Sentences with phrase «ancient settlements in»

Archaeologists have discovered ancient settlements in supposedly uninhabited parts of the Amazon rainforest, proving that it was heavily influenced by human activities.

They suggest that this pattern could help other scientists to discover as yet unknown ancient settlements in the Amazon.

To help clear up the evolution of farming in the West, the investigators compared genetic information from Europeans living during the Neolithic period (a.k.a. the late Stone Age, 10,000 - 4,000 years ago; the chronology varies between Europe and the Near East) with that from nine individuals excavated from two ancient settlements in Anatolia (the area between the Black and the Mediterranean Seas).

The Europeans had promised to restore Greek political control over their ancient settlements in Asia Minor.

The pride and exclusiveness of the Spanish Jews of ancient settlement in this country are most sharply felt by the Ashkenazim.

Not exact matches

This is a tiny hamlet of nineteenth - century settlement, much reduced from its ancient prosperity, yet the house is there, newly built from the ashes of its fiery ruin, Piety Hill, an Italianate pile, which began as a lumber baron's residence, sank to a refuge for impoverished gentry, and became the seat of a literary man — a history suggestive of larger changes in American society since 1918.

Kente weaving has been with the people of Agortime since their migration from the Nuer clan in the Ancient Sudan through Egypt to their present settlement.

More than it thinks, Britain may need its membership in the EU for the preservation of its national integrity and of its ancient constitutional settlement.

Riehl found that periods of drought had had noticeable and widely differing effects on agriculture and societies in the Ancient Near East, with settlements finding a variety of ways to deal with the problem.

Some 11,000 years ago, humans living in the ancient Middle East region called the Fertile Crescent shifted from a nomadic existence, based on hunting game and gathering wild plants, to a more sedentary lifestyle that would later give rise to permanent settlements.

In recent decades, deforestation has helped reveal signs of ancient settlements, such as earthworks.

During a four - year excavation of an Etruscan well at the ancient Italian settlement of Cetamura del Chianti, a team led by a Florida State University archaeologist and art historian unearthed artifacts spanning more than 15 centuries of Etruscan, Roman and medieval civilization in Tuscany.

His account of ancient Inuit settlements and life is, unfortunately, somewhat clogged with references in the text, so that it becomes an obstacle race and you are continually barking your shins on lists of names in brackets in mid-sentence.

But in recent years archaeologists have uncovered evidence of ancient, densely populated settlements throughout the basin, hinting at societies far larger and more advanced than previously thought.

When Sengül Aydıngün first started surveying the shores of Küçükçekmece Lake in the western suburbs of Istanbul, colleagues doubted she'd find any evidence of ancient human settlement; other researchers had already surveyed the area and hadn't turned up much.

Former Aztec cities in central Mexico are still occupied today, with the ancient ruins buried under layers of historical and more modern settlement.

In treeless areas, such geographic features often indicate ancient settlements formed from mud - brick structures that later human occupation has compressed over time into artificial hills.

Around 800 years ago the Amazon rainforest was home to settlements that rivaled the small city - states of ancient Greece in size and sophistication.

For example, at an ancestral Pueblo settlement in Blue J, N.M, the researchers were able to map detailed architectural plans of a dozen ancient house compounds — a discovery enabled by the site's optimal conditions, the soil matrix, low density ground cover, and the environmental conditions at the time of the aerial thermography.

«What used to be considered remains of some irrelevant settlement on a hill can now be upgraded to remains of a city of higher significance than previously thought, and this after only one season,» says Robin Rönnlund, PhD student in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg and leader of the fieldwork.

Remarkably, investigations of highly preserved human coprolites (ancient stool samples retrieved from archeological sites) have demonstrated that their overall microbiome more closely resembles that of modern humans living in traditional rural settlements than that of the contemporary urban dweller [117].

Colln on the western bank owed its name to the ancient western German Christian city founded by the Romans, Cologne (Köln in German); on the eastern side, the settlement of Berlin was probably not named after the noble bear as sentimental natives still insist — but more prosaically after the old West Slavic word for marsh, brl.

You can also explore the ancient ruins of Kydonia, a Minoan settlement, which is in the historic Kastelli district, still ringed by 12th - century walls.

The museum houses ancient artifacts, including the Coppa di Nestore (mentioned in Homer's Iliad), from the ancient Greek settlement of Pithecusae.

Archaeological studies conducted in the 1980's recognized the coastal reaches of the Bacalar region once supported several trading, agricultural and fishing settlements established by the ancient Maya; and the area has intermittently been utilized by settlers from colonial times to the present day.

Walk on the boardwalk to view ancient green monuments that are older than white settlement in Australia.

The Istron area has been inhabited for centuries, and was once the site of an ancient Minoan settlement that existed here in around the 6th century BC.

Travelling in safety and comfort, some of the marvels that await you include the majestic Andes Mountains, the settlements of ancient civilizations, historic towns with beautifully - preserved colonial architecture and the opportunity to observe magnificent indigenous wildlife.

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A cordial, non-party hostel welcomes to experience genuine vibe amidst the ancient Inca settlement — Ollantaytambo, conveniently set in the middle of Sacred Valley.

Just 85 kilometres from the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, is beautiful Akaroa, a historic French and British settlement nestled in the heart of the remnants of an ancient volcano which forms the harbour.

The oldest part of Chania is Kasteli, which is still wrapped in 12th - century walls, and contains the vestiges of an ancient Minoan settlement.

Historically, Chabil Mar — Mayan for «Beautiful Sea» — is nestled between a Garifuna settlement and former Creole fishing village of Placencia and in close proximity to ancient Maya ruins, rainforests, jungles and some of the best scuba and deep - water diving in Central America.

Historically, Chabil Mar — Maya for «Beautiful Sea» — is nestled between a Garifuna settlement and the former Creole fishing village of Placencia and in close proximity to ancient Maya ruins, rainforests, jungles and some of the best scuba and deep - water diving in the Western Hemisphere.

Chabil Mar — Mayan for «Beautiful Sea» — is nestled between a Garifuna settlement and the former Creole fishing village of Placencia and in close proximity to ancient Mayan ruins, rainforests, jungles and some of the best scuba and deep - water diving in the Eastern Hemisphere.

When a goblin army attacks a settlement and steals the collections of relics, which are ancient devices that have been engineered to power everything in the daily lives of the humans, the human leaders call on the best and brightest to help defeat the Goblins once and for all.

For years he'd been studying the shifting patterns of settlement and activities of Aleutian islanders over many centuries by tracking changes in the positions and characteristics of ancient village sites.

He began with a meticulous study of old Arab settlements, including the ancient citadel of Aleppo in Syria and the mud - brick apartment towers of Shibam in Yemen, which date from the 16th century.

Congratulations on your PhD in Egyptology, although I'm not sure how you got it without knowing anything about the droves of semitic settlements they've been excavating which reside in the best parts of ancient Egypt, you know, exactly where this «fictional» document says.