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The Three Counties System became the longest cave in the UK when cavers succeeded in clearing a route through a boulder choke for 140 metres (460 ft) to connect two known cave systems, an exercise that took three years. [3] Boulder chokes can be hazardous, as unstable boulders can unexpectedly move, potentially crushing or trapping cavers. [4]
A request that this article title be changed to Fishing pole (chess) is under discussion. Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed. The Fishing Pole is a chess opening trap most common in the Ruy Lopez (especially in the Berlin Defence and Exchange Variations ), however, the trap can be used in any opening or in the middle ...
Caving in a muddy section of Black Chasm Cave in California Stephens Gap, a vertical cave in Alabama. Caving, also known as spelunking (United States and Canada) and potholing (United Kingdom and Ireland), is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves).
In March 2008, Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, undertook an exploration project in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site outside of Johannesburg, in order to map the known caves identified by him and his colleagues over the past several decades, and to place known fossil sites onto Google Earth so that information could be shared with colleagues. [1]
An archaeologist who specialises in the analysis of a particular type of find, e.g. medieval pottery or prehistoric worked flint. flotation Method of separating very small objects from excavated sediments using water. It is particularly important for the recovery of botanical remains and animal bones. [12] forensic archaeology
In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a bad move. [1] Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening, some traps have occurred often enough that they have acquired names.
Hidden Cave is an archaeological cave site located in the Great Basin near Fallon, Nevada, United States.It got its name from Mark Harrington, who first excavated the cave and had a hard time finding the entrance, who said at the time, "This is one hidden cave!"
The town council had plans to build a car park on the site, when the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit (KARU), led by Brian Philp, began to find Roman remains. After a convoluted battle with the council and the builders, the excavation was allowed to continue and a cover-building was built on the site by KARU while the car park was built ...