Cactus Hill

Archaeological Anthropology Question 1: First Appearances of Religion When we think of religion, we often are reminded or churches or temples, morality, and an all-powerful, all-knowing, and benevolent being often referred to as a God, Goddess, or in some forms of recent religions, multitudes of the formers. As cited by the Oxford Dictionary there is one common definition of religion which is the “The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.” Subsequently, this is the most prominent idea when we think about religion. On the contrary, there is a definition which explains religion as “ A pursuit or interest followed with great devotion.” which may refer to an older and less thought of form of religion. From an archaeological standpoint, we have an old but well-known form of religion referred to as Hinduism. Although, this religion does still exist in today’s modern society, it should be known that the religion goes as far back as 5500 BCE. Moreover, it has accumulated, a significant amount of history as well as archeological artifacts. As explained by the Ancient History Encyclopedia, one of the earliest evidence of Hinduism is found within the ancient Indus Valley civilization. This civilization shows signs of goddess worship in the form of old texts, Pashupati sketches, and a Mother Goddess figurine which clearly shows signs of some form of organized religion amongst the people of that time. Although there is quite a…

Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) is one of the local columnar cactus of the very few that is found in Tucson, Arizona. These giant cactus can grow between 14 m to over 20 m while weighing over 3200 lbs. These cactus are heavy because of a desert adaptation which allows them to retain water by expanding its core. This allows the species to survive the extreme hot and dry summer conditions of the Sonoran Desert. However, this cactus doesn’t have high fitness in the cold conditions, so the…

1. My past camping experiences have been quite minor, but I used to live out in the desert with lots of wilderness around 2. The area I’m in is a more desert biome, outside or by a school with a large patch of desert. The typical temperature is Hot and I would expect minor precipitation to fall there in the month of my visit. The soil type is dry dirt and is very dusty, as well as the area around me is very barren. I chose a site on a slope without a water drainage feature. 3. I expected to…

Attack of the killer cacti Once there was this cactus right, and he was like mean and he wanted REVENGE!!!*coughing* he wanted to take REVENGE on me for kicking it. So it crept up on me and tried to poke me and I turned and kicked it. That’s why it wants REVENGE!! So whatever but let’s advance in the story; so George Washington playing the techno drums, WHAT oops, went back wrong way lets go forward. Ok so I went to school during fourth period as were leaving. This weird looking really…

create a town belt, which had a positive effect on sustaining the green space around the city. The Settlers also took advantage of the hills beside the wetlands and reclaimed a lot of area in order to develop more flat land for the city. This had a negative impact on the environment because the landscape was dramatically…

you ready”? I respond with “Of course” We hop in the now warm car and begin our drive into the hills. We get to our destination and slowly hop out of the car trying not to make a sound, grab our rifles and begin to walk. Walking…

I’m almost there, I thought. I could see the cliff that I would soon be pulling myself over to find the secrets that “Mount. Bloodsuck” held. Only a handful of people had climbed this landmark before, but none of them have been found. We used to think that they died on the way up but there was recently found evidence that shows they made it to the top. I don’t know all the details about it but basically, they used a telescope to look at the top of the mountain and saw smoke signals. I never…

Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted to be tall. One day my mom took me to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. As we were roaming throughout the day we finally ended up at the Giraffe exhibit. Being a 7-year-old, I girl didn't know what a giraffe was. At the exhibit, I instantly stopped dead in my tracks and whispered to myself “I want to be that tall” And instantly fell in love. To this day giraffes are still my favorite animal. Earlier this year I went back to the same zoo and learned…

have it in a random, isolated location in the woods that are across the lake from my cabin which is an isolated area to begin with. I chose this location for more a joke factor in a sense because people would not expect this at all and a random person that stumbles upon it would be in awe with what they have just “found”. People may think that it is something signifcant from the past and/or holds great value to the past as well. They would potentially think that it is historic. It will be on a…

Blue Sky Mine by Midnight Oil is an environmental song complaining about the dreadful tragedy of Wittenoom. The title – Blue Sky Mine – describes the blue asbestos mine at Wittenoom, and is used ironically to illustrate the deprived working conditions of the workers of the mine. The fast passed and rhythmic introduction creates an enthusiastic and ecstatic mood showing how the Colonial Sugar Refining Ltd sent subliminal messages to Australians inferring that mining is an easy way to get rich.…