Sentences with phrase «of archaeological work»

On the island you can walk around by yourself, join a guided tour of the archaeological work, and visit the Birka Museum.

The discovery is important for reasons beyond the city's age — it throws into question many assumptions on which a great deal of archaeological work is based, because the inhabitants of Caral built a social and political structure, not to mention monumental architecture, without the trappings of writing, metallurgy, or ceramics.

Not exact matches

No amount of physical evidence, archaeological research and field work, or reasoned and rational thought could possibly lead one to an opposing conclusion.

19th century, archaeological finds (e.g. earth and timber fortifications and towns, the use of a plaster - like cement, ancient roads, metal points and implements, copper breastplates, head - plates, textiles, pearls, native North American inscriptions, North American elephant remains etc.) is not interpreted by mainstream academia as proving the historicity or divinity of the Book of Mormon.This evidence is viewed by mainstream scholars as a work of fiction that parallels others within the 19th century «Mound - builder» genre that were pervasive at the time.

The only folks left claiming any «truth» to the bible are: — people who've redefined «fervent belief» to mean «truth» — people who somehow think that archaeological evidence of biblical - era cities somehow proves a miracle - working dude existed therein

The heroes of modern - day evangelicalism, from scholars like N.T. Wright to pastors like Rob Bell, are passionately and unapologetically contextual textualists, working diligently with a host of ancient literary and archaeological sources to make sense of biblical texts as they would have been understood in their day.

For some, these works showed too much caution and too little use of archaeological evidence.

University of Reading (UK) professor Ken Dark analyzed the results of long - neglected archaeological work done in 1936 and earlier at the convent of the Sisters of Nazareth.

Confidently dated archaeological sites showing ochre worked by humans now go back more than 300,000 years, close to the emergence of Homo sapiens.

The author offers nonspecialists an account of the archaeological discoveries at Çatalhöyük, Turkey (a topic that he has covered for Science) and the researchers who work there.

Tom Higham, an archaeological scientist at the University of Oxford, UK, says that the latest dating work is compelling.

«Tell Brak is not just another archaeological site but a place where new aspects of humanity emerged, and our work has the potential to explain them,» Ur says.

«This was a big surprise,» said co-author Sandra Olsen, curator - in - charge of the archaeology division of the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas, who led archaeological work at known Botai villages.

By harnessing the power of modern sequencing and analytical techniques, they are working to uncover the genetic secrets hidden in the DNA of ancient specimens collected during archaeological expeditions or curated in museums.

Over the next 30,000 years — archaeological work has revealed — a procession of different cultures, each associated with different artefacts and lifestyles, rose in Europe.

Working near an archaeological site in southern Yemen, Cole and his colleagues, with the help of a Bedouin guide, identified 25 middens that had been deposited in desert caves by a groundhog - sized animal called a hyrax.

It will be exciting to carry out further ancient DNA work to understand the archaeological cultures associated with the arrival of this ancestry,» says David Reich.

Kendall first visited Napata in 1982, during a tour of Nubian archaeological sites sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he worked as an assistant curator.

The study concludes that the archaeological layers at the site are so mixed up that ornaments and tools once attributed to Neandertals could actually be the work of modern humans, who lived in the same cave at a later date.

Plus, archaeological work from 2017 found the same type of salmonella in an 800 - year - old Norwegian skeleton.

There have also been complaints about the quality of some commercial archaeological work.

Working in those caves, as part of the Corazon del Caribe archaeological project, is hard but fun work.

Commercial work now accounts for 93 percent of the archaeological research done in the United Kingdom, and academics must take note of the data generated by contract units, says Kenneth Aitchison, head of projects and professional development at the Institute for Archaeologists, the body representing commercial archaeologists in Britain.

They found phytoliths on the edges of hand axes they uncovered in Peninj — evidence of «the oldest non-controversial wood - working activities recorded in the archaeological record so far.»

«This is a great piece of work,» says Alexander Bentley, an anthropologist at Durham University in the U.K. Bentley adds that the new findings, including the signs of violence on the skeletons — such as multiple skull fractures — are consistent with other archaeological evidence from Central Europe that men raided outside communities and captured their women.

Although it's easy to assume that people tend to disastrously impact environmental health,» says Armstrong, «through studying the archaeological record and working with Indigenous collaborators, we see many examples of ancient societies that have successfully responded to environmental instability by conscientiously managing their resources and behaving in ways that promote resilient and biodiverse habitats.»

His analysis, which will appear in the forthcoming issue of Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, indicates the structures are known to the Bedouin as «Works of the Old Men» — and that they may be the earliest example of such archaeological remains.

Working, and sometimes globetrotting, together, McGovern and Calagione have, over the years, labored to recreate a series of «ancient ales» based on chemical signatures from many diverse archaeological sites.

«My work has become strongly influenced by the rich archaeological history of the Northwest of Brazil.»

Radiocarbon dating is a technique used by scientists to learn the ages of biological specimens — for example, wooden archaeological artifacts or ancient How does radiocarbon dating work?

After all, this Greek island (which is Archaeological sites and museums in Crete, descriptions of archaeological sites, location and working hours

The timeline works well alongside other Historic England online resources, for example the teaching notes, presentations and activities exploring life in Bronze Age Britain through the exciting story of the recent excavation at Must Farm in Cambridgeshire; and a whole range of images for the period featuring archaeological sites around the country, tools and remains and modern reconstructions of homes and settlements.

As Willie puts her archaeological skills to work digging for the truth about her lineage, she discovers that the secrets of her family run deep.

Even since last March, I could see that lots of restorative archaeological work has been done at the site.

A 5 - minute walk from the pool Mirabilis, a work of great historical and archaeological interest: it is the largest Roman cistern drinking water ever made, built in the Augustan period to supply water to the men of the fleet of the Roman Empire moored in the harbor Miseno.

The Eternal City boasts countless works of art, iconic archaeological sites, baroque churches and stunning monuments, set against a backdrop of lush green gardens, irrigated by water from the River Tiber.

CODE: 5141110002 The Chachapoyas and their Royal Paths (03 Days / 02 Nights) from USD $ 173 This short, but very dynamic program allows you to have access to typical villages, observing flora and fauna, visiting interesting archaeological compounds, hamlets, valleys and landscapes around the Utcubamba River, all the way to the Fortress of Kuélap; a majestic architectural work built by the Chachapoyas, on top of a high mountain.

Other known shipwreck sites located within the sanctuary and park are presently being studied and mapped through the assistance of the Coastal Maritime Archaeology Resources (CMAR) organization.The history of shipwrecks and archaeological work being performed in the Channels Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park is exhibited at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

Fraser Island reveals Aboriginal occupation of at least 5000 years, although it is possible that further archaeological work may indicate earlier occupation.

Something alike will work out for the archaeological sites in the neighbor state of Yucatan.

The abundance of process - based works connects the artists in the collection to an artistic legacy that characterized much of the art of the late 1960s, while the archaeological impetuses point to a prevailing tendency by artists to operate in an investigative mode, mining complex ideas of the artwork's site and temporality.

VMFA also participates with the American Association of Museum Directors (AAMD) Object Registry: AAMD Object Registry which lists new acquisitions of archaeological material and works of ancient art and tracks resolutions of claims for Nazi - era cultural assets.

Appropriating archaeological and other scientific methods of collecting, ordering, and exhibiting objects, Dion creates works that question the distinctions between objective (rational) scientific methods and subjective (irrational) influences.

Like archaeological relics, the works are imbued with a sense of history and emotional poignancy that speak as much to the earthly as to the divine.

The ceramic work serves as a repository for an elaborate sculptural tableaux whose assembled detritus creates a string of hieroglyphs, a kind of archaeological anagram: encrypted sequences present short bursts of personality and internal logic.

The exhibition features more than 500 archaeological objects and works from Mexico and the United States, including jewelry, works of precious metals, and household as well as ceremonial artifacts.

Historical and contemporary works of art, videos, machines, archaeological artefacts and iconic objects, like the giant inflatable cartoon figure of Felix the Cat — the first image ever transmitted on TV — inhabit an «enchanted landscape» created in Nottingham Contemporary's galleries, where objects seem to be communicating with each other and with us.

Ai Weiwei's immersive work Fondation (2015) made its debut as part of «Brève histoire de l'avenir (A Brief History of the Future)» at the Louvre in Paris last year and was recently on view as part of the group exhibition «The Silent Echo», the first contemporary art exhibition to be held at the sprawling archaeological site of Baalbek in Lebanon.

The Chilean artist duo, known for their unpolished and dark stop - motion animations, now bring together works that find themselves between archaeological remains of a lost empire, voodoo objects and waste.

The work is titled Fence (After Owen Luder)(2013) and, like the beautifully encased magazines, this archaeological original — discovered among the wreckage of Owen Luder's Trinity Square car park in Gateshead — has undergone an artistic transmutation, now recast in bronze.