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This engaging work uses key discoveries, events, people, techniques, and controversies to give the general reader a rich history of archaeology from its beginnings in the 16th century to the present. Treasures, temples, and tombs; pyramids, pots, and projectile points - the stuff of archaeology has captured people's imagination since the first digs in the 16th century. Although humans have always been fascinated with the past, the formal discipline of archaeology has existed for only 500 years. This book details the surprisingly controversial course of those five centuries. The history of archaeology leads from the musty collections of dilettante antiquarians to high-tech science. The book identifies three major developmental periods - Birth of Archaeology (16th-18th centuries), Archaeology of Origins and Empires (19th century), and World Archaeology (20th century). An introductory essay acquaints the reader with the essence of the science for each period. The short entries comprising the balance of the book are organized around the themes introduced in the essays. Organized around personalities, techniques, controversies, and conflicts, the encyclopedia brings to life the history of archaeology. It broadens the general reader's knowledge by detailing the professional significance of widely known discoveries while introducing to wider knowledge obscure but important moments in archaeology. Archaeology is replete with the visionaries and swashbucklers of popular myth; it is also filled with careful and dedicated scientists.
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With grants from the Hewlett Packard and Carnegie Foundations, Chris Juzwiak and a growing team of developmental instructors continue to uncover how basic writers learn best, pinpointing what encourages them, what discourages them, and how to serve their learning needs. Stepping Stones reflects the results of these studies with scaffolded exercises and instruction, color-coded parts of speech and writing concepts, and creative activities. With a strong visual appeal and clear explanations, this innovative textbook presents sentence and paragraph patterns so that all students can immediately grasp them, and offers carefully constructed guidance for developing and organizing ideas—-two of the most difficult tasks for developmental students.Award-winning educator, Chris Juzwiak, knows that many basic writing students have experienced failure in the past, but that with the right tools they can also become confident and successful learners.
Where Are The Stones That Tripped Me? A Personal Journey
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In "Where Are the Stones that Tripped Me?" you are invited to take a walk with the author as she reflects on her own journey in life. In this simple, honest reflection of her very ordinary, yet deeply spiritual life the author combines poetry and prose to reflect on the sufferings of Christ and how we can relate His path to the roads we all travel; journeys that are wondrous, yet difficult; rewarding, yet painful; sad, yet joyous. As you read the author's feelings on her own personal life experiences and that of others you will be drawn into contemplation of your own life experiences that you will discover may be very different, but surprisingly similar; unique, yet the same. You will be invited to consider how and why life has led you down the road you are on, learning from and letting go of the past and looking forward to a future free of worry with complete trust in God, who lovingly takes the good and the bad experiences of our lives to ultimately orchestrate His will. For all of us, some paths in life are very smooth; others more difficult littered with stones that trip us and cause us to fall. But if we can remain focused on where we are going, allowing Christ to guide us moving forward, to help us up when we trip and fall, it's amazing what we will see when we look back on our journey....Where are the stones that tripped us?
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