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Villanovan culture

(Encyclopedia) Villanovan culture, the culture of a people of N Italy in the early Iron Age (c.1100–700 b.c.). The term is derived from the town of Villanova, near Bologna, where the first…

Clovis culture

(Encyclopedia) Clovis culture, a group of Paleo-Indians (see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the) known through artifacts first excavated in the early 1930s near Clovis, N.Mex. The artifacts,…

Folsom culture

(Encyclopedia) Folsom cultureFolsom culturefŏlˈsəm, fŭlˈ– [key], a group of Paleo-Indians (see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the) known through artifacts first excavated (1926) near Folsom, E…

Anasazi culture

(Encyclopedia) Anasazi cultureAnasazi cultureänˌəsäˈzē [key]: see Basket Makers; cliff dwellers; Pueblo.

tissue culture

(Encyclopedia) tissue culture, the propagation of plants through the placement of small amounts of undifferentiated tissue or single cells in an artificial environment. The tissue is placed in a…

Biographies: Society, Culture, and Scholarship

Society, Culture, and Scholarship Confucius Biographies by Category Arts and Entertainment Business, Philanthropy, and Labor Politics and Government Science and Technology Society,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Culture

CultureCan rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await? He must be musical, Tremulous, impressional, Alive to gentle influence Of landscape and of sky, And tender to the spirit-touch Of…

Daily Entertainment and Cultural Activities

Did yesterdayJan. 1994(percent)April 1998(percent)April 2000(percent)April 2002(percent)April 2004(percent)Watched TV news72%59%56%55%60%Read newspaper4948474142Listened to radio…