Research Highlights
Assignment: Research Highlights
Archeology September 11, 2018
Written by: Elizabeth Ojo
Ancient Egyptians used copper in everyday life and the afterlife
The metal copper was found in the funeral tombs of excavation sites and the source of the material has been located at the Sinai Peninsula and the Eastern Desert.
With new technology, archaeologists reconstructed the trade of metals for ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean like Egypt.
Erez Ben-Yosef at Tel Aviv University in Israel led a study that focused on display artifacts like those at Leipzig University’s Egyptian Museum in Germany. The lack of evidence at physical sites in Egypt led archaeologists to use these artifacts to provide insight into the production and economy of copper and other metals. They prove that Egyptians intentionally selected what metal they used for different items and procedures in the ancient society based on differentiated percentages of arsenic composition and qualities. There were different types of metals and minerals found in the artifacts that date from the Predynastic to Old Kingdom Periods of history. The copper found at dig sites was not naturally found in Egypt, but mined from the Eastern Desert and Sinai. Archeologists can now shed even more light on ancient Egyptian metallurgy.
Journal of Archaeological Science (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.005
Social and Behavioral September 11, 2018
Written by: Elizabeth Ojo
How much you earn can be predicted in new ways
Studies are showing that delays in instant gratification can be more reliable than race, gender, and even eduction in determining the future affluence of a person.
Recent studies are using mathematical equation programs to rank established predictions of future affluence, like education, occupation and the Marshmallow Test to determine what is more accurate.
The Marshmallow Test is commonly used to predict behavioral patterns of children. While some children prefer instant gratification by receiving one marshmallow, others are willing to wait for two. Dr. William Hampton at Temple University in Philadelphia has discovered that the treat is a behavioral variable that may be more predictive in income prediction. Scientists already knew that children in the United States have more opportunity in social mobility, career progression, and personal happiness. Now there is a behavioral trait, patience, which a child can nurture in order to improve their standard of living. The notion that creating a culture where children learn to pass on small rewards in favor of better ones to come will foster more successful adults is a question to further study.
Frontiers in Psychology (2018)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01545
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