Sentences with phrase «archeological work»

I spent my childhood surrounded by my father's archeological work, which instilled in me a desire to organize, map, and attempt to understand systems through artwork.

Extensive archeological work has been carried out at the site providing a wealth of historical information about the Mayas.

Archeological work on 2000 - year - old middens in Queen Charlotte Strait uncovered dolphin teeth, suggest - ing that dolphins have had a long acquaintance with the BC coast.

The remote location of Caracol in the foothills of the Maya Mountains in southwest Belize also add to the difficulty of performing large - scale archeological work.

«There's a lot of archeological work to be done to sort out how the populations fluctuated and how these cities grew over time,» said Beach's collaborator, Sheryl Luzzadder - Beach, professor of geography, University of Texas at Austin.

While a lot of archeological work had been done on these settlements, this is the first study to examine the genetic properties of the human remains.

He exchanged a lot of correspondence with Senator John Stennis, who came from down the road in DeKalb, about archeological work in Kemper.

No serious archeological work has been undertaken in India in this area.

«These Biblical records can be and are used as are other ancient documents in archeological work.

Recent archeological work has encouraged the time - honored belief that the bone fragments still preserved beneath the altar of this Constantinian church once resided in the worn - out body of the Apostle to the Gentiles.

Not exact matches

He first entered this field as a modern - day Indiana Jones, working as a technology specialist on archeological digs in the Jordanian desert.

Frequently such work presupposes philological and even archeological research.

we have archeological proof of some of the key places in the bible through the work of former atheist Albright ---- Jesus might have existed but he most likely suffered from:.

we have archeological proof of some of the key places in the bible through the work of former atheist Albright

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

«I have been making works for many years that replicate objects from our present as if they were uncovered on some future archeological site.

That prepping has taken her all over the world: working as a research assistant for an author in Venice, Italy; getting a master's degree in philosophy at the University of Cambridge in England; helping on an archeological dig of Ancient Tiberias in Israel, where she unearthed a stack of ninth - century vases; working in Iraq as a public diplomacy officer and conducting research for generals; raising money for schools in Afghanistan for Congresswoman Jean Schmidt (R - OH); traveling to China to learn about how children of migrant workers access education; learning Arabic.

I've tried my hand at historical fiction, science fiction, travel adventure, and I'm even working on an archeological thriller now.

Simultaneously, I'm working on my first entry into a new series: an archeological thriller titled The Phaistos Paragon.

A small sighthound is depicted in the early art works of these nations, and bones indicating a dog of this type have been found in archeological sites.

Scores of 2,000 - year - old Roman roof tiles were found in Gloucester, England in an archeological dig in 1969, but an archaeologist just recently noticed a cat's footprint on one of the tiles while sifting through them in the city museum, thus proving what cat parents have known for centuries — that cats will walk across whatever we're working on!

Along the way, on a road that varies from a poor rubble road to an excellent paved road at Gallon Jug, you'll pass a number of villages, some farms, the Mennonite settlement of Blue Creek (where you can also take spend time as a hard - working, paying volunteer at a major Maya archeological site) and plenty of jungle.

Virtually unlimited activities and areas of interest including exploring archeological sites and ancient temples, shopping for Indonesian art work, sampling world - class dining, enjoying water sports of all kinds, participating in cultural festivals or simply relaxing under a palm tree

Many travelers combine their visit to Cusco with work trips to Lima while others explore one of the premier archeological sites in the world.

Huchuy Qosqo The Little Cusco is an archeological site north of Cuzco, Peru it was originally an administrative and military center as Pisaq, with many constructions around, Inca buildings with perfect fine stones work, graneries structures called Collcas to store and preserve food, because it was an important agricultural center to produce corn.

What results are works that evoke archeological strata, geodes, and fossils — forms at once raw and complex, echoing a mysterious past and an immediate present.

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At its essence, the whole corpus of Nicola Samorì's work is a profound meditation on time and the fragility of existence: His earliest works appeared to be paintings of X-rays of individuals as if seen in a morgue — e.g. Der Neid, 2005; other works were constructed as if assembled from archeological remnants — e.g. Siliqua, 2007; and more recently, Samorì has turned his attention to re-examining famous artworks from the Western canon, notably the paintings of Spanish seventeenth century master Jusepe Ribera.

Rehm's work in drawing, performance, and video has been shown at national and international venues including: Elephant; Los Angeles, Woman Made Gallery; Chicago, LACE; Los Angeles, Goliath Visual Space; Brooklyn, Paul Robeson Gallery; Rutgers, ARC Gallery; Chicago, Transformer; Washington DC, Interaction IV; Sardinia, Italy, the Archeological Museum; Varna, Bulgaria and at Mains d'Oeuvres; Saint Ouen, France.

Instead of bending to this parameters, she concentrates her work around the desire drive, creating images that emulate an anus and a mouth, the hand grabbing the penis or an archeological chance of arrangement.

One of his most famous works, the Tate Thames Dig, was executed in three phases: an archeological dig, the cleaning and classifying of objects, and the display, which consisted of «Cabinets of Curiosities» consisting of items like plastic toys, oyster shells, and clay pipes, challenging institutional and museological discourses.

Of her works she says, «I think of trash as... the archeological evidence of the present moment.

It makes no difference whether we are face - to - face with one of his large format images, in which he allows the pigments dissolved in epoxy resin to run slowly down the picture carriers in satiated, glistening vertical stripes; or whether we study those works in which small drilled craters disclose many apparently archeological layers of paint, or find ourselves in one of his site - specific, all - over paintings that cover the walls, floors and ceilings, their iridescent stripes of color subduing entire architectures and permanently altering the viewer's perception.

This catalogue for a traveling exhibition considers the working drawings and spontaneous studies of Josef Albers, beginning with the landscapes and figure studies he created before enrolling at the Bauhaus, to abstractions inspired by archeological sites in Mexico, to color studies for his famous Homage to the Square paintings.

The work features imagery from Attic vases, others the Kouros, or Edymion figure; some make use of ancient Greek, Coptic and early Arabic scribbling and graffiti, functioning like a wall found in a Ptolemaic archeological dig.

Now, in her new show at Metro Pictures (May 2 - June 8), the in - demand artist is revealing a new direction in her work: she's creating sculptures inspired by ancient representations of women that she discovered in a tour of Roman archeological sites — but this time, at least on occasion, she's keeping the sculptures.

Since the mid-1980s Hatakeyama, who lives and works in Tokyo, has developed an oeuvre which is for the most part architectural in nature, but influenced by scientific like archeological interests.more

Sean Kelly Gallery is showing large - scale drawings of monumental archeological structures alongside a playful interpretation of the iconic Russian Embassy in Havana in Lego bricks by the Cuban collective Los Carpinteros and photo - based works by Marina Abramović that document the famous walk she made on the Great Wall of China in 1988 with Ulay, her partner at the time.

Nelson often compares his work to archeology, and with this installation, entitled Quiver of Arrows, he took an almost archeological interest in dredging up period objects to re-create a particular frame of mind — in this case, the American road as an expression of the search for belonging and meaning.

Hannah Lees Lees's work is a little bit hippy, a little bit archeological, and has a touch of the ritual.

Literary Artists in our program can pursue their artistic discipline, create a body of work, and connect with other artists, while interacting with the historic, archeological and natural elements of the Estate's inspiring environment.

For 1:1, Mallozzi explores this archeological and emotional material by continuing his work in site specific architectural and sonic installation.

The works resemble archeological sites in which modern day artifacts are partially obscured in layers or plaster, resin, and pigments.

Research for the artist's work involves a great deal of archeological exploration through found imagery, metal scraps, and observation.

Finding inspiration in Malevich's essays or in archeological sites, Matherly's works question the edge of society through the ruins of a glorious past, leading us to contemplation.

HB Archeological sites are very romantic to me, and I love spending time with antiquities, but I prefer to think of my work as being very representative of now.

The East Gallery will focus on her public sculptural works and the relationship of these works to her archeological photography.

The show explores an underground bunker carved out beneath the city, where one finds the archeological artifacts of a Never - Never - Land: Pig Island combines Paul McCarthy's hypertrophic, Rabelaisian works with the rawness of a gigantic, endless work - in - progress.

Serpentine spirals from archeological sites like Monte Alban and Tenayuca ooze through their work and become a formal theme.

Porras - Kim and Shiokava share work inspired by archeological research.