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...human actions or events create a physical change in the world: the building of a stone temple is a deliberate creation of a lasting monument for religious and social purposes, whereas the loss of a coin is a casual accident followed by an unsuccessful search for the coin. These different events both changed the world in a way that an archaeologist can detect, but each had...

...Humanities...Textiles in Ghana: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of the ways in which meanings and values are assigned to textiles understand the changing history of the making of kente and adinkra discuss the role of the market place in the changing history of kente and adinkra making...Textiles in Ghana: 1...

...humans and even objects. Although we do not have comparable tales from the Amphiareion which describe Amphiaraos’ medical expertise, we do have text-bearing dedications (that is, religious objects often erected within religious settings to honour a divinity – such as the one depicted in Figure 3) which clearly relate to acts of healing. Such evidence, which you’ll...