistics provided by: Amnesty International it was determined that the execution rate in China is in the thousands. The precise number of executions in China is a secret held by the State. Relatively-speaking, the rate of execution is…
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The Palace of Pylos is one of the most important archeological sites dating from the Bronze Age due to the preservation of hundreds of clay tablets that were found at the site. Located at Pylos, Messenia, near the Navarino Bay,…
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In many countries the charge for a crime is capital punishment, one of the most serious ways of punishing someone’s wrongs. Whilst many countries use capital punishment to punish crimes such as murders, countries like the People’s Republic of China…
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Since its introduction in 1993, the US policy of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” regarding homosexuals within the military, created strong feelings both for and against the policy.  The basics of the policy were meant to satisfy all parties regarding homosexuals in…
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Blood is one of the most significant and frequently encountered types of physical evidence associated with death and violent crime investigations. Bloodstain evidence has two primary categories of examination important to crime scene investigators: genetic marker typing and bloodstain pattern…
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What Is Hawai’i’s place? In a previous article, the author wrote that Starbucks considers Hawai’i to be an international location. To know this is comforting to me (especially since I give them my money all too frequently). I admire the…
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What do Laughing and Crying have in common? The most obvious factor crying and laughter share is they are both expressions of emotion. From a child’s perspective, crying is seen as an expression of sadness, whereas laughing an expression of…
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Archaeology is taught at almost all liberal arts colleges; and beginning archaeology courses are also taught in high school and community colleges. Therefore it would be a good idea for future archaeology students to discover all options regarding the study…
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I have lived in the United States for over twenty years and I have seen communities change practically over night! People seem to be afraid of visiting the places where they grew up, as the change and deterioration makes them…
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