initial find‚ Dr. Druckenmiller was contacted and invited to area in order to examine the fossil in which he identified what it was. The piece he examined was sticking out of the 60 foot cliff and found it was part of the neck area. So further excavation went underway to see what else could be recovered. From what was uncovered‚ the length of Alaska’s first elasmosaur was estimated to be about twenty-five feet long. But there is still more to uncover as of yet. By finding Alaska’s first elasmosaur
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Kleenex®‚ Band-Aid® and Coke® all marketed their brands too well over the years. To many‚ every tissue is a Kleenex®‚ and every small plastic or fabric bandage is a Band-Aid®. On the other hand‚ people may refer to all (or perhaps only the dark) soft drinks as Cokes®‚ but that company enjoys a high level of customer loyalty that other common brands do not. Building the Brand The opposite side of well-known brands is that consumers readily differentiate product classes between brands. Ketchup
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000 people‚ and the houses were made with bricks and mud. Most houses were accessed through holes in the ceilings‚ which also was the only source of ventilation. People traversed through the city by walking along the rooftops of the houses. The excavation of Catal Hoyuk revealed that the city was rich with evidence of artwork. Jewelry and figurines were found around the settlement‚ and walls of houses were decorated with frescoes and reliefs of animals. In some cases‚ heads were removed from a human
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There are many different types of heavy-duty industrial trucks in use today‚ some of which have come from the simplest ideas‚ offering solutions to even difficult work issues. Such is the case with pumper or tanker trucks; they offer an efficient and safe way to transport most liquids‚ from clear pool water to caustic chemicals. Despite such a simplistic concept‚ pumper trucks are available in many different types and with different uses in mind. So it is important to examine the different types
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Cornell and Yale Universities. He has lived and studied in Greece‚ Germany‚ and Israel and has traveled extensively in Italy‚ Turkey‚ Croatia‚ Cyprus‚ Jordan‚ and other countries with historic sites; he has also taken part in archaeological excavations. He speaks and reads seven foreign languages. Aside from a brief stint as a newspaper reporter‚ he has made his career as a college teacher. Back at Cornell University‚ he is Professor of History and served as a Director of the Peace Studies
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rifled through and stoppers pulled from alabaster vases and thrown to the ground” (Schulz 2) In fact‚ according to Carter the whole tomb had been plundered multiple times very soon after its original sealing. Interestingly enough‚ according to the excavation licenses at the time only if the tomb had been previously defiled could the discoverer half out the country. So the motivation for lying certainly would be there. Over the years since the tomb of the great King Tut was opened‚ interesting things
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06.06 Lab Questions Where is Herculaneum located? What happened to the city? Herculaneum is near Pompeii. The city was buried and frozen in time due to eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Why is Herculaneum important to archeology today? Herculaneum is important to archeology today because it is the easiest and most accurate society that archeologists have developed. What are some of the challenges that archeologists face when examining the city of Herculaneum? Some of the challenges that archeologists
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waged by the Greeks against the city of Troy. The tradition is believed to reflect a real war between the Greeks of the late Mycenaean period and the inhabitants of the Troad‚ or Troas‚ in Anatolia‚ part of present-day Turkey. Modern archaeological excavations have shown that Troy was destroyed by fire sometime between 1230 bc and 1180 bc‚ and that the war may have resulted from the desire either to plunder the wealthy city or to put an end to Troy’s commercial control of the Dardanelles. Legendary accounts
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Schliemann The Terrible Father of Archaeology A terrible father impacts his child in one of two ways‚ either the child grows up to mirror the father or the child learns from the fathers mistakes and becomes a much better parent as a result. Hienrich Schliemann was a war profiteer. After getting rich he wanted to be taken seriously by the scientific community so he turned to archaeology. A stubborn man‚ a compulsive liar‚ a teller of tall tales‚ and a con artist he caused irreparable damage to
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Marine and Lacustrine Deposits ORIGINS AND GEOTECHNICAL ISSUES Robert Bartus s2721227 | 4 104ENG Geotechnical Engineering Practice | August 19‚ 2012 1 The origins of soil deposits on the earth’s crust can reveal significant findings in the chemical and mechanical characteristics of the soils themselves. It is important to uncover such origins to find how and where such deposits may have formed over tens of thousands of years ago. Marine and Lacustrine deposits are two soil types that are commonly
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