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  • 1Mountaintop removal mining — Mountaintop removal site Mountaintop removal in Martin County, Kentucky M …

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  • 2Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …

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  • 3Excavation (archaeology) — The term archaeological excavation has a double meaning.# Excavation is the best known and most commonly used within the science of archaeology. In this sense it is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. # The term is… …

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  • 4Stone Picker — tone Picker(From article List of agricultural machinery)A Stone Picker, also known as a Rock Picker, is a farm implement usually pulled behind a tractor, used to remove the top layer of soil to separate rocks and soil debris from good topsoil. A… …

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  • 5mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 6river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …

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  • 7heavy oil and tar sand — Introduction       crude oils (crude oil) below 20° API gravity are usually considered to be heavy. The lighter conventional crudes are often waterflooded to enhance recovery. The injection of water into the reservoir helps to maintain reservoir… …

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  • 8Excavations at the Temple Mount — Excavations adjacent to Robinson s Arch Robinson s Arch …

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