{"id":3865,"date":"2010-11-15T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T15:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2010-11-15T10:23:47","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T15:23:47","slug":"archaeology-and-sea-level-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=3865","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology and Sea Level Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://theroyalstagproperties.com/area-attractions/">https://theroyalstagproperties.com/area-attractions/</a> Yesterday, Justin Gillis published an excellent front page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/14\/science\/earth\/14ice.html?_r=1&amp;hp\" target=\"_blank\">NYT article<\/a> on climate change and sea level rise. Of course, the tone wasn&#8217;t catastrophic enough for <a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2010\/11\/14\/sea-level-rise-planning-coastal-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\">this guy<\/a>, but he&#8217;s never happy unless the story pummels the reader into &#8220;hell and high water&#8221; submission.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/dental-check-up-in-las-vegas/"></a> Today, Gillis <a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/15\/roman-decadence-and-rising-seas\/\" target=\"_blank\">blogs<\/a> on an interesting side note to his main piece:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/endodontic-surgery/">Pregabalin 300Mg Buy Online</a> Archaeological discoveries that shed light on ancient sea level are  prized finds for the experts in this field. One of the most compelling  studies of recent years was carried out by an Australian scientist named <a href=\"http:\/\/people.rses.anu.edu.au\/lambeck_k\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Lambeck<\/a>, who worked with colleagues in Italy. They focused on ancient fish tanks built at the  edge of the Mediterranean by the Romans over the 300 years when their  civilization was at its height, ending in the second century A.D.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://theroyalstagproperties.com/our-team/">https://theroyalstagproperties.com/our-team/</a> These tanks were sometimes decorative, but mostly they were used as  storage pens to keep fish fresh for the lavish banquets that wealthy  Romans held in their seaside villas. The tanks, described in some detail  by Roman historians, have long fired the imaginations of classicists,  since they represent Roman civilization at its decadent height. The  tanks made an appearance in the popular Robert Harris novel &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/gst\/fullpage.html?res=9C00EEDB173CF932A15751C1A9659C8B63&amp;sec=&amp;pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Pompeii<\/a>,&#8221; for instance.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://forgive123.com/terms/">https://forgive123.com/terms/</a> The tanks were usually carved into rock at the edge of the shore and  constructed in such a way that some of their features bore precise  relationships to sea level at the time. For instance, walls and sluice  gates had to be built to let water into the tanks while keeping fish  from escaping at high tide. A few years ago, Dr. Lambeck, of the  Australian National University, and his team realized that these  features could be used to arrive at an estimate of sea level in the time  of the Romans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://blackhillsballoons.com/local-recommendations/">Buy Soma Overnight</a> Both pieces by Gillis are well worth reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 
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