Excavation

Chapter 4: Review of Archaeological Literature The history of the Redemptora as a shipwreck starts at an unknown date. Until now, little had been found about its abandonment, reflecting a common practice of disposing of vessels without fanfare. However, in the museum files (WA Maritime Museum file MA File No: 10/78-1) a very interesting article in the U.E.C (Underwater Explorers’ Club) News of October 1962 was unveiled, signed by the ‘Beach Master’. It reports on page six that the author had…

Keystone XL Pipeline Proposal: A Step Backward A pipeline through our country to supply our need for crude oil is a backward concept, as we should be working toward a clean renewable energy source. Our current reliance on crude oil has us in a panic to find ways to obtain this crude oil with cheaper and easier methods. The Keystone XL Pipeline Plan will not be a cheap and easy way to obtain more fossil fuel and it will cause more damage to our environment and climate as well as harm our safety…

Great Pyramid of Giza - the only pyramid with ascending and descending passes. One can not be isolated in its design it is a huge descent, called the "big gallery". At its end is a narrow passage that leads to the "king room", where the walls are decorated with polished granite. Scientists believe that the "room of the King" was a triumph of Egyptian geometry, because, according to their calculations, it was built in proportion to the golden section. The sarcophagus is made of red granite…

Graniteville an Important Wild West Town: Bibliography on Graniteville During the Gold Rush There is a story that says “two Miners were able to get 17,000 dollars worth of gold in only 7 days” (PBS). In the 1800’s Gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which Created a surge of people want to come in the search for the gold filled quartz veins. Graniteville stands as a notable example of the Wild West. “Gold was discovered in Sacramento in…

According to the film “Nova: The Vikings”, produced by PBS, trade played an important role in Viking expansion into the world. As Vikings learned of new places and treasures that were not well guarded they began to raid. The site of Birka was an early Viking trade center that was occupied for hundreds of years. It was one of the busiest and richest seaports in Scandinavia that connected the Vikings with much of Eastern Europe. Archaeological evidence from the site indicates that Birka housed…

years. As the son of the great pharaoh Khafre he built his pyramid beside his fathers and included a satellite pyramid for his wife Khamerenebty II, who was also his sister. He named his pyramid “Menkaure the divine.” On January 18, 1910 excavations directed by archaeologist George Reisner at the Valley Temple of the pyramid of Menkaure at Giza revealed heads of a statue. Once the statue was completely freed it revealed a slate carving of the Pharaoh Menkaure and his Queen. Standing at…

Uaxactun is a sacred place of the ancient mayan people. Located in northern guatemala it was first explored by American archaeologists in 1916. The excavations at the temple pyramids of Uaxactun significantly furthered our understanding of ancient mayan civilization. The scholarly article Multispectral imaging of an Early Classic Maya codex fragment from Uaxactun, Guatemala by Nicholas P. Carter & Jeffrey Dobereiner outlines the process of analyzing small fragments of a codex from an ancient…

canyon was carved. (Douglass) Another factor that contributed to the formation of the Grand Canyon includes change in climate. After the ice age began to recede about 2 million years ago, melting snow from the Rocky Mountains began to speed the excavation of the canyon. The climate was also producing a large amount of precipitation, which led to the increase in runoff and the significant erosion capabilities of the Colorado River. (Stanley) Another weathering force, which expanded the canyon…

the mind capabilities to see the change of natural selection. Natural selection happens very slowly that we cannot see it. On the Origin of Species explain that geologists had a hard time to believe that the formation of lines on inland cliffs and excavation of valleys were from the slow actions of coastal waves. Just as coastal waves slowly form landscape creations, so does natural selection with organisms. The change of organisms is complete after we look back again, thus naturalist believing…

lifted the rivets (1965-1967) so he could have another archaeologist named Paul Ashbee to excavate the fabric of the ship (1967-1971). They made a plaster cast of the ship which is now stored by the British Museum. The excavations were done answer questions about Basil Browns excavations and to find out the relationship of the ship to the burial trench. Chemical tests were also taken to see if there were any remains of the body. what was done by the British museum was investigations of…