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  Delaware Department of Transportation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Delaware state constitution of 1792 laid the foundation for public schools to be established, but it was not until 1817 that funding was allocated for the education of those whose parents could not afford to send them to private teachers or hire tutors.
In 1821 funding was provided for the operation of non-religious "Sunday" schools, intended for children who worked on farms six days a week.
In 1829, according to provisions of the "Free School Act", the state was divided into a large number of school districts.
www.deldot.net /static/projects/archaeology/archives/D022.htm   (506 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894)
NGE >> History and Archaeology >> Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 >> People >> Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894)
The Civil War governor of Georgia, Joseph Emerson Brown, was one of the most successful politicians in the state's history.
Born in South Carolina on April 15, 1821, and raised in the mountains of north Georgia, he capped off a solid middle-class education in private academies with a year at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut (1845-46).
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-637   (1085 words)

  
 CAVE - LoveToKnow Article on CAVE
These are sometimes called Quaternary, under the mistaken idea that they belong to an age succeeding the Tertiary period.
They show that the Greeks are indebted to the Mycenaean peoples not only for their art, but for the chief of their divinities.
Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology; Marcel de Serres, Les Ossemens fossiles de Lunel Viel; Dupont, LHomme pendant les ages de Ia pierre dans les environs de Dinant-sur-Meuse; Schmerling, Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles dcouverts dens les cavernes de Liege; Merk, Excavations at Kesserloch, transl.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CAVE.htm   (9070 words)

  
 Squire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ephraim George Squier was a self-educated journalist and diplomat who made substantial contributions to the archaeology and ethnology of the Americas.
Born in 1821, he worked as a journalist in New York and Connecticut before moving to Ohio.
Squier's published travels and discoveries throughout Latin America remain today as significant contributions to the historical literature of the region and the foundation for continued scholarship in the field.
www.mnh.si.edu /anthro/laexped/squier2.htm   (362 words)

  
 EAANnouncements Number 15, Spring 1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sandra BOWDLER (Univ Western Australia) is Professor of Archaeology and is currently conducting a comparative study of early Australian and early Southeast Asian stone artefacts.
The first part of the study is a detailed examination of the two most important sources available for the study of the Shang royal hunts and their context: first, the archaeological remains excavated at the late Shang center at Anyang, and, second, the Shang oracle bone inscriptions.
A particular competence in the theoretical aspects of the archaeology of social complexity and in the advanced techniques in the analysis of excavated materials (particularly ceramic or faunal remains) would also be advantageous.
www.ancienteastasia.org /archives/eaanouncements/eaanounce15.htm   (14147 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Ephraim George Squier (Archaeology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Ephraim George Squier (Archaeology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Archaeology, Biographies > Ephraim George Squier
• Social Sciences and the Law > Anthropology and Archaeology
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 Kenyon College - Honduras, Central America
Honduras, with a population of at least 6.4 million, is about the size of Tennessee.
Exacerbating obstacles to unity was Honduras's low population density; by 1930 there were approximately 854,000 people in all of the country, 40,000 of whom were concentrated in Tegucigalpa, the capital.
The nation is also involved in a long-term process of better integrating military and political facets of the government, creating a more stable basis for directing Honduras in the years to come.
www.kenyon.edu /x11488.xml   (797 words)

  
 The Hindu : They tell a timeless tale
After his death in 1821, the East India Company, through the then Governor General, the Marquis of Hastings, obtained the consent of Mackenzie's wife and, for a price of Rs.10.00, acquired the rare collection, which was divided into three parts.
The library, which was started 187 years ago, has been under the charge of the Director of Public Instruction in different sections- higher education, school education, public library and collegiate education.
Finally, in April 1980, the Director of Archaeology took charge of it.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/09/03/stories/13030462.htm   (820 words)

  
 Numismatic Literature: Published by the American Numismatic Society
An historical overview of electrum coinage from the staters found in the archaic Artemision to the experiments with goloid in the 19th century United States.
The author includes the bilingual prutot of Alexander Jannaeus, Greek inscribed Herodian issues and Tyrian silver, as well as the Hebrew inscribed coins of the First Revolt, in a general discussion of literacy in first century AD Palestine.
Medal of the Battle of Cone (August 1821; specimens are unknown).
www.amnumsoc.org /numlit/dates147.html   (15813 words)

  
 Ancient American: Book Club
Edgar Cayce’s Atlantis and Lemuria takes a serious look at how the latest discoveries in underwater archaeology and other scientific disciplines are beginning to reveal the truth about these lost lands for the first time.
This rare reprint of one of the lost books of the bible was originally published in 1821, and has been out of print for nearly 100 years.
Written by one of the 20th Century's leading authorities on Pacific archaeology, this classic description of the enigmatic ruins found throughout Polynesia has been reprinted in a new, handsome, fully illustrated edition.
www.ancientamerican.com /bookclub.htm   (1787 words)

  
 gchr
Archaeology in the Mauvila Chiefdom: Native and Spanish Contacts During the Soto and Luna Expeditions.
Columbus and the Land of Ayllón: The Exploration and Settlement of the Southeast: Linguistics, Archaeology, and Ethnohistory.
Calumet and Fleur-de-Lys; Archaeology of Indian and French Contact in the Midcontinent.
www.lib.auburn.edu /special/docs/gchr.html   (7090 words)

  
 Lester/Garland Premises Archaeology Project: 1996 - Skanes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Numerous fragments of blue shell-edged Pearlware dating to the period 1780-1830 were located directly on top of, and wedged in among the brick-work.
Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation 1619-1864.
"Lester/Garland Premises Archaeology Project: Stage 2 Excavation Summary." Report prepared for the Trinity Trust-Canada Inc.
www.nfmuseum.com /966Sk.htm   (3647 words)

  
 Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts - History, Archaeology, Relics
While other materials are included in the illustrative displays, the interpretive emphasis of this site has been placed upon military clothing and, as they evolved, uniform-related artifacts: the buttons, strap and accoutrement buckles, and insignia worn by Spain's regular, provincial, and urban militia forces in the study region.
1539—when Hernando de Soto began his epic journey of exploration in what is now the southeastern region of the United States—to the conclusion of Spain's colonial tenure in North America in 1821.
Just click on the icon provided to access that browser's download site (be sure to read and follow the instructions provided at these sites prior to and during the downloading and installation process):
www.artifacts.org   (279 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: From the Ashes of Angels: The Forbidden Legacy of a Fallen Race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The book of Enoch, for example is a book that although was once part of the original teachings of the christian way, fell out of popularity and was eventually lost.
It never became part of the "official" bible and was rediscovered and finally translate in 1821.
The Book of Enoch is an account of a mortals journey to the place where the Angels live in the sky.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0451189264   (1346 words)

  
 Leopoldo Cicognara Collection in the Vatican Library
To this day its possession establishes the Vatican Library as a generously equipped center for studies in the literature and the history of art and classical archaeology as well as of art criticism, taste, and aesthetics.
Cicognara was a poet and an amateur artist, a patron of the arts and one of the founding fathers of the discipline of art history.
The Cicognara Library, as no other library can, allows us to enter into the discussion, from book to book, on the purposes and the dignity of art that animated the language of the love and the theory as well as the practice of art from antiquity to Cicognara's own time.
www.cicognara.com   (554 words)

  
 City Showcase
Located in a simple two-story building that was once the Parish School for nearby Christ Episcopal Church, the trail begins with a display featuring artifacts found during recent excavations.
Andrew Jackson formally accepted Florida into the US in 1821, the ceremony was held in the Plaza.
The museum's third floor is home to Discovery, an entertaining hands-on museum for children of all ages and is sponsored by the Junior League of Pensacola.
www.pensacola.net /attract.shtml   (4284 words)

  
 Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Her father, Helenus Scott, born in 1802, came to Australia in 1821, took up land and became well-known as a breeder of cattle and horses.
Losing his money in a depression some 20 years later he joined the government service and became a police magistrate.
His father was a slate merchant, much interested in archaeology, architecture, old furniture, and music, his mother, Jane Bloyd, was also a music-lover.
gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html   (21523 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Turkish Empire
Meanwhile the rival ambitions of the powers prevented the "Eastern Question" from being regulated in a definitive manner.
In 1821 the insurrection of the Greeks, supported by Europe, ended in the creation of the Kingdom of Greece (Treaty of Adrianople, 1829; and Conference of London, 1831).
The Servians formed an autonomous principality as early as 1830, and in 1832 the Pasha of Egypt, Mehemet-Ali, revolted; his independence was conceded to him in 1841, on condition that he would recognize the suzerainty of the sultan.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15097a.htm   (5268 words)

  
 Maritime Underwater Nautical Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1821, Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage, from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20.
1973, Underwater archaeology in Andalusia (Almeria and Granada).
Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, 13, 2, 27-32.
www.munarchaeology.com /munarchaeology/bib/p.htm   (3640 words)

  
 Castle Bookshop Homepage - secondhand specialists for Archaeology, Local History, Architecture, Wales, Celtic Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We are always pleased to welcome customers to our premises at Llandyssil near Montgomery, which are open by appointment only, to see or collect items from the catalogue stock.
This volume is particularly strong on archaeology, castles and vernacular architecture
A handbook for Welsh settlers in Ohio by Bala born Chidlaw who emigrated to America as a 10 year old child in 1821.
dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/square/fe63/cat101.htm   (4962 words)

  
 Huffer & Dugger Tour: 14 - 31 May 2005
After a luncheon of French-Peruvian cuisine, spend the afternoon discovering the treasures of the Incas at the Museum of Archaeology and the Larco Museum.
Walking the next morning along the cobblestone streets of Ecuador's capital, founded in 1534, through centuries-old parks and plazas to churches filled with gold; you'll contemplate Gothic, baroque, Moorish and neo-classical art, all blended with the mestizo sentiment, and imagine you've gone back in time to the astonishing colonial world.
San Martin proclaimed Peruvian independence from Spain on July 28, 1821, marking the end of the colonial period and the beginning of the republican era.
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 Bibliography, References and Sources
American journal of Archaeology VI (1890) for entries on "Constantinople" and "Saida".
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821.
Isserlin, B. Motya : a Phoenician and Carthaginian city in Sicily : a report of the excavations undertaken during the years 1961-65 on behalf of the University of Leeds, the Institute of Archaeology of London...
phoenicia.org /bibliogr.html   (8210 words)

  
 Select Bibliography of the Fur Trade
Dempsey, Hugh A. 'A History of Rocky Mountain House,' in Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History, no. 6, pp 8-53.
Noble, William C. 'The Excavation and Historical Identification of Rocky Mountain House', in Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History, no. 6, pp 54-163.
Journal of Occurrences in the Athabasca Department by George Simpson, 1820 and 1821, and Report.
www.northwestjournal.ca /masteref.htm   (1771 words)

  
 Violet Books: Forgotten Cities
To explain this, let me again turn back the clock to the period in which his first books appeared.
For if Haggard wrote at the dawn of the golden age of the adventure story, he also appeared during the opening phases of what you might call the heroic age of archaeology.
The discovery of the ancient world had begun a century before his birth.
www.violetbooks.com /lin-carter.html   (2568 words)

  
 HLAS Subject Term Glossary (Entire List)
Archaeology [Note: spelling changed to Archeology in v.
Rescue Archaeology [Note: Spelling changed to Rescue Archeology beginning with v.
Underwater Archaeology [Note: Spelling changed to Underwater Archeology beginning with v.
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 NewYorkology: A New York Travel Guide
Among the sites slated for the trail is the 1905 Long Island City Power House, which is facing demolition.
The project is the work of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and the Roebling Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archaeology.
Since July, the museum (located at the site of author Herman Melville's birthplace,) has been open by appointment only and the South Street Seaport Museum no longer wants to manage it.
www.newyorkology.com /archives/history   (10987 words)

  
 The history of the greeks by Katerina Sarri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
European Enlightment, the American and French Revolutions, the formation of nation-states were ideas that finally have made their way into the greek population's psyche by the turn of the century.
The revolution (1821) released the surfacing of a tremendous number of gifted persons.
Peasants that excelled in military and political life, merchants, scholars, the great number of european philhellenes, made the acceptance of a new greek state tolerable to the european powers.
www.users.otenet.gr /~bm-celusy/history.html   (4573 words)

  
 GLOSSARY OF TERMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is to Hegel that we owe the modern meaning of the concept of civil society.
In the Philosophy of Right (1821), civil society is the sphere of ethical life interposed between the family and the state.
Following the British economists, Hegel sees the content of civil society as largely determined by the free play of economic forces and individual self-seeking.
www.unc.edu /depts/europe/Academic/special   (16239 words)

  
 MedHist: The gateway to Internet resources for the History of Medicine
The site also gives access to the library catalogue of the society.
The library holdings number more than 100,000 books and particular subjects covered include archaeology, architectural history and the decorative arts, heraldry and older works on British local history and genealogy.
A search of the library catalogue also reveals material relating to subjects such as herbal medicine, folklore, astrology, botany, and ancient/medieval medicine.
medhist.ac.uk /browse/mesh/detail/D049690.html   (6516 words)

  
 Nicaragua - Country Background and Profile at ed-u.com - The Colossal Education Mega-Site - Click here...
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Background: Settled as a colony of Spain in the 1520s, Nicaragua gained its independence in 1821.
Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979.
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 Shottermill part 1 - ISBN 1873855397
YEOMANRY, Surrey/Sussex trooper's sword found at Hammer Farm, 77
Greta Turner read History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham and worked for most of her life in London in the Library & Information Group of an International Chemical Engineering company.
In 1976 she and her husband came to live in Haslemere, where she was Recorder of the local Archaeological Group for many years, served for a short time on the Council of the Surrey Archaeological Society, and directed the restoration of the Mediaeval Moated Homestead at South Park, Grayswood.
www.johnowensmith.co.uk /books/s1h1873855397.htm   (7466 words)

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