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  2. Direct historical approach - Wikipedia

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    The direct historical approach to archaeology was a methodology developed in the United States of America during the 1920s-1930s by William Duncan Strong and others, which argued that knowledge relating to historical periods is extended back into earlier times. This methodology involves taking an archaeological site that has historical accounts ...

  3. List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia

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    Name Definition Example Setting as a form of symbolism or allegory: The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction; sometimes, storytellers use the setting as a way to represent deeper ideas, reflect characters' emotions, or encourage the audience to make certain connections that add complexity to how the story may be interpreted.

  4. List of politically motivated renamings - Wikipedia

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    This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts: for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names. A political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during World War I

  5. Ethnoarchaeology - Wikipedia

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    One popular method in ethnoarchaeology is the use of the direct historical approach. This approach relies on living cultures that may be closely genetically or spatially related to the archaeological culture of interest in order to form analogies that may be used to explain findings.

  6. List of historical common names - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of historical common names. Names may have been changed because they were considered pejorative. Names may have been changed because they were considered pejorative. Places

  7. Causal theory of reference - Wikipedia

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    In lectures later published as Naming and Necessity, Kripke provided a rough outline of his causal theory of reference for names.Although he refused to explicitly endorse such a theory, he indicated that such an approach was far more promising than the then-popular descriptive theory of names introduced by Russell, according to which names are in fact disguised definite descriptions.

  8. List of pseudonyms - Wikipedia

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    A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.

  9. List of -gate scandals and controversies - Wikipedia

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    The Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., the inspiration for the -gate suffix following the Watergate scandal. This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names include a -gate suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal, as well as other incidents to which the suffix has (often facetiously) been applied. [1]