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Greek Archaeological Sites, 2002.
A discussion of Greek archaeological sites and the problem of theft of artifacts.
720 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper provides a brief discussion of Greek history and Cretan art. The paper examines the phenomenon of looters and theft from Greek archaeological sites. The on-going battle against looting and smuggling antiquities is described, including an overview of international laws.
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"Looters can be dated as far back as 134 B.C. when the Romans originally stole from the Greeks. Only during the last century did countries such as Greece become concerned about their cultures, since the high prices of the artifacts have lead to more of their treasures being stolen. In the 1960?s, the popularity of marble statues encouraged thieves to loot the Aegean Islands for statues produced by the Cycladic culture during the Bronze Age. The looters destroyed over 12,000 graves in the course of their thefts. While many of these statues are in private collections, few have been recovered by archaeologists."
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Research at the Site of Ur, 2002.
A paper which explains research findings at the archaeological site of the city of Ur.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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The site of Ur, an ancient city in Mesopotamia, is an archaeological site rich in findings of the Sumerian culture and history. This paper explains how the city of Ur was discovered in the mid seventeenth century and details some of the fascinating findings of the place such as the Royal Cemetery and a detailed burial chamber.
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"At the end of the pit, the team found the king?s tomb chamber. A second stone chamber was built up against it, with the tomb of the queen, who owned the chariot and other offerings found in the upper pit. Her name, Shub-ad, was inscribed on a cylinder seal. Her body was still in the tomb. The upper part of her body was completely hidden by a mass of beads of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, and chalcedony. Her headdress was a more elaborate version of the ones found on the remains of the court ladies.
"This discovery showed that the graves of the king and queen had been exactly alike but that the queen?s chamber had sunk below the ground level of her grave pit. According to Woolley, they were probably husband and wife, and the king had died first. The queen, wanting to lie as close to him as possible, had been buried next to him."
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The Difficulties in Archaeological Investigation, 2006.
This paper examines archaeological methods for identifying sites of imperial control in the ancient world.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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In "Dimensions of Imperial Control: The Vijayanagara Capital," Carla Sinopoli and Kathleen Morrison confront this difficulty in archaeological investigation, attempting a more cautious and evidence-based analysis of the sites of power in and around the capital city of the Vijayanagara empire. They begin their assessment, rightly, with a basic ideological assumption about the nature of archaeology of ancient empires: overarching models that describe imperial control and loci of power that are relatively useless.
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"Archaeology can be a frustrating discipline. The scholars who form the ranks of the world's archaeological institutions spend lifetimes sifting through scant clues to reconstruct the intimate details of civilizations long gone. Mistakes are easily made. Evidence is easily misinterpreted. It takes years of pointed training to develop the practical and intellectual skills to draw some meaningful conclusions regarding the characteristics of the ancient world. It's somewhat akin to trying to solve a murder mystery with only the briefest of clues that happened thousands of years prior. (In fact, Bob Brier--a famous Egyptologist--did just that, working to solve what he concluded was the murder of Tutankhamen)."
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Archaeological Evidence to Support Mythology, 2004.
Looks at modern archaeological evidence as a possible source for ancient Greek myths and legends.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper looks at specific fossil and archaeological evidence and specimens as possible sources for ancient Greek myths. It explores specific fossil bed sites and their relationship to the ancient world, as well as possible theories of how the ancients must have come across and created legends for various species of pre-historic creatures. The paper includes photographs.
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"The ancient scholar Pausanias described some of these bones as ?enormous but apparently human? when he visited the sanctuary of Askiepios, a rich fossil bed. Many fossils were claimed by the ancients to be the bones of local heroes, since many of these heroes were said to be of extraordinary height and stature. When these bones were found, they would be reburied in a ceremonial fashion and placed inside large coffins. These sites were then lost to the local?s knowledge; so later in time Greeks would dig up large coffins with bones in them and then reclaim to have found the buried remains of local heroes."
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A Critical Review of the Glenrose Cannery Site, 2002.
This paper looks at how the zoo archaeology of the site has been used to determine seasonality, diet, etc.
2,120 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 66.95
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This paper analyzes a study done of the Glenrose Cannery Site in the 1970s. The various excavations at the site between 1969 and 1973 are discussed in detail, and the results are analysed and evaluated.
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"The analysis of fish, pollen, shellfish, mammalian and avian remains and artifacts from the site were studied to find ?the origins of the densely populated culturally complex, maritime adaptation of the Pacific Northwest Coast?, and ?the origin of the Locarna Bach and Marpole phases in the last millenium B.C.? (Matson, 1976) Little is known about this and views range from Asiatio origins to local development. (Matson, 1976) ?Thus is was hoped that the investigation of the Glenrose midden would shed some light on the origins of the unique Northwest Coast pattern by detailing the subsistence strategies related to pre-Locarno material on the edge of the Fraser Delta.?
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Travel Web Sites, 2005.
This paper discusses marketing and regulatory aspects of travel Web sites.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper describes the e-business industry of travel Web sites. The author points out new marketing techniques of the airlines Delta, Southwest and Jet Blue, including discounted fares and instant rewards. The paper points out the flexibility of online Web travel sites and the convenience of one-stop shopping venues.
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"One of the e-commerce venues that has generated great interest and high levels of sales is the travel Web site, among which are Web sites maintained by airlines, such as Delta, Southwest and Jet Blue. These sites have developed new marketing techniques to capture audience interest and inspire consumers to purchase travel packages and or airline tickets online. A major marketing tool used by companies, such as Southwest Airlines, is the use of heavily discounted fares that are available ..."
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The Brownfield Sites, 2005.
This paper discusses Brownfield sites in the U.K., a program for the reuse of property and for minimizing environmental damage.
3,170 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This paper explains that a Brownfield site is any land or premises which has been used previously as a building site and is not currently fully in use and can be used again as part of an environmental policy plan. The author points out that such land may be derelict land, which requires the removal of chemical waste, derelict infrastructure or instability problems, before the land can be redeveloped. The paper relates that the Brownfield system has been successful because it has opened the way for most investors while still maintaining sufficient control to force a cleanup and to assure that housing is placed where housing is needed and business property where business property is needed, according to some centralized plan rather than on an ad hoc basis as was more common in the past.
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Introduction
Availability
National Land Use Data Base Statistics: Context
Characteristics of Brownfield Sites
Stoke-on-Trent
Agency
Economic Issues
Social Policy
Physical Development
Leveraging Partners
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"One of the areas that have been redeveloped in this fashion is at Stoke-on-Trent, and analysts have examined this site and reported on the brownfield process. R.M. Ball writes specifically about recent policy pronouncements on the UK built environment so as to reinforce the importance of infrastructure, sustainable use, and brownfield
development, and he focuses directly on the issue of vacant industrial premises, or brown buildings, in the local industrial property market. Ball argues that property development is both an economic and a social process, and in both areas, Ball sees the process as an interaction between "actors" in the development process in relation to structural forces that both constrain and facilitate actors as they seek to express and realize their interests."
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Supervised Injection Sites, 2008.
This paper explores the arguments for and against the drug policy of supervised injection sites (SIS).
2,793 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 83.95
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The paper discusses sanctioned supervised injection sites (SIS) in Canada where people may inject intravenous drugs under the supervision of trained medical staff, with clean syringes available for their use. The paper explores the reasoning behind this site and the ongoing arguments for and against its continuing operation. The paper supports the belief that drug use will continue and that at least users can be spared the harm inflicted by sharing non-sterile settings in a non-sanitary setting. The paper therefore concludes that the SIS is a sound, pragmatic drug policy that should be continued and developed further.
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"In the case of SIS, the reasoning is that drug addicts are going to inject themselves with illegal drugs anyway, so why not make the actual process safer? Especially given that much of the health damage associated with intravenous drug use derives from factors other than the drugs. For example, non-sterile needles cause death through infection, and shared needles cause diseases and death by passing on Hepatitis C, AIDS, etc. As Ezard (2001) points out, the discovery that HIV transmission is linked to injectable drugs "arguably spearheaded the harm reduction movement for illicit drug use" (p. 208). Moreover, many drug deaths are due to overdoses, and those who accidentally overdose in a SIS will be given medical assistance more promptly, and are thus more likely to survive."
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Internet Sites and Regulation, 2005.
Outlines how ethical legal and regulatory issues differ on a B2C site compared to a B2B site.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper outlines how ethical, legal, and regulatory issues differ on a B2C (business-to-consumer) web site compared to a B2B (business-to-business)web site. The paper examines the different audience each site is aimed at.
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"Ultimately because business-to-business web sites cater to a different audience and provide different services from their business-to-consumer counterparts it is understood that the ethical legal andr regulatory issues that face ..."
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Library Web Sites, 2005.
Discusses library funding for Web sites and technology.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses library funding for Web sites and technology in university libraries in particular. The high cost of building in-house web portals and the effect of the declining tax-base for libraries is also discussed.
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Archaeological Dating Methods: A Case Study, 2002.
This paper discusses four major methods of archaeological dating: stratigraphy, dendrochronology, obsidian hydration dating, and radiocarbon dating.
2,380 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The paper introduces archaeology, and explains that the concept of dating is central to the science of archaeology. Two broad categories of dating, relative and absolute, are introduced, and four major specific types of dating are presented to the reader; stratigraphy, dendrochronology, obsidian hydration dating, and radiocarbon dating. Each of the four methods are discussed in great detail, each with a closing paragraph devoted to the underlying problems with that particular method. For example, the section on stratigraphy begins with a brief history of the method itself, and introduces such concepts as the law of superposition, temporal sequences of data within stratified deposits, context evaluation, and determining age through the relative position of superimposed artifacts. The negatives of stratigraphy are then discussed, and include deformation, overlapping and reverse stratigraphy, and the method is evaluated on the whole. This format is then applied to the other three types of dating discussed. Finally, a concluding paragraph states that although the four types of dating discussed are infinitely valuable to archaeologists all over the world, there are still problems associated with each that need to be accounted for when using them to address the age of fossilized remains and other artifacts.
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"Archaeology is the study of past human cultures, and archaeologists must uncover and interpret material remains in order to reconstruct past ways of life. To understand the purposes of these remains, Archaeologists have the task of constructing a chronology of prehistory, using various dating methods. ?Without knowing the age of materials, little can be said about the activity that made them part of the site (David L. Webster, Susan Toby Evans & William T. Sanders, 1993: 128).? Dating is defined as the placement in time of events relative to one another or to any established scale of temporal measurement (Jeffrey S. Dean, 1981: 375). Dating methods used by Archaeologist incorporate the scientific method and have the advantages of objectification, application to isolated cultural sequences, and an expanded span of human prehistory for which an absolute chronology can be built (Keith Brannigan, 1974: 100-101). Scientific methods of dating are invaluable for the prehistoric periods and have revolutionized the archaeologists? ideas about the absolute chronology of the prehistoric culture sequence (Brannigan, 1974: 101), yet each of these scientific methods has many difficulties. Dating techniques fall into two categories?relative and absolute?and include the following: seriation, ceramic dating, potassium argon dating, thermoluminescence dating, archaeomagnetic dating, fission track dating, stratigraphy, dendrochronology, obsidian hydration dating, and radiocarbon dating. This paper will discuss the latter four methods, with an emphasis on the shortcomings of each."
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Do Internet Dating Sites Isolate?, 2004.
A look at the impact of online dating sites on various communities.
1,433 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses online dating websites and addresses the frequently asked question of "Do these websites have a negative impact on their users?" Some research studies have shown that such websites cause individuals to withdraw from their lives off-line and isolate them from family and friends. Other research argues that online communities simply expand the social arena available to individuals. This paper examines the research on both sides of the argument.
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"The reach and interactivity of the Internet has allowed websites that bring people together to flourish. Online dating and match-making services have become highly lucrative businesses. But have these online dating communities come at the cost of true, old-fashioned human interaction? Does the Internet isolate individuals from their ?real-life? communities, or does it simply expand our ideas about what a community really is?"
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Student Web Sites and First Amendment Rights, 2003.
A look at students rights when it comes to their own private Internet sites.
1,533 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper discusses how the Internet has opened innumerable doors for communication and educational enterprise and has also opened a much darker paradigm, giving students a new, often negative, avenue of expression. It cites examples of student violations and various court cases and examines how courts have begun to formulate limits to freedom of expression for students.
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"Expression in schools and students First Amendment rights have been debated in courts throughout the past 35 years with the most famous case involved being Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (Tinker 1969). The Tinker case involved the legal limits on students? speech that came into discussion when a group of students decided to wear black armbands to show objection for the Vietnam War. These students were asked to remove the armbands and when some did not they were suspended. The students sued and the United States Supreme Court concluded the expression was protected."
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Argumentative Web Sites, 2002.
A review of two different websites that make different kinds of argumentative claims, one political, one commercial.
1,248 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses how a great deal of human communication is in the nature of argumentation and how in this day and age the ?speech? that is going on on Web sites is also in the nature of (rhetorical) argument. It examines two different websites that make argumentative claims that the author was inclined to reject to help to determine the strength and persuasiveness of those claims. The first site is the Jeb Bush gubernatorial re-elections site and it evaluates how election sites are in many ways the quintessence of argumentative speech because the stakes are so high and the second site is that of Pepsi site to see if the author could be swayed to drink Pepsi.
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"In asking what would constitute a good web-based argument for this candidacy, the answer would be one that supplied enough substantive coverage of the governor in a sufficiently balanced way that I would want to vote for him if I lived in Florida. This means that while the rhetoric should be persuasive it should not seem forced ? or so positive that it seems false.
The rhetoric on this site lacks that sense of balance. For example: The homepage of the site has a number of different options, such as ?Women for Jeb?, ?Hispanics for Jeb?, ?Seniors for Jeb?. I find it hard to believe that people actually think of themselves in this way. The Web site?s categorization of people into convenient, poll-oriented demographics makes the campaign seem soulless and calculating, surely not the intention of the Bush advisors."
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Greek Mythology: Women in Greek Life, 2002.
Examining the way in which women were depicted in classic Greek mythology.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper introduces, discuss and analyzes the topic of Greek mythology. Specifically, it contains an analysis of the role of women in Greek life as depicted in literature. It discusses how women underwent a tremendous change between the time of Homer and that of Aristophanes four hundred years later, as five different plays clearly illustrate. Early Greek women were one-dimensional and needy, while four hundred years later they were feminists complaining about their sex lives.
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"Women in Greek life are portrayed in a wide variety of ways, and they did indeed change between Homer's type and Aristophanes' time. Homer often portrays women as scheming to keep men from performing their duty, such as how Calypso holds Ulysses on her island in "The Odyssey," attempting to keep her with him rather than allow him to return to his home and family. "This daughter of Atlas has got hold of poor unhappy Ulysses, and keeps trying by every kind of blandishment to make him forget his home, so that he is tired of life, and thinks of nothing but how he may once more see the smoke of his own chimneys" (Odyssey, Book I). In the Iliad, Homer continues to portray women as one-dimensional beings without feelings when he has Chryseis, the daughter of Chryses given as a war prize to Agamemnon as his share of the looting and subsequently ransomed by her father."
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