Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.”

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Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

São Tomé’s role in this devastating and transformational history is largely unknown—some people have never heard of the tiny nation. Our team aims to illuminate the island’s central and brutal place in world history. Reconstructing their experiences and Praia Melão’s place in history will take more research.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Researchers documented a 45,500-year-old ochre depiction of a pig at Leang Tedongnge cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Southeast Asia’s Ancient Cultural Heritage Beyond East Timor and Sulawesi, Australia holds some of the oldest continuous cultural heritage sites globally, reflecting its Indigenous populations' long history.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 8, 2025

The Manteño: A Coastal Civilization with a Complex Heritage The Manteño culture (AD 650–1532) flourished along the Pacific coast of Ecuador, known for its extensive trade networks, monumental architecture, and distinctive ceramics. History of the New World." Latin American Antiquity, 16 (2), 167-179. 1 Juengst, S.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It turns out my skillset helps map places and histories that are significant in Wajãpi Oral Traditions. Together, we record every mark of the past as a relevant piece of history on Wajãpi Indigenous Land. We document their places and histories through GPS mapping, audio recordings, drawings, and photographs.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

MAY 24, 2022

Whatever version you decide to use, each one comes with a title page and four rule cards covering the following: Be Prepared Be Punctual Be Present Be Polite Around the World Skyline Posters If you are a world history or social studies teacher, these world skyline posters can help transform your walls or bulletin boards!

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

When MySpace lost 50 million songs during a server migration , it wasnt just a glitchit was a reshaping of independent music history, determined by infrastructure choices rather than cultural value. The ability to preserve history is a form of power, and that power is rarely in the hands of the public. But migration is never neutral.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This has led to numerous archaeological and heritage sites appearing online in interactive 3D platforms, such as Sketchfab. One criticism of current 3D models of archaeological sites is that they are devoid of human traces and history. The pursuit of objectivity in scientific endeavors is the norm.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Meanwhile, some tribal communities have already forged ahead with new school partnerships to reclaim and restore their heritage languages, which could serve as models for the White House effort. “In

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Sapiens

JANUARY 18, 2024

Local surveyors, construction workers, architects, and engineers documented the destruction as it happened on hand-colored maps, which are now held at the London Metropolitan Archives. Within the London County Council area (roughly covering today’s inner London), more than 73,000 structures were destroyed.

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ACRE

JUNE 27, 2023

It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to preserve, interpret and present the cultural heritage of this legendary 27-county area. It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to research, document, interpret and present the heritage of the people of the Arkansas Delta.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 22, 2024

The exact number of speakers is challenging to determine due to the presence of heritage speakers in the diaspora and the ongoing shift to the Turkish language. Raising the status of minority and heritage languages is crucial to social cohesion, not just in this region, but all over the world.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family May 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. Documents, photos, and videos from their great-grandparents, their parents, and even themselves are all primary sources that can help them understand the past. Their family stories are history!

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2024

Preserving Indigenous Heritage Central to Dr. Kelly's mission is the preservation and celebration of Indigenous heritage. Kelly emphasizes, "Our goal is not only to document these message sticks but also to ensure that Indigenous voices are central to their interpretation and preservation.”

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. Many cultural centers curate history, geography, and civic exhibits that connect the past with the present. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

In this 2017 photo, students present their history projects at a New York City high school for recent immigrants and refugees. In a working paper distributed this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, they documented that most immigrant groups either arrived with high levels of education or their U.S.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 13, 2024

Professor Michael Petraglia, co-author of the study, notes, "These findings suggest a geographically widespread presence of Homo sapiens across Eastern Asia after 40,000 years ago, challenging previous interpretations and providing valuable insights into the occupation history of China." Grün, R., Petraglia, M. D., & Shao, Q.

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Sapiens

MAY 28, 2024

as if i have not seen her only in empty documents, in archives drenched in blood. The Visit – Listen the bedroom is a chamber of whispers. the midnight wind blows the curtains, pushing air into silk lungs. she sits in the corner, outlined faintly by the soft glare of the moon. she does not wear clothes, no nightrobe, no plush slippers.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

13, 2024 • By Studies Weekly History would not be the same without the inspiring lives of Black humanitarians. For Black History Month, we honor four heroes who advocated for civil rights, fought for the underserved, and spoke out for the welfare of others. 4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians Feb.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

Bonded by their shared experiences of never having had the opportunity to learn their heritage language, they come together every day to take beginner-level Mongolian classes and sing Mongolian songs. Amid it all, one student enthusiastically weaved through the crowd, an iPhone in hand, documenting the rehearsal.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

So, if I was going to make, develop an op-ed around Native American history and culture I’ve written books, received grants and so on, I’m well prepared to make that argument. So, I’d encourage you to open up a Word document or wherever you want to write and just draft something really quickly. south west.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2024

We asked authors to share their insights into “what brought humanity to this point [in history] and anthropology’s role in those processes.” As “expert witness,” the poem’s speaker translates for legal documents: “I type tortures—.” We viscerally feel echoes of a violent history surging through this interaction.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 31, 2024

My task set me on a path to understanding the history and craft of counting languages. Researchers, institutions, and governments need to document the number of languages to develop and assess policies aimed at enhancing the vitality of dwindling languages. Many groups and individuals have done this in the past and continue to do so.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For six weeks, we spent 40 percent of our time at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) office and 60 percent of our time at partner institutions: the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC).

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. I felt like I’d won my own History Day contest!”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

Gist, who runs the Migration Heritage Foundation, which documents the county’s history and provides aid to students, said the number of teenagers in the county applying for a fellowship to help cover textbook costs went from 16 last year to three this spring. Gist knows the disconnection comes at grave cost for students.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

On Rusinga Island, a grassroots group is celebrating the field assistants who helped find famous fossils and inspiring future generations to study science and ancient history. The group shares information about the islands ancient history and the role of local collaborators in discovering that heritage.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

This story also appeared in The Nation “I knew that the public school system would not benefit my child without the important and critical history and culture of Indigenous people being taught,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. I want my children to know who they are,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart. “I

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

In 2018, for the first time in district history, a majority of Sioux City’s 14,976 students, about 52 percent, were people of color. And 20 percent of district students are classified as English Learners; a third of these students report being born outside of the country, according to district documents.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

They include Julia Alvarez’s 1991 novel, “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” about four immigrant sisters from the Dominican Republic — a popular pick for readers during Latinx Heritage Month. The number of attempts to censor books actually fell this year compared with last year’s 695 cases, the ALA found. Can you imagine?”

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Sapiens

JANUARY 22, 2025

Trekking for thousands of hours through these sites, I have seen the destruction of critical remnants of ancient structures, the obliteration of numerous mosaic pavements and subterranean rock-cut features, and the demolition of incalculable layers of cultural history. In total, we documented 2,976 new looting pits.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

history, and knew none of the literature her peers had read years earlier. The agencys poor management of schools, meanwhile, had been well documented , and in 2006, an internal shakeup resulted in the creation of the BIE. She had only superficial familiarity with state and U.S. She was the only freshman whod never taken pre-algebra.

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Diane Ravitch

JULY 16, 2024

John Thompson writes: KOSU’s Beth Wallace reports that the Executive Review Committee assembled by Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters features prominent conservatives, including Dennis Prager of PragerU , David Barton of the Christian Nationalist organization, Wallbuilders , and the president of the Heritage Foundation , Kevin Roberts.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

. — Javeria Salman Immigrant, Native and rural students The Republican presidential ticket and official party platform espouse anti-immigrant positions, advocating for mass deportations of anyone who entered the country without legal documentation. Nirvi Shah Teaching about U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In at least one documented case, the caregiver’s age was noted as a factor in an abuse complaint. Given the political polarization and our lack of a history or tradition of social democratic support for public social service … I don’t see that happening,” she said. It’s hard to see where the impetus would come from at this point.”

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