Juniper Publishers Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology

Archaeology & Anthropology -  Juniper Publishers The Windrush scandal In April 2018, the British government faced widespread public anger and outcry against, and later acknowledged, the mistreatment of hundreds of British Caribbean residents who had settled in the United Kingdom following the Second World War [1]. Migrants from the then British colonies in the Caribbean had been encouraged to cross the Atlantic by the British government and industriesand were offered work permits to help re-build an economy and society decimated by war. West Indian migrants arriving between 1948 and the early 1970s came to be known as the ‘Windrush Generation’, named after the first 492 adults and children arriving from Jamaica, who disembarked from the passenger ship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, London on 22 nd June1948. Migrants and settlers from Caribbean societies have shaped British history and society for centuries, and the transatlantic Caribbean dias...

Archaeology & Anthropology -  Juniper Publishers Introduction In 1916, a young liaison officer, Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence of the British Army travelled to Jeddah located in today’s Saudi Arabia, in the midst of the First World War to meet with Faysal, the third son of the Sharif of the holy Islamic city of Mecca, Husayn Ibn Ali. In that meeting, the wick of an Arab revolt was lit that would transform the entire region. That young officer would later be known internationally as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’.The Arabs of the region launched an armed insurrection against the Ottoman Empire, driven by the British promises of an independent pan-Arab state in what has come to be known as the McMahon Commitment[1].These promises were never intended to be kept as Great Britain and France secretly negotiated the Sykes-Picot Agreement that would define the territorial ambitions of both powers in the Middle East after the Ottomans were defeated[2], turning the agreement sign...

Archaeology & Anthropology -  Juniper Publishers Introduction In continuation of our theme that the Ancients of 6th Century Babylon knew far more physics than previously held, we provide an examination of the Jewish motif Sefer Yezriah (The Book of Foundation). [1] Judaic Mysticism. The Book of Foundation contains the symbol that dates from the 6th Century B.C. The Jews we in exile there in that period. They provide a picture of an equilateral triangle surrounded by Hebrew Letters which all have an alphanumeric equivalent (translation (Figure 1)) [2]. Figure 1 is God and the Universe according to reference [1]. “These letters and corresponding numbers of the Hebrew alphabet make up the entire model of the name of God and the principles that govern the universe. In the centre, 1,2,3,4 make up Pi. Pi=3.14159~3.142 -> 1,2,3,4 In the first ring, 300+1+9 ~31.8 Hz ->Frequency of the human mind=1/Pi=31.8. In the second ring, 3+200 ->Dampened Cosin...

Archaeology & Anthropology -  Juniper Publishers Abstract The rural area from the municipality of Piripiri, in the state of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil, is known to contain several archaeological sites, which are essentially sandstone shelters and walls decorated with rupestrian paintings and engravings. Located in the Corrente stream margins, predominantly in the villages known as Buriti dos Cavalos, Cadoz Velho, and Jardim, the rocky monuments present high density of prehistoric inscriptions. The rupestrian paintings mainly represent abstract figures, spear throwers, human handprints, anthropomorphs and zoomorphs, in different hues of red, but also in yellow, black, gray (including greenish-gray), green-olive, white, pink, wine, dark-purple and orangish. Besides the polychromy, the ancient inscriptions exhibit frequent overlaps and recurrences of the motifs represented in the rocky supports. Eight archaeological sites are briefly presented and their main ...

Bamulian: A Unique Sub-Himalayan Palaeolithic Culture of North India Authored by   Anek R Sankhyan Reported here is a unique and richest Acheulean site Bam-Tanda along the Sir Khad -a tributary of river Satluj flowing through Ghumarwin - Bilaspur area of Himachal Pradesh, north India. The indication of Acheulian was noted since 2010, but the magnitude of such findings could only be realized after having collected 402 tools in the fall of year 2017 and beginning of 2018. This site alone has the largest share of 300 Acheulian tools compared to 50 tools from Atabarpur (Punjab). Here, the handaxes (138) predominate the cleavers (77), and the spear and arrow projectiles (40) take over the choppers (34). For the first time the haftable adzes and hoes (26) were also discovered coupled with large and moderate sized sickles (2), saw-cutters (2) and chisels (2). The backed knives (18) and end-scrapers (14) are quite frequent as are the side and convergent scarpers (18)...

Loop Control in the System of Digitally Transformed Museum Communication Authored by Daria Hookk The modern paradigm of the museum mission requires the innovative methods and tools for scientific investigations and applied informatics in museum work. The open access electronic resources turn to be storage of useful data on cultural heritage, national history and cultural relations. The continuous museum social research has revealed the museums to be the place where people try to avoid social cataclysm and any crisis, financial or psychological – museum attendance increases at the time of economic or political instability. At the same time, the digital and communication technologies result in change in ordinary museum functioning. The museums try to apply some successful marketing solutions for their top-line growth, like VR for attractive dissemination. While the interactive and mobile applications are based on cognitive approach, museum audience prefers emotion...