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• Archaeology & Being “Game”

  
  Middle Savagery — Authority: 92
  Between digging up wedges of wind-blown sand and anhydrite stub walls I’ve been thinking about archaeology and reflexivity quite a bit lately–what we are allowed to do and think while we are constructing a record of the past. My daily experience of site is fairly rote; I clean the context, photograph, draw, level, ...
  1 week ago

• Three stone quarry workers killed in Goa

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) Three stone quarry workers died Tuesday following a sudden mudslide in Quepem, 60 km from the Goa capital, police said.The accident occurred in the afternoon when during a gelatin blasting operation, a mudslide trapped three workers — Jaban Velip, 24, Suresh Kusht, 25, and Sandip Gaonkar, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Amara West 2012: tumuli among the pyramid-tombs

  
  British Museum — Authority: 484
  Michaela Binder, Durham University Here at Amara West , Milena Grzybowska and a team of workmen are still working to remove the windblown sand that fills the shaft at the centre of the brick chapel found earlier this week . They have now reached a depth of 1.8 metres below the surface and have further to go, ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Photos of Khirbet Qeiyafa After 2011 Dig Season

  
  Luke Chandler's Blog — Authority: 92
  New aerial photos of Khirbet Qeiyafa have been posted on its official web site. They show excellent, up-to-date views of the excavated areas. Khirbet Qeiyafa after the 2011 excavation season. From left to right: Area B (western gate), Area D (abutting Area B), Area A (center/summit of site) and Area C (southern ...
  2 weeks ago

• Amara West 2012: impressions in time

  
  British Museum — Authority: 484
  Marie Vandenbeusch, University of Geneva The way houses are built in this region is in some ways timeless, particularly the roofs. Modern ceilings can show how ancient roofs, which we have to reconstruct from small fragments, were built. While it is easy to look at modern houses in villages near the site, it is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Look into the Rewards and Returns Pertaining to the Mitsubishi Tractors

  
  Chillicious.com — Authority: 132
  Tractors are commonly used in farm for different purposes. They can be used in gardens, as well for lawn mowing. Mitsubishi tractors have a good reputation when they are used in the fields for production of farm produce. Agricultural vehicles make work easier since they are able to do a lot of work efficiently within ...
  2 weeks ago

• Amara West 2012: a new pyramid chapel

  
  British Museum — Authority: 484
  Milena Grzybowska As my area of expertise is osteology (the scientific study of bones), I’m working in Cemetery D under Michaela Binder’s supervision . This is my first season on the Amara West project and the second day onsite has already brought the excitement I was hoping for. Remains of a pyramid and ...
  2 weeks ago

• This is the story of the monkeys of Delhi

  
  Kafila — Authority: 507
  From 2009 to early 2011, I lived in a south Delhi barsati which had an enormous terrace area. When I moved in, this open space looked sad and empty, so I spent many thousands of rupees doing it up with all kinds of plants. Then came the monkeys. A team of five to ten. On finding the kitchen locked, they would ...
  3 weeks ago

• Soil Movement: Interaction between Soils and Buildings

  
  TECHNOLOGY BLOG — Authority: 108
  When the water present between soil particles is removed, the latter will tend to move closer together: conversely, when water is absorbed, they will tend to move apart. Large movement can occur with clays, for these are capable of absorbing and relinquishing large quantities of moisture: drying leads to shrinkage and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Season five approaches at Amara West

  
  British Museum — Authority: 484
  Neal Spencer, British Museum For the Amara West team, Christmas and New Year is always coloured by the anticipation of a return to site. Ahead lies the unknown of new excavations, and undoubtedly some surprising logistical challenges…. House E13.8, between the town wall (left), and house E13.3, excavated ...
  4 weeks ago

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