earthwork
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French artist Marguerite Humeau chose an unusual site for her 2023 earthwork “Orisons.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
“To be honest, it’s hard to evaluate that number,” he says of the study’s earthwork prediction.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023
Taking into account such variables as temperature, precipitation, soil type, and distance to bodies of water, the researchers estimate that 16,187 earthwork sites remain undiscovered in the Amazon rainforest, they report today in Science.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023
In 1971, she provided initial support for Charles Ross’ “Star Axis,” an 11-story earthwork, a naked-eye observatory designed to make the geometry of the stars feel close to Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2022
One of the mounds at Cahokia is believe to be the largest earthwork in the Americas to have been built before the European invasions.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 4
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Vocabulary from Readings, Unit 5
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