Contents 01. – The importance of site investigation Page 2 – 4 1.02 – Trial Pits Page 4 1.03 – Auger holes Page 4 – 5 1.04 – Boreholes Page 5 – 7 1.05 – Soil sampling Page 7 1.06 – In-situ testing Page 8 1.07 – Quasi-static cone penetration testing Page 8 – 9 1.08 – Dynamic probing Page 10 1.09 – The Standard Penetration Test Page 11 1.10 – Field vane test Page 12 1.11 – Classifications of Soils Page 13 1.12 – Size range of grains Page 13 – 14 2.00 –
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prehistoric humans in the Americas to the Pilgrims’ first encounter with the Indian they (mistakenly) called "Squanto"; from the villages of the Amazon rainforests to Cahokia‚ near modern St. Louis‚ the sole‚ long-vanished city of the North American Mound Builders; from the cultivation of maize to why it was that the Incas apparently developed the wheel but never used it as anything but a child’s
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- = Primeval Mound = - By Sophia Stiles Dear Paradox‚ Here I am at Egypt again‚ sent on another mission. However‚ this time I got to research something of my choice‚ so I chose the Primeval Mound. Below is a transcript of the interview I had with a man named Aruk who offered to explain to me what the Primeval Mound was in the temple of Karnak. Just so you know‚ later we took and break and continued our interview outside the temple‚ not the inside. Hope you enjoy! - = + = - Aruk: So‚ foreigner
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Researchers believe that today there are only about 80 pyramids left from ancient Egypt. The pyramids were built as tombs for the Pharaohs and their queens. During their time on earth‚ it was believed that the Pharaohs were the link between the people and gods and when the Pharaohs died‚ they became gods. Since they expected to become gods in the afterlife‚ the Pharaohs had massive pyramid tombs built for them and filled them with all the things they would need in the afterlife. The Ancient Egyptians
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Index: ▪ Introduction to castles ▪ Types of castles ▪ Construction of Castles ▪ Castles under Siege ▪ Life in the Medieval Castle ▪ Tonbridge castle (history of Tonbridge castle) Introduction Long before men built such imposing structures as Harlech Castle‚ they constructed other simpler fortifications. In fact‚ men have always built some kind of fortification to protect themselves‚ their families‚ and their tribes against danger‚ whether from animals
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inundated the land bridge‚ thereby isolating the new America peoples. Pueblos – primitive Indian culture in the Rio Grande valley‚ who were able form villages of multistoried buildings and build intricate irrigation systems to water cornfields. Mound Builders – tribe of Indians from the Ohio river valley who sustained large settlements because the incorporation of the agriculture of corn. Creeks‚ Choctaw‚ Cherokee‚ Chicasaw ‚ Seminole – these tribes in the Eastern United States were able to maintain
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constructing earthen burial sites and fortifications around 600 B.C. Some mounds from that era are in the shape of birds or serpents‚ andprobably served religious purposes not yet fully understood. The Adenans appear to have been absorbed or displaced by various groups collectively known as Hopewellians. One of the most important centers of their culture was found in southern Ohio‚ where the remains of several thousand of these mounds still remain. Believed to be great traders‚ the Hopewellians used and
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the Ground Charles Banks‚ the subject of this appealing biography was a seemingly well-known Black leader‚ like such as Obama Baraka and Jessie Jackson. Banks status‚ demeanor‚ and power were unlimited‚ way beyond his hometown of Clarksdale and Mound Bayou‚ Mississippi all-black towns. Born in 1873‚ in Clarksdale‚ Mississippi‚ Banks spent most of is life in this well known racially discriminating and violent town. These afflictions of Clarksdale motivated him‚ so much to the point that he wanted
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1.The Shaping of North America 1.Recorded history began 6‚000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin the era of accurately recorded history on the continent. 2.The theory of “Pangaea” exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. The continents then spread out as drifting islands. 3.Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4.The Great Ice Age thrust down over North America
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rivers and creeks to escape from them easily. Their households contained extended families. The Tainos however‚ did not practice polygamy. They used a cultivation method called conuco with their agriculture. Conuco is a form of agriculture based on mounds of earth and dug drains‚ which prevented erosion in the fields and improved drainage to help their crops grow. Their main crop was cassava‚ they hunted‚ gathered and fished for their food‚ and they also traded on a small scale. Their political hierarchy
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