Sentences with phrase «of archaeology on»

With his no - nonsense approach, Romer is one of the best exponents at conveying the wonder of archaeology on television.

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She studied English and archaeology at Yale — taking the kind of classes that make you feel like «lying on the ground thinking about things,» she said.

Writing on his blog, Battelle champions the banner advertisement — that relic of the early Internet that many consider obsolete — as an artifact in the «archaeology of the future.»

Next, re-board your coach and continue on to the Neolithic heartland of Orkney; an area designated as an UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its wealth of pre-historic archaeology.

(iii) you are a complete blowhard who has never studied one subject of university level biology, never been on an archaeological dig, never studied a thing about paleontology, geology, astronomy, linguistics or archaeology, but feel perfectly sure that you know more than the best biologists, archaeologists, paleontologists, doctors, astronomers botanists and linguists in the World because your mommy and daddy taught you some comforting stories from Bronze Age Palestine as a child.

Not at all Naked... it seems to me very difficult to have lengthy discussions of researched science, math, philosophy, archaeology, etc. etc. on a blog that by its very nature is fraught with personal biting comments (like yours) and pithy responses.

To put it another way, von Däniken claims that if archaeology does not question its data on the basis of what we now know about space travel, it can not possibly set up an explanatory theory that takes account of space travel.

For this, Ricoeur proposes psychoanalytic psychology as an «antiphenomenology,» the purpose of which is to conduct an archaeology of the subject as a means of reflection on symbols.

[14] In his lively study on the archaeology of early Christianity, W. H. C. Frend, while asking «Whither Christian archaeology?»

The cross, thought to be worth more than # 80,000, has been donated by Grosvenor to Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), where it will go on display with the other grave goods.

According to the Chronicler, Uzziah also conquered the Philistine territory on the Mediterranean coast (26:6), exacted tribute from Ammon (v. 8), built up the fortifications of Jerusalem (v. 9), and, among other accomplishments including activity in Arabia, developed the Negeb, the desert region to the south of Judah (v. 10) Archaeology provides some strong confirmation of the Chronicler's record.

She does not decide whether scriptural testimony should be taken seriously on the basis of the most recent issue of the Biblical Archaeology Review.

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...

Gordon Govier is editor of ARTIFAX, a quarterly journal focused on biblical archaeology.

And if you go back a little further, Uguritic archaeology shows us that the book of Genesis is based on the ancestor kings of the Canaanites.

The section on History draws from art history, archaeology, and literature to theorize infant carrying strategies of humans, including archaic humans.

The APG has gained a lot of respect producing heavyweight reports on the state of British archaeology.

The call coincides with the announcement by the trust of a new acquisition in north Wales — a lovely piece of wildlife and archaeology - rich land on the Great Orme headland, home to rare butterflies, unique plants and nimble Kashmiri goats.

They're like the preserved remnants of an ancient star, and examining them is like doing astronomical archaeology... on a scale 60 trillion kilometers (40 trillion miles) across.

Considering its small area, La Corona's population center contains a surprising amount of writing on carved stones, said epigrapher Simon Martin of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia.

Aerial laser maps, excavations and stone - slab hieroglyphics indicate that La Corona, a largely rural settlement, became a key part of a far - ranging Classic - era Maya kingdom that incorporated sites from southern Mexico to Central America, researchers reported on April 15 at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The technique, which measures materials» content of carbon - 14, quickly made an impact on archaeology and geology.

Ultimately, however, the future of archaeology in Egypt depends not just on Amin, but on the outcome of Egypt's first democratic elections in decades, scheduled to begin on 28 November.

«This radiocarbon dating method was a transformative advance to archaeology and historical studies, allowing the determination of the age of archeological sites and objects without reliance on a knowledge of local customs and history,» said Viresh Rawal, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry.

For Nielsen, born in the nearby town of Narsaq, an infatuation with archaeology started «from the first minute» he began working on a dig 3 years ago.

This may have been an adaptation to new environments and endurance hunting, as early Homo species left the forests and moved on to more arid African savannahs,» says lead author Dr Manuel Will from Cambridge's Department of Archaeology, and a Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College.

Combining the tools of psychology, evolutionary biology and archaeology, scientists have found compelling evidence for the co-evolution of early Stone Age slaughtering tools and our ability to communicate and teach, shedding new light on the power of human culture to shape evolution.

But as the pyramid foundation continues to dominate what passes for Bosnian archaeology, collecting public money, courting international support, and planning parks across the nation, many scientists around the globe are watching closely, hoping for the end of Osmanagich's grip on a small country's consciousness.

The study by Dr Steve Ashby, of the Department of Archaeology at York, working with colleagues from York and Aarhus University, identified the first signs of the Viking Age around 70 years before the first raid on England.

But the new research published in the European Journal of Archaeology shows that Vikings were travelling from Norway to the vital trading centre in Ribe on Denmark's west coast as early as 725.

The director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology tells ScienceInsider this morning that the layoffs had been mislabeled and that many of those affected would be able to garner outside grants and stay on at the museum before the end of the May deadline.

Now a professor emeritus at Texas A & M University, where he founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Bass reflected on his storied career with DISCOVER senior editor (and passionate lover of archaeology) EricArchaeology, Bass reflected on his storied career with DISCOVER senior editor (and passionate lover of archaeology) Ericarchaeology) Eric A. Powell.

Her colleague on the excavation Søren Sindbæk, who is a professor of medieval archaeology at Aarhus University, adds: «The discovery of the new Viking fortress is a unique opportunity to learn more about the battles and conflicts of the Vikings, and gives us a new chance to study the most famous of our Viking monuments.»

The investigators, led by Dr Jo Appleby of the University of Leicester School of Archaeology and Ancient History, surmise that the postcranial injuries, including the potentially fatal one to the pelvis, might have been inflicted after Richard's death, on the basis that had he been alive he would have been wearing a specific type of armour worn in the late 15th century that would have prevented such wounds.

Excavators are peeling back the layers of dirt on the village of Sanyangzhuang, which was buried by a flood on the Yellow River 2000 years ago, to reveal a unique 2000 - year - old time capsule of Chinese rural life, they reported at the Society for American Archaeology meeting.

So in 1991, at the age of 33, Boyd enrolled as an anthropology major at Texas A&M and told Harry Shafer, founder of the department's archaeology program, that she wanted to do an interpretive study on Lower Pecos rock art.

«We have now dived on the site using high resolution DIDSON ™ acoustic imaging to examine the ruins on the seabed — a first use of this technology for non-wreck marine archaeology.

Randau was advised by scientists at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy, where Ötzi's body is on display.

For students this spring, we have a must - read list for the broader view of science, ecology's web, cosmology unleashed, archaeology, computing and advice on how to keep your cool on the Net

We don't know whether to call it appropriate technology or industrial archaeology, but a visitor to New York City reports finding a surprise on West 45th Street, in the heart of Manhattan: a row of pay telephones with dials.

Additional authors on the study are Archaeology Southwest's Jeffery Clark, an adjunct associate professor of anthropology at the UA, and Archaeology Southwest's Matthew Peeples, a former UA post-doctoral scholar.

Ottaway writes with the authority of first - hand experience, gained with one of Britain's most successful urban units — the York Archaeological Trust — and is especially good on the methods and context of urban archaeology.

Drawing on recent findings from archaeology, genetics, and the environmental sciences, the author provides a region - by - region account of the transformations of human populations in the 15 millennia following the Last Glacial Maximum.

Archaeologist Corey O'Driscoll of South East Archaeology in Canberra became interested in the traces left by hurled spears after reading studies of the wounds that medieval weapons inflicted on humans.

Kidder's research, co-authored with Liu Haiwang, senior researcher at China's Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, relies on a sophisticated analysis of sedimentary soils deposited along the Yellow River over thousands of years.

A recent study by Michael J. E. O'Rourke from the University of Toronto, published in Open Archaeology, provides a new perspective on the severe impacts of escalating climate change on the heritage resources of Canadian Arctic.

Sarianidi uses bulldozers to expose old foundations, largely ignores botanical finds, and publishes few details on layers, ceramics, and other mainstays of modern archaeology.

In a 2005 interview with the Vermont Quarterly, he called his central Amazon research «some of the richest, most exciting archaeology anywhere on the planet.»

And in the 20 % of her time she isn't working on ancient sites or forensic cases, she teaches archaeology and forensic science to both undergraduates and mature students and also does in - house training for police and similar staff.

Trevor Cox's article on acoustic archaeology mentioned the debate about the intentional use of sound in prehistory (21 August, p...