Sentences with phrase «excavation site as»

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Now, the SCA conducts its own excavations and approves and supervises foreign archaeological missions, as well as conserving and managing the country's wealth of antiquities and archaeological sites.

On the final day, the field team, along with excited members of the National Park Service and other spectators, nervously watched as the helicopter gently lifted the plaster jackets — some weighing a half of a ton or more — from the excavation site.

Recent excavations led by University of Sheffield archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson have led him to suggest the two sites were built as a single complex of complementary stone and wood circles linked by a river route.

But the fossils from the Cerutti Mastodon site (as the site was named in recognition of field paleontologist Richard Cerutti who discovered the site and led the excavation), were found embedded in fine - grained sediments that had been deposited much earlier, during a period long before humans were thought to have arrived on the continent.

Excavation of an ancient battlefield in northern Germany revealed signs of a great battle, such as closely packed bones, as seen in this 2013 photo of the site.

Java Man was reclassified in the 1950s as Homo erectus and is now called Trinil 2, in reference to the excavation site.

Since then, excavations at Huaca Rajada, as the site near Sipan is known, have revealed the richest tombs ever uncovered in the Americas, which have yielded invaluable information about the mysterious Moche culture («Riches from the unlooted tomb», New Scientist, 17 October 1992).

In addition to straight - forward archaeological research, the excavation is being used as a field school for the instruction of UNC Charlotte students in archaeology, especially since the site is remarkable in the way it exhibits the complexity of the urban history of Jerusalem.

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.

These objects are painting vivid pictures of life at the site now known as the Bathonea excavations, from the earliest days of the Lower Paleolithic era to the bustle of a busy trading port during the Byzantine Empire.

To digitally reconstruct the site as it was pre - excavation, scientists scanned 17 photos, developed a model and compared the model to maps drawn by Bird.

To digitally reconstruct the site as it was pre - excavation, scientists scanned 17 photos, developed a model and compared the model to maps drawn by Roland Bird.

As part of a larger excavation at the site, the group of North Carolina State University and East Carolina University faculty and students discovered two marble statues of the mythological goddess Aphrodite — artifacts that dig co-director Tom Parker describes as «absolutely exquisite.&raquAs part of a larger excavation at the site, the group of North Carolina State University and East Carolina University faculty and students discovered two marble statues of the mythological goddess Aphrodite — artifacts that dig co-director Tom Parker describes as «absolutely exquisite.&raquas «absolutely exquisite.»

In the field season 2014, the 60 - strong excavation team uncovered finds from all periods of the 2,000 - year history of the cult site, such as the thick enclosing wall of the first Iron Age sanctuary or the foundations of the main Roman temple of the god Jupiter Dolichenus, who became one of the most important deities of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century A.D.. His sanctuary is situated close to the town of Gaziantep on the 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) high mountain of Dülük Baba Tepesi.

The problem is that excavation destroys sites, and we're in a crisis of sorts — as serious or more serious than deforestation — because while you can regrow trees, you sure can't regrow archaeological sites.

This recent excavation took approximately six years to complete and included a total of 32 excavation units and trenches, 32 test pits, and 80 geological cores that were placed on, around and between the Huaca Prieta and Paredones mounds as well as other sites.

«In the 19th and earlier 20th century excavation of caves such as at Creswell Crags and Cheddar Gorge provided the first evidence for the archaeology of this period but open air sites were missing pieces of the jigsaw.

By the end of the 2012 field season, excavations at the site, named Lomekwi 3, had uncovered 149 stone artifacts tied to tool - making, from stone cores and flakes to rocks used for hammering and others possibly used as anvils to strike on.

Excavations at Jebel Irhoud in the 1960s produced six Homo fossils, initially classified as Neandertals, as well as stone tools resembling those at European Neandertal sites.

excavation The process of systematically removing earth from a site to uncover buried remains, such as bones or artifacts.

An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era Keezhadi excavation leads to ancient civilisation on the banks of Vaigai Carbon dating confirms Keezhadi site is from Sangam era

Enjoy advanced features you find at other Filipina dating or Philippines dating sites and Archaeological excavations have revealed the existence of humans in what is now Vietnam as early as the Paleolithic age.

In some of the most striking passages in the new documentary I Am Not Your Negro, director Raoul Peck implicitly connects The Devil Finds Work with the tradition of Marlon Riggs's Ethnic Notions and Spike Lee's Bamboozled, films that reimagine cinematic history as a site of racial excavation.

Southwark Planners required an archaeologist to be appointed to keep a watching brief on the excavations and report on any archaeological findings as the site is in an archaeological «hot spot», going back to Neolithic times.

After years of study and research as a Barkeologist (one who studies canine history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains), Indiana was certain that he was close to finding the lost Bark.

The area is uniquely rich in major archaeological sites, such as the Vulci Archaeological Park, and is endowed with marvellous museums, such as the City of Cosa Museum, alongside the excavations of the splendid Etruscan city, and the Tarquinia and Vetulonia museums.

The excavation of sites, such as those at Cuello, Cerros, Altún Ha, Xunantunich, and Lamanai, has shown the extraordinary persistence of Mayan people in Belize over many centuries.

Excavations at the Marco Gonzales Mayan site indicate it was occupied as long as 2100 years ago.

Nabateans brought worthy visitors through to the Treasury and beyond to their flourishing city, in the first few hundred years B.C. Today the site holds secrets as mounds still wait for excavation.

On this affordable tour of Britain and Ireland, stop in some historic towns, including Oxford, home to some of England's most famous colleges; Durham, a medieval city with its cathedral, built in 1093, and castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; York, England's most complete medieval city with its cobbled streets and the magnificent York Minster, England's largest gothic cathedral; Stratford - upon - Avon, birthplace of Shakespeare; Chester, where a walking tour highlights its Roman remains and black and white half - timbered buildings; Adare, founded in medieval times and known today as one of Ireland's prettiest villages; and Bath, known for the excavations of Roman baths used for bathing and socializing 2,000 years ago.

Its a site that saw one of the biggest as well as longest excavation projects in the country.

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Benjamin Clement, the archaeologist leading the dig, described the site as a «real little Pompeii», whose remains had been remarkably well preserved, and the discovery as «undoubtedly the most exceptional excavation of a Roman site in 40 or 50 years».

But the plastic sheet is an important part of it as well, because he wants it to relay a feeling of excavation, like from an ancient burial site.»

Large - scale archaeological excavations were in full swing at pre-Columbian sites like Monte Albán and Mitla in Oaxaca, and Josef and Anni took it all in with tremendous interest, exploring the ancient architecture and documenting their findings, as well as acquiring beloved pieces from marketplaces and merchants.

Their excavation began as an implicit response to a call for site - specificity, for commissioned work from the artist.

One earthbound sculpture takes the form of a cluster of cylindrical vessels resembling earthenware pots or cross-sections of pipe; these sit like archaeological fragments amid a heap of dust — but might as easily be the remnants of a building site as an historical excavation.

The Dig Site (originally Excavation Pit) is a location on the same continent as the Roamer Encampment in the present in Dragon Quest VII.

Summary of Qualifications * Participated in an archaeological field school with Washington State University at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site * Exceedingly proficient in research, data collection and management, and field excavation * Very skilled in scientifically analyzing data in field and laboratory environments * Strong military work ethic as evidenced by being awarded Soldier of the Month twice * Maintained a 3...