The Crazy Horse Memorial is currently under construction in the Black Hills of South Dakota approximately 17 miles from Mount Rushmore. Construction began on the mountainside monument in 1948, under the direction of Korczak Ziolkowski, a Polish American sculptor. Lakota…
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The three ages system of archaeology works by dividing human prehistory (the time period before written history evolved) into three distinct ages, based on the technological advances civilization made. The civilizations best categorized as such are European and Mediterranean; however,…
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People often confuse anthropology and archeology. The words seem similar, and the two fields overlap. Archeology is one of the sub-fields anthropology. The other three sub-fields are cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, and linguistics. Physical and cultural anthropologist often make use of…
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Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville, Illinois, North America Some experts believe something particularly dreadful may have occurred at Cahokia because there are no legends, no records, and no lore among local tribes. The people who lived in the area…
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A criminal is someone who breaks the law. He is the bad guy in the movies. He will steal, lie, harm and threaten his victims, all in an effort to get what he wants. A criminal usually does not regret…
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What is a criminal? A criminal is a person who has been found guilty by a court of law of having broken a criminal code law. Whether the person has actually broken the law is immaterial. Ideally the court of…
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One of the most amazing archaeological discoveries of 2010 was the decoding of the Neanderthal Genome. According to the Archeological Institute of America, the most startling bits of news from this study may be that the Neanderthals are not completely…
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A criminologist makes a study of behavioral patterns that they can use to profile criminals and that help law enforcement and private organizations in possibly narrowing a suspect field. There are several ways that this information may be collected and…
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Homo floresiensis is the species name given to a small group of fossilized hominid remains discovered in 2003 on Flores, an island in Indonesia. The skeletons look ostensibly like the human ancestor Homo erectus; however, they had both tiny bodies…
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It has been well documented over many decades of study that there is a tight relationship between economic prosperity and all types of crime, from minor misdemeanors to the violent, from the petty to the highest levels of organized and…
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