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It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History”

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An image of the rice terraces from 2016 showcases the enduring relationship between the Ifugao people and their landscape. This shift, along with the construction of extensive terraces, enabled the Ifugao to consolidate their economic and political power in the highlands.

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

Heritage studies constitute a developing field, where it is realized that the world’s cultural heritage is a diminishing resource, and one which holds different meanings for different people. Different state archaeology departments also actively engage themselves in declaring certain archaeologically important artefact as heritage.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

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Since the mid-1980s, archaeologists with the Banda Research Project and Banda Heritage Initiative have uncovered locally made objects such as stone tools, iron blades , and clay cooking pots , alongside trade items like beads and jewelry. In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa.

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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

Beyond its economic role, the tualang holds profound cultural and spiritual significance for many indigenous groups. Borneo’s Unique Biocultural Heritage Borneo, one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, is home to countless endemic plant and animal species. Source: Land Use Policy, 2016. Credit: T.

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At this one-of-a-kind Boston public high school, students learn calculus in Spanish

The Hechinger Report

In 2016, 75 percent of its ELL students graduated, a rate 14 percentage points higher than the district’s average for this group and higher even than the overall graduation rate for BPS. And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 Economically, he sees the vast promise of a bilingual workforce.

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Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education — with one big exception

The Hechinger Report

The key appears to be education because higher educational attainment is associated with economic success, social status, better health, family stability, and life opportunities. He married a Jewish-American woman of European heritage. Generally speaking, the more years in school and the more degrees earned, the better.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

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Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years. were studying a world language or American Sign Language.

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