Archaeological Science

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Across
  1. 2. "Stonehenge is not just a ‘stone circle’ but is structurally quite complex. There is an outer circle of massive ‘sarsen’ stones: uprights and cross-pieces, weighing anything up to 50 tonnes, collected from the Marlborough Downs about 25 miles away."
  2. 5. "Based on animal bone findings, nutritional data, and other discoveries at this workers' town site, the archaeologists estimate that more than 4,000 pounds of meat — from cattle, sheep and goats — were slaughtered every day, on average, to feed the pyramid builders."
  3. 6. "Most important is that stone tools provide evidence about the technologies, dexterity, particular kinds of mental skills, and innovations that were within the grasp of early human toolmakers."
  4. 7. Islamic state."
  5. 8. "The official report of the dating process, written by the people who performed the sampling, states that the sample "came from a single site on the main body of the shroud away from any patches or charred areas."
  6. 9. "Identify areas of high probability based on proximity to water. For these projects I am using some shortcuts rather than a detailed archaeological probability model. For most of Minnesota, 80-90% of the known archaeological sites are within 200 meters of a perennial water source."
  7. 10. "...in other words, the viewer has a three dimensional perspective of the terrain."
Down
  1. 1. "Many, though not all, Bronze Age cultures flourished in prehistory. Some cultures developed extensive written records during their Bronze Ages."
  2. 3. "However, the earliest declarations of Islam are to be found on media produced by the
  3. 4. "Google often put up cloud-free imagery from very dry times of the year – the worst conditions for recognising [buried] archaeological remains..." [8,7]