Sentences with phrase «such excavation sites»

The walls of such excavation sites are so thick with fossils that they protrude in an almost comical abundance.

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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.

«Because Europe has such a long history of large scale archaeological excavation of ice age sites, they have found the bulk of the world's known ice age jewellery.»

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.

«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.

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

Under such circumstances students can visit the museums where the things which archeologist get through excavation of these sites are placed.

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.