Gertrude Bell Research Paper

After reading the novel Nest in the Wind: Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Island, written by Martha C. Ward, I learned about a culture on an island that is much different but similar in many ways to ours. The Climate of the Island was tropical with heavy rainfall. The Island was known as a “tropical paradise”. Ward a female Anthropologist went to this Island to study its inhabitants . Some area she focus on was Family, Religion, sex, tradition, economics, politics ,medicine, death, resources and daily activities . Ward approach to getting this information as accurate as possible was to live among the Pohnpeians as . She got involved in their culture and community. She even , though unwanted gained rank in their society. Her and

In my quest to study the life of the ancient California inhabitants, I visited the San Diego Museum of Man which is an anthropological museum situated in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. The museum was established in the year 1915 as a result of the Panama-California Exposition where several exhibits were displayed with ‘The Story of Man through Ages’ being the first. At the culmination of the exposition, San Diego Museum Association sought to retain the available collection and start a permanent museum. As a result, the collection was named Museum of Man in

From an early age, I had the desire to give back to my community. This desire was likely instilled in me by my mother, who as a school teacher, went to great lengths to help her students achieve academically. To better do this, she created at Tupelo Middle School in Mississippi, the Mermaids and Argonauts Program, which allowed students to travel on extended school trips to locations where they were able to have hands-on experiences at zoos, science labs, colleges, museums, and more across the country. As her child, I was able to tag along on many of these trips, which fueled my desire to learn about and interact with my environment. It left me with the great hope that someday I would be able to have such experiences abroad, in order to better learn about the people and cultures with which I interact. For this reason, I hope to study abroad this summer in Pachuca, Mexico.

Death by Theory, written by Adrian Praetzellis, is an engaging and informational book written in a novelistic way that engages the reader to think critically about archaeology. Compared to other forms of informational text about archaeology, Death by Theory teaches archaeological theory by telling a story that incorporates the different theories of archaeology in a realistic setting. While standard textbooks about the theory of archaeology can come off a bit dry, Death by Theory skips the standard definitions and applies this in a way that aids the reader in understanding how these theories and terms can be applied in an actual archaeological setting. This text illustrates the adventure of plucky archaeologist Dr. Hannah Green and her nephew Sean Doyle as they seek to explain an unusual archaeological site while dealing with real life archaeological struggles. The protagonists deal with an egotistical colleague of Dr. Green who sought her out as a consult on a particularly strange archaeological case. All the while dealing with cults, the media, and incompatible data.

The author Joy McCorriston, was a student at the Institute of Archaeology in London and found out about the chance to visit the Lascaux cave from a radio show contest. Although she didn’t “win” she was lucky enough to join the tour. She listens to stories from Monsieur Jaceues Marshal, a discoverer of the cave and the cave’s guard as she gets to tour the cave. Lascaux Cave’s discovery had come about because four local boys found a hiding place to tease and abandon an outsider, a Jewish boy sent south to flee Occupation in the north. (An alternative story of a lost dog negated the real and non-politically correct truth of the cave’s discovery).

In Barbara Anderson’s book, First Fieldwork: The Misadventures of an Anthropologist, she discusses how as a graduate student she went to a small Danish town called Taarnby to do an ethnographic study of the community. When she went to Denmark, she took her family with her: Thor her husband and Katie her daughter. This book talks about the many difficulties and problems that an untried and inexperienced anthropologist can face, even though some of it is “improved upon”.

My name is Thomas Bell Sr. I was born and raised in Lake Charles, La. At this present moment, my class standing is a junior and I'm taking 15 hour for this semester. My major is Criminal Justice. I'm presently employed with the Lake Charles Police Department as the Commander and Deputy Chief of Detectives. Work hours can range from 60-80 hour week. One interesting thing about myself, would be something interesting for me to find out.

People are always shocked when I tell them there are two Amber Bell's. Yes, technically in the United States, but also two different Amber's within me: the girl whose biggest dream is to end up on the TED playlist: "Talks from Brilliant Women in STEM" and the Amber whose first love was AP United States History.

The scientists, archeologists, and historians must use science to reveal all of the answers. If it weren't for science many mysteries would still remain about the findings at the historical sites visited in this book. Written in Bone was an enjoyable read hidden with science sprinkled on every

Neither discovery nor rediscovery is more complex than the other, both have different influencing factors that make them complicated. Rediscoveries are made complicated through having to assess their significance in the changed context over the time passed form the initial discovery. However, initial discoveries are difficult as they can challenge the values of the discoverer. The documentary “Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History” explores this notion of rediscovery through inviting the audience to discover the story of one of the great imperial explorers Frank Hurley. Karen Joy Fowlers novel “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” supports this through the story of Rosemary Cooke who was raised with a chimpanzee (Fern) as a sister, but separated from her at a young age, who makes discoveries about her confusing past.

In the realm of archaeology, beginning in the fall of 2016, I have performed research for Kacy Hollenback, PhD, at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Hollenback is a Northern Plains Indian archaeologist who hired me to assist her with a project analyzing soil samples taken from the floors of Hidatsa earth lodges in North Dakota. Her goal in collecting these samples is to determine where within each earth lodge household activities occurred. Based on the chemical content of the soil cores, Dr. Hollenback hopes to deduce where the food was prepared, where the residents slept, where the rituals were performed and where weapons were sharpened, among other activities. She collected the samples from an earth lodge along the Knife River in North Dakota. This earth lodge was in the same settlement that was originally the historic Sakakawea’s home.

After the second year of my undergraduate studies while conducting fieldwork, I discovered a profound enthusiasm for learning about the lives of ancient peoples that has furthered my determination to pursue research and a graduate degree. In the summer of 2015, I already had two years of experience working on the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon, Israel as a volunteer. That year I was chosen to work on a different project; I was part of a small team tasked with excavating the recently discovered Philistine cemetery. During that season and the season that followed, I not only learned about excavating human remains, but I also had the opportunity to study the lives and deaths of the deceased individuals: what they ate, their illness and injuries, their lifestyles, and their relationships with others outside their communities. Even their feelings for each other were sometimes evident. I became fascinated with understanding who the individuals were, what kinds of lives they had, and how they viewed the world, with the last question being the most intriguing. We used the small amount of artifacts buried with the deceased and previous finds from inside the city to paint a picture of their lives, but there is so much still unknown about the context in which the Philistines lived.

In 1991, Professor Raymond Fogelson of the anthropology department at the University of Chicago compared the Dickson Mounds burial display to a “form of obscene pornograpy”, citing that visitors with no anthropological background gain nothing educational from viewing a “pit of naked skeletons” (Quigley, 2001, p. 71) In contrast, William, Sumner, director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, argues that the sites offer educational experiences promoted by the work of archaeologists and scientists. He argues that this exhibit “fires the imagination of school children and adults…and leaves a lasting impression that leads to an enriched, intellectual life”, showing 13,000 to 14,000 school children annually that “the past is a continuation of the present” in archaeological and anthropological work (Quigley, 2001, p. 71). As a result, archaeologists and scientists remain divided, favoring the moral closure of the exhibit while fighting for their professions as these sciences have led to cultural enrichment, uncovering the medical treatments and daily lives of these ancient Indians (Guillory,

To help students have a better appreciation of archeology and it’s role in American Indian studies I am designing a class to help students better understand archeology and its contexts surrounding Native American people. The title of this class will ARCH 123: Exploring Archeology and it’s Impact. This title is very relevant because it will reflect the two main themes we will focus our energies on during the semester. These themes are the evolution of archeology and the importance of archeology, encompassing it’s effects on people. The title of this class will give students a basic idea of what they will learn from taking it. Exploring archeology will take into context the transition from old archeology to the new wave of feminist archeology.

Alexander Bell was an inventor, self-taught student, and teacher. He was an important part of communication technology history. The invention of the telephone made a huge impact on the world.