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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Such is the scenario proposed by Professor Marinatos, the autocratic old genius of Greek archaeology, who has spent the past four summers excavating the rich Minoan town that he discovered on Santorini. The site of his dig is shrouded in rosy dust, shaded by tin-roof sheds, and shielded by high fences. Situated on the southern horn of the main island in a spot sheltered from the sometimes blistering north wind, the site straddles a deep, dry gully. Marinates began his dig by tunneling through the pumice from the gully bed. "We hit the bull's-eye right away...
More and more companies are buying up giant tracts of wilderness or desert, subdividing them and launching hard-sell campaigns. The selling effort typically includes idyllic newspaper and magazine ads, mass telephoning, softening-up cocktail parties and din ners for prospective customers, paid transportation to the site, and even free green stamps just for showing up. Many developments are models of intelligent planning, from Titan Group's Yosemite Lakes Park in California to J.M. Huber Co.'s Beaver Cove on Maine's Moosehead Lake. But fraud and misrepresentation persist, and large swatches of unspoiled wilderness are being...
...women received several large donations for the purchase of a permanent center during the occupation. An ad hoc committee chose the present site last spring but zoning and insurance problems delayed purchase for nearly a year...
INTERPRETATION of the Winchester sites involved three processes fundamental to any excavation. The first consists of making a complete record of an individual site. At critical or conclusive stages, the site was photographed for documentation of the evidence. Actual digging produced finds for phasing. A phase is a group of layers which belong together chronologically. The relationship of these finds to a layer helps date the layer and suggests the chronological development of that structure or area being investigated...
...FINAL PROCESS is to correlate the first two types of evidence, and by doing so, further refine the chronological framework of the entire area under excavation. Every supervisor's study of his particular area is pooled to recognize the general layout and development of the whole site. The site is phased chronologically. This stage involves the most interpretation, and is left to professional supervisors. Evidence suggests theories and conclusions about historical occupation. Based on a complicated combination of topographical, documentary and archeological evidence, the findings and their interpretation are periodically prepared for publication. Biddle's seasonal reports have been...