Sentences with phrase «by archaeological surveys»

Evidence has been revealed by archaeological surveys of the shell middens deposited along Queensland's coastline.

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For instance, researchers may have a limited time to survey coastal archaeological sites threatened by erosion, to sample melting ice sheets holding clues to past climates, and to document so - called thermokarst lakes, which are formed by meltwater from permafrost.
By analyzing the teeth of those buried in different locations in Cahokia, Emerson, state archaeological survey bioarchaeologist Kristin Hedman and graduate student Philip Slater discovered that immigrants formed one - third of the population of the city throughout its history (from about AD 1050 through the early 1300s).
The core of the archaeological collections consists of artifacts, faunal remains, and other materials from field surveys and excavation on the Northern Channel Islands, Santa Barbara mainland coast, and adjacent back country by David Banks Rogers (curator 1923 - 1938) and Phil C. Orr (curator 1938 - 1968).
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