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    Anthropology Final Paper

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    Who Owns The Past…? 4/28/13 Anthropology Final Paper Archeologists study the past and other people ’s cultures through things they find like artifacts‚ documents‚ people‚ or any other miscellaneous item. Their job is not easy and it takes quality time for them to interpret things. They first start out by doing research; finding out who lived there‚ what they did there‚ how the land was set up‚ and where the buildings were. Next‚ they survey the area. In the case of Fort Parker‚ they surveyed

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    no interactivity with any other groups. From the excavation carried out by UCC‚ little is known about the type of tools and building material used or the type of food which was eaten however the main expectation is hazel nuts.

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    King Tut's Stereotypes

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    special because it was the most complete tomb ever found. Grave robbers had disturbed other tombs scientists had discovered‚ but King Tut’s looked the way it did thousands of years ago‚ when it was sealed. 2The keeper of the archive of Carter’s excavation explained why finding the entire‚ untouched tomb was important. He said‚ “We can study how these objects were made‚ the materials and techniques that were used. . . . There is a great difference between looking at a representation of a chair on

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    though they became partners‚ later Schliemann went on to never mention Calvert in any of his letters sent back‚ regarding Troy. Schliemann did not have an understanding of any specific methods of excavating seeing as no there had never been any excavations as large as what he was about to discover and he had not been able to study at university. With a team of Calvert’s men they began excavating Hisarlik. Schliemann and

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    Civilization‚ and one of the world’s earliest major urban settlements‚ contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Crete. Mohenjo-Daro was abandoned in the 19th century BCE‚ and was not rediscovered until 1922. Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of the city‚ which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.[1] However‚ the site is currently threatened by erosion and improper restoration.[2] Name Mohenjo-Daro‚ the modern name for the site‚

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    Uluburun Shipwreck

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    1310 B.C. When the ship was found‚ it was nearly 3‚300 years of age. They knew this because of the dating of a branch‚ which was a piece of fresh cut firewood aboard the boat. It took ten years to complete the excavation‚ an entire decade! Mehmed Cakir found the boat in 1982 and the excavation happened two years later. It was a hard job‚ and required eleven consecutive campaigns of three to four months. But all that work paid off‚ as the archaeologists found many spectacular treasures. They found

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    commercial activities. Job description: Archaeologists examine ancient sites and objects to learn more about their past and history. Most archaeologists specialise in particular geographical areas‚ historical periods and types of artefacts found. Excavations are the archaeologist’s main means of recording and researching archaeological remains‚ but makes up only a portion of his work. Other work includes working for local authorities ‚advising on the implications of planning archaeological digs‚ keeping

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    as well as cultural context in which it formed- most archaeologist find it necessary to employ a variety of surveying and sampling techniques just to locate and define the parameters of the site. Once a site has been outlined‚ the next step is excavation. For the modern archaeologist‚ the objective of this research is to maximize the preservation and minimize the destruction‚ all the while abstracting as much information as possible at the time of digging but leaving the site open for future archaeologist

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    youth then attended the university college London followed by forced military service during WWI. Mortimer’s first excavation took place in Essex Searching for roman remains during 1819-1920. This excavation in search for roman remains continued and was conducted in Wales and in Hertfordshire where he proudly unearthed a lost roman settlement near St Albans. Wheeler conducted more excavations

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    Feotechnical Engineering

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    Assignment No. 3 CE 332: Geotechnical Engineering 1. Calculate the vertical stress in a soil mass at a depth of 5m vertically below a point load of 5000 KN acting near the surface. Plot the variation of vertical stress with radial distance (up to 10 m) at a depth of 5 m. 2. Three point loads 10000 KN‚ 7500 KN and 9000 KN‚ act in line 5 m apart near the surface of soil mass. Calculate the vertical stress at a depth of 4 m vertically below the centre (7500 KN) load. 3. Determine the vertical

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