Sentences with phrase «as an archaeologist for»

Like most Iraqis, I thought the arrival of the Americans was very welcome, but when you work as an archaeologist for 30 years, love the field, and know each piece, and then you see all the destruction and looting — this was very hard.

He is dressed as an archaeologist for school career day.

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I've always imagined that Browning was talking about the ruins of the Roman Forum, which for centuries, before the archaeologists started to dig, were known as the Campo Vaccino, or cow pasture.

8) «This conclusion serves to corroborate the inference made by Soviet archaeologists from their discovery of camel - headed wagons that as early as the first half of the third millennium B.C. two - humped camels were used in Turkmenistan for drawing wagons...» The Camel and the Wheel, Richard W. Bulliet p155

«Participants could dig with their hands in fish tanks filled with sand for artefacts such as coins and tiles as well as learning how to «bag» these finds exactly as archaeologists would do and even experiment in putting broken pieces back together.»

That communication, or signaling, is what archaeologists and anthropologists call symbolic behavior, and it's why ochre use is often cited as a proxy for the cognitive ability of the people who used it.

The most eloquent messenger was Hebrew University archaeologist Yigael Yadin, known for his excavation of Masada, the desert fortress described as a scene of a shameful mass murder - suicide after a failed revolt.

But as archaeologists turn up evidence of functional uses for the material, they're realizing early humans» relationship with ochre is more complex.

For archaeologists at a dig, the painstaking work known as picking is an everyday routine.

Archaeologists have recovered a yellow pigment in southern Spain that may have been used as foundation for their skin.

Horn interrogated various «acquaintances» of the murder victim such as archaeologists from the museum who had been looking after Ötzi for years, or experts from forensic medicine, radiology and anthropology.

As an archaeologist at Florida State University, Jessi Halligan blends her love of teaching with her passion for underwater excavation of cultural artifacts.

One morning, as if we are setting out for a stroll through the English countryside, she takes me on a walk across the mound to the massive wedge - shaped hole she and a generation of archaeologists and local workers have carefully made, its back wall soaring more than 30 feet.

«As a species we evolved the way we did as a result of living in very dynamic landscapes that selected for adaptability,» says archaeologist Geoff Bailey of the University of York in the UK, who along with Geoffrey King of the Paris Institute of Earth Physics in France has spent over 20 years amassing evidence for the theorAs a species we evolved the way we did as a result of living in very dynamic landscapes that selected for adaptability,» says archaeologist Geoff Bailey of the University of York in the UK, who along with Geoffrey King of the Paris Institute of Earth Physics in France has spent over 20 years amassing evidence for the theoras a result of living in very dynamic landscapes that selected for adaptability,» says archaeologist Geoff Bailey of the University of York in the UK, who along with Geoffrey King of the Paris Institute of Earth Physics in France has spent over 20 years amassing evidence for the theory.

Maybe the arm bone was actually engraved for functionality, not as a ritual, suggests Paul Pettitt, an archaeologist at Durham University in England.

Based on the number of sponge boats, the number of divers, how long they go down, and how deep they go — all that stuff — we calculated once that if we interviewed every sponge diver about what they saw on the bottom, we'd learn as much as if one of us nautical archaeologists swam for a year.

As for the Reich paper, many archaeologists and linguists praise the data on ancient migrations.

Herb Maschner, an Arctic archaeologist at the University of South Florida in Tampa, agrees and says the careful excavation methods and analysis serve as a good example of what archaeologists need to do to answer questions about ancient people living in central Alaska where the conditions for preserving bones and artifacts are «notoriously» bad.

ONE summer Elizabeth Barber, a linguist and archaeologist, chose ancient textiles as a topic for a short research paper.

In August, ISIL militants beheaded archaeologist Khaled al - Asaad, who served as Palmyra's chief of antiquities for half a century.

Unlike paleontologists and archaeologists, who condemn amateur hunters and merchants for destroying excavation sites, many meteoriticists see the commercial traffic in meteorites as a boon — even a necessity — to science.

Surprisingly, some archaeologists are concerned as well: Robert Kelly, former president of the Society for American Archaeology, fears the decision could disrupt the process of consultation and cooperation that the 1990 act has established.

For Bruce Masse, an environmental archaeologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, there is no confusion as he looks at this ancient petroglyph, scratched into a rock by a Native American shaman.

As one of the world's leading authorities on ancient seafaring, he has devoted much of his career to hunting down hard evidence of ancient human migrations, searching for something most archaeologists long thought a figment: Ice Age mariners.

As the waters of the Tigris rise and the world awaits war, archaeologists fear for priceless ancient marvels of the first great empire

But until archaeologists have excavated domestic sites on the Maltese islands, we will not know the relative importance of other imported materials, such as flint and obsidian, for a domestic economy that was essentially based on local agriculture.

It served as a starting point for our team, which set out to rediscover whatever remained underneath the flat field, guided by local archaeologist Jo Attard.

This cultural flexibility may have been the key to success for modern humans, says a team of international researchers, made up of archaeologists, paleo climatologists, and climate modellers from the French CNRS1 and the EPHE PSL Research University, Bergen University as well as Wits University.

«Such was the impact of farming on our species that archaeologists have debated for more than 100 years how it originated and how it was spread into neighbouring regions such as Europe, North Africa and southern Asia,» said co-author Professor Stephen Shennan, UCL Institute of Archaeology.

He is also one of archaeology's most controversial figures, winning praise from foreign archaeologists, who say he has done much to modernize an antiquated system, as well as scorn from those who say he claims credit for others» discoveries.

Compared with millet, barley is especially tolerant of cold and frost, making it ideal for high - elevation farming in Tibet, as Washington State University archaeologist Jade d'Alpoim Guedes pointed out in previous studies.

NPCA's grim assessment comes as no surprise to archaeologists who are working in parks known for their cultural resources.

For archaeologists, Afghanistan is virtually off - limits for fieldwork, as Taliban forces battle the Kabul government in far - flung provinces and security remains tenuous even in the capitFor archaeologists, Afghanistan is virtually off - limits for fieldwork, as Taliban forces battle the Kabul government in far - flung provinces and security remains tenuous even in the capitfor fieldwork, as Taliban forces battle the Kabul government in far - flung provinces and security remains tenuous even in the capital.

At Neolithic sites such as Çatalhöyük in Turkey, for example, archaeologists have found evidence that wild cattle bones were deposited in the foundations of mud - brick houses; the bones may be the remains of neighborhood feasts to celebrate the building of new dwellings.

Last year, archaeologists in London believe they came upon one of these pits as excavations were underway at a former burial ground at Liverpool Street for a new rail link across the city, reported CNN.

A 20 year veteran at Gourmet wrote an article on bone broth as well: «For the origins of bone broth, I reached out to archaeologist and educator Daphne Derven.

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A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer Photographs of UK mines and quarries for explorers, historians and industrial archaeologists

The winemaking history of Cyprus goes back Millennia, with archaeologists discovering pots that had been used for Cyprus Wines dating back almost 6000 The launching of Pafos 2017 European Capital of Culture and more importantly the programme as a whole is considered more as a starting point and not as...

As they progress, both the archaeologist and the guide become rivals for the photographer's affections.

Gertrude Bell's life as an explorer, cartographer, and archaeologist for the British Empire.

Now, though, eight films in (the majority of them, after the second, made from non-franchise scripts retooled for franchise inclusion), the puzzle box seems to fall into the hands of not archaeologists of pleasure, but hard - bodied co-eds who aren't interested in discovering new, unknown experiences so much as shitting around in the usual slasher - film fashion and accidentally freeing some wise - cracking, cosmic hook - wielding genie.

«Now,» in this case, being March 16, 2018, which Variety is reporting as the release date for the latest cinematic adventure of gun - toting archaeologist Lara Croft.

For the uninitiated, Tomb Raider is a reboot of the franchise and stars a younger Lara Croft (Camilla Luddington) who is just out of University and is beginning her career as an archaeologist.

Harrison has started filming the new Indiana Jones film Harrison Ford has been pictured as archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones for the first time since 1989 as «the man in the hat» returns for his latest film.

As for Milo's waterwheel, that was discovered right at the point when I was writing that chapter - the Museum of London archaeologists were amazed that I had managed to put it in.

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Archaeologists have found many Late Classic ceramics, as well as an altar inside the cave, leading them to theorize that the Hokeb Ha Cave was used specifically for ceremonial purposes.

Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438 — 1472).