After TAing an Intro to Cultural Anthropology class yesterday and going over the four subfields of anthropology, I was inspired to make this meme.

This was posted over on r/whatisthisthing can anyone read it?

When General John Burgoyne surrendered his army during the American Revolution, what happened to his men? Were they imprisoned or disarmed and marched back to British territory? Or something else? I can't seem to find out much about what happened when an army surrendered.

wow, I picked the right day to ask this question. Currently, I'm layed up from work with a neck injury. Now, this sucks but the downtime is killing me. So here's the question I love history especially local/ natural history but far from limited to those topics. Whats a good way to start researching any subject in general. I know use local resources the internet etc but are there any unique places that can turn out to be treasure troves of info. I know that part is probably not much help so here's kinda where I'm going with this. Where I live there was a heavy Iroquois presence I live in the finger lakes region of NY. Growing up we were taught a lot about the tribe's natural history of the area etc. SO how do I take what I know already and branch out to find out more than just a basic google search and a day in the local library? Or another one that I've tried to find more info on is Jack the riper and his possible connection to the Rochester NY area. One of the major suspects was Francis Tumblety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Tumblety

now basically the info I have been able to find is mostly what's on the wiki page. So far I have found his grave here in Rochester. I also have a general idea where he lived/worked. what are some ways I can get more info on his life especially here in Rochester? I would assume there are documents pertaining to his work/ life here where would one start to look for some of this info. As a side note yes I know I need to work on my writing if I were to ever do anything with the info so why not work on that while learning about something to keep me interested.

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What’s the most comprehensive book on ancient Roman and Greek leaders and politics for the layman?

Maybe someone could advise on how to structure this question or whether it's worth its own thread.

Im interested in the development and spread of US (West Coast?) "beach culture". I don't know much about the east coast, though I've spent a bit of time in New England, but any decently sized beach town on the west coast will have an "island" themed restaurant, and shops with items that don't necessarily reflect the local geography/weather etc. Did this begin after Hawaii joined the country? Were beach towns always so homogenous? Am I imagining it?

Why was France so ineffective in WWII?