Paleontologist Phil Currie noticed that the tail didn’t even connect with the rest of the supposed dinosaur. The rock layers were different and the legs were off. The sneaking suspicion that this dream might indeed be too good to be true slithered into the minds
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that were occupied up to 1400 years ago. The University of Montana and its archaeological program have been the main archaeologists involved in the project‚ which is headed by Dr. Anna Marie Prentiss. Dr. Prentiss describes the Bridge River Archaeological project as such “An interdisciplinary collaborative effort involving contributions from First Nations members‚ archaeologists‚
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Technology has helped archaeologists and historians to reconstruct the lives of people from Pompeii and Herculaneum. It has allowed artefacts and human remains to be deciphered and more knowledge to be gained. This is why the role of technology is important in reconstructing the lives of people from Pompeii and Herculaneum Estelle Lazer has worked on hundreds of disarticulated bones that were stored in the Sarno Baths in Pompeii. Her research was based on statistics and the use of techniques like
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Evans archaeological examinations. The interpretation and reconstruction of a site should not be influenced by archaeologist’s preconceived ideas‚ in investigating the past it is important to record and present observations and by using typology archaeologists are able to cross compare dates and sites. Evans work in the reconstruction of the palace of Knossos caused a controversial divide in the archaeological community. The interpretation
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Deforestation of the Amazonian Rainforest Earth’s natural resources are what we are extracting from the earth. Industries‚ which excavate the earth’s resources‚ include forestry‚ oil extraction‚ and mining. Present-day society is based upon a vast consumption of non-replaceable minerals and fuels such as coal‚ oil and natural gasses. Other materials such as cotton‚ wool timber and produce‚ if utilized wisely can be replenished. Is the carbon dioxide level higher‚ due to massive
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October 2010 Essay 2: Its Archaeology‚ Just Not Very Good Archaeology An archetype of the male form‚ unremittingly cool‚ the definition of suave and display of awesomeness - Indiana Jones may be described as a lot of things‚ however a good archaeologist is debatable. For this essay‚ I chosen to evaluate the archaeological methods of Dr. Jones as found in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark‚ and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‚ to see how his form of archaeology holds up to contemporary
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of the controversy surrounding Kennewick Man‚ and perhaps some suggestions about what the remains mean to theories concerning the peopling of the New World. What I got was a lucid history of the stormy relationship between Native Americans and archaeologists that forms a good part of the background for the Kennewick Man controversy. David goes some distance (maybe too far)to be charitable to all the players in this scientific soap opera. He makes it clear‚ however‚ that Native American remains are
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Can scientific evidence prove there is a personal concerned‚ God outside the universe? Lee Strobel very early in his teenage years decided that based on the evolutionary thought of Darwin and later others prominent theology‚ there could not be a God who loved humans personally and created a universe by design. He went on to college where he became a sincere atheist. However he could not remain content there for long because as he admits he was always searching for answers as his career in journalism
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more about the past. Even the smallest material items may be huge resources for archaeologists. “Archaeology is the study of the past people based on the things they left behind and the ways they left their imprint on the world” (Deetz‚ 1996: np). A way of creating a certain item can be pass down from generation to generation‚ and can
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identification (DVI) is a necessary task that must be undertaken after any mass fatality incident (Graham‚ E.A.M.‚ 2006). This responsibility involves many specialists from search‚ rescue‚ and recovery teams to forensic pathologists‚ odontologists and anthropologists‚ which assist in identifying the deceased (Hemphill‚ L.T.‚ 2005). There is a variety of different techniques available for disaster victim identification which include visual identification‚ fingerprinting‚ DNA typing‚ radiology‚ inspection
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