the Urantia Book ~ the Dravidian Civilisation of Lamech_____Archaeology theory essay

Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (online publication), 2014

- ABSTRACT : This master's thesis consist of a didactic unit for the subject of history of first grade of ESO (Secondary Obligatory Education), to be taught in English as a foreign language to native Catalan-speaking students using CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), a modern a pedagogical methodology that both the European Union and the Catalan Government (Generalitat) are trying to implement at schools, since the beginning of the 21st century. The title of the didactic unit is “The first civilizations” and it deals about the history of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China, the world’s first urban cultures and hydraulic civilizations, a decisive development stage in the evolution of mankind. .................................................................................................................................................................................................... - RESUM : Aquesta tesi de màster consisteix en una unitat didàctica per a l’assignatura d’història de primer curs d’ESO (Educació Secundària Obligatòria), per impartir en anglès com a llengua estrangera a alumnes nadius catalanoparlants utilitzant l’AICLE (Aprenentatge Integrat de Continguts i Llengües Estrangeres), una metodologia pedagògica moderna que tant la Unió Europea com la Generalitat intenten implantar a les escoles, des de principis del segle XXI. El títol de la unitat didàctica és “Les primeres civilitzacions” i tracta sobre la història de l’antiga Mesopotàmia, Egipte, Índia i Xina, les primeres cultures urbanes i civilitzacions hidràuliques del món, una etapa de desenvolupament decisiva en l’evolució de la humanitat.

"What’s the Big Picture? Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Empire Bradley J. Parker (University of Utah) The stated goal of this symposium is “to investigate imperial repertoires of rule and how they affected peripheral societies and landscapes” in an effort “to create a comparative perspective on the archaeology of empires.” To address this lofty goal, this paper takes two important steps. First, instead of detailing the specifics of a particular case study, I step back and view the overarching features that characterize the complex polity we call “empire.” To do so I employ a number of classifications proposed by prominent anthropological archaeologists working in both the old and new worlds. Second, using the Neo-Assyrian Empire as a particularly vivid example of how specific features of empire operated in practice, I systematically compare and contrast Assyria with two similarly complex polities in the New World. Utilizing settlement patterns, patterns of production, the presence of networks, material culture, the exploitation of diversity, and the creation of power differentials as categories of investigation, I search for common and unique themes by juxtaposing the Neo-Assyrian Empire of the Old World with the Inca and Wari empires of the New World. The goal of this paper is not to answer the proverbial question “What is empire?” but instead to bring cross-disciplinary and interregional comparison into the debate about the archaeology of empire. "

Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2017

Anth.446/646: Explorers, Mummies, Hieroglyphs (introductory course at UAB, by G. Mumford; 2014), 2014

ABSTRACT: Study guide to second half of the semester, drawn from power point lectures and chapters 7-12 textbook (David, Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt), namely covering (7) architecture and building (e.g., architectural types; workforce; materials and construction; different types of structures), (8) written evidence (e.g., language; decipherment; scribes; education; various types of literature and examples), (9) the army and navy (e.g., expeditions; professional army; known officials; police; frontier defenses; battles; weaponry; equipment; navy), (10) foreign trade and transport (e.g., land; riverine; maritime; trade/exchange; trading expeditions), (11) economy and industry (e.g., various types), and everyday life (e.g., family; childhood through old age; other aspects).

NEWLY UPLOADED: Antiquity, vol 91: 520-529, 2017

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