ANTHRO 2AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ground-Penetrating Radar, Durrington Walls, Bluestonehenge
12 Feb 2018
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Following up on the near east war zone archaeological sites http://terrawatchers. org/# It"s an open source project that trains future space archaeologists (for free!) to document human and natural destruction on cultural heritage sites primarily in syria, iraq, and lebanon today. Using ground penetrating radar and 3-d laser mapping british scientists identified 17 new neolithic shrines throughout a 4. 5 square mile area around stonehenge, england. Woodhenge, durrington walls henge and residences excavated in 2007. On river avon several miles from stonehenge, beginning of path up to site. Bluestonehenge 3400-2200 bce excavations 2009 (continued: intensive survey: systematic, continued. Syrian bronze age trackways using false color photographs. The location of a human event, occupation, activity or building / structure where the location itself possesses historic, cultural or archaeological value. Usually defined by a fairly continuous distribution of remains. Degree of lessening of cultural material density horizontally (surface) and vertically (with excavation).
