ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY & TRADITIONS LINKS

MISCILLANIOUS

CULTURE & SOCIETY IN GENERAL

What is Culture? Responses from Palomar Community College, Kelley E. Friel

Elements of Culture listed at the National University of Singapore

Visible and invisible aspects to culture: a test to get you thinking, produced by the Peace Corps.

Washington State University gives us a baseline definition of culture

PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS

A short introduction to the earliest found human remains: Lucy.

TIMELINES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES & CIVILIZATION

Although this is at a science fiction site, the timeline looks quite good.

EXPLORING THE EARTH'S BIOMES (BIOCLIMACTIC ZONES)

Learn about the Earth's biomes which link from this map at Blue Planet Biomes.org.

Here is the index for the Blue Planet Biomes site.

I love this beautiful site on the ecology of the Tropical Rain Forests. It includes many interesting and culturally important tropical flora on pages eight and nine.

PREHISTORIC MEGAFAUNA LINKS

Here's a great visual overview to many interesting extinct megafauna. Most of the links at this site have, however, expired.

BOAT BUILDING MATERIALS, STYLES & TECHNIQUES

Coming Soon!

THE PREHISTORIC VILLAGE

Coming Soon!

MATHEMATICS IN ANTIQUITY

Could ancient Babylonians calculate square roots? You Bet! The University of British Columbia shows you the artefacts!