Browsing by Author "Bennett, Bruce S."

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  • The History and Archaeology student research project tradition at the University of Botswana: 1990s and after 

    Bennett, Bruce S. (University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)
    In the 1990s, the student project continued to be the jewel in the crown of the History programme at the University of Botswana (UB). With the creation of the Archaeology Unit, archaeological subjects joined historical ...

  • Intercalation in the traditional Setswana calendar 

    Bennett, Bruce S. (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)
    Precolonial Southern African farming societies used lunisolar calendars. The details have largely been lost since these calendars were abandoned in favour of the Gregorian calendar. This article seeks to investigate possible ...

  • Omphalos, miracles, and Occam's razor 

    Bennett, Bruce S. (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-14)
    Philip Gosse’s Omphalos (1857), which attempted to reconcile Genesis with science by proposing that the pre-Adamite stage of the world existed only as a Platonic idea, has usually been criticized as violating Occam’s razor ...