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The Geometry of Memory: How Knots Carry the Weight of Human History

Anthropology.net

Many knotted artifacts remain tucked away in storage, undocumented and undigitized. link] — Explores cultural phylogenetics through folk narratives, analogous to the methods applied to knot histories. The ties that bind: Computational, cross-cultural analyses of knots reveal their cultural evolutionary history and significance.

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How Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Transformed My School

Digital Promise

The day we were awarded the opportunity to participate in this initiative back in 2015 is a day that is forever ingrained in my memory. Before the 2015-16 school year, our school had just two laptop carts with 20 laptops each that were shared among all of our classes. Science teachers were engaging students in virtual lab experiences.

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Unraveling the Past: Ancient Ivory Baton Reveals Surprising Purpose in Rope-Making

Anthropology.net

Previously believed to be a mere work of art, this 37,000-year-old artifact now emerges as a sophisticated tool for crafting rope. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5217 Unveiling the Enigma Back in 2015, ivory fragments surfaced in Hohle Fels, showcasing signs of intricate workmanship. Credit: Science Advances (2024). 1 Conard, N.

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David Cliff Grove

Anthropology News

In fall 1966 he took his young family to eastern Morelos state while he searched for sites with “Olmec”-style artifacts for his dissertation. There were also many articles on Chalcatzingo and the place of Olmecs in Mesoamerican history. Throughout his active research career, he was a dedicated and well-beloved teacher.

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Can private Pre-K for All providers survive in New York City?

The Hechinger Report

It’s an artifact of the early childhood system; it’s grown up that way. So if you use both public and private providers, the question becomes: How do you nurture and sustain quality across all those different settings when their resources, missions and histories can be so different?”.

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STUDENT VOICE: Don’t call me ‘Indian’ — A line of strong Ojibwe women inspired my journey to college

The Hechinger Report

While many people can trace their family history back to a great-great-great-great grandfather who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in search of the famed “American Dream,” my ancestors inhabited the lands and waters in the Great Lakes region since the beginning of time itself.

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Pulling reservation schools back from the brink

The Hechinger Report

In 1978, just a few years before Helgeson’s birth, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act became law, finally affirming the right of country’s indigenous people to access sacred sites, worship in traditional ceremonies and use materials they consider sacred artifacts, like eagle bones, that are restricted to non-Indians.

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