- Look up
earthwork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Earthworks may
refer to:
Earthworks (archaeology), human-made
constructions that
modify the land...
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Earthworks are
engineering works created through the
processing of
parts of the earth's
surface involving quantities of soil or
unformed rock. An incomplete...
- world's
second longest man-made structure, as well as the most
extensive earthwork in the world, by the
Guinness Book of Records, 1974. The
walls may have...
-
Newark Earthworks in
Newark and Heath, Ohio,
consist of
three sections of
preserved earthworks: the
Great Circle Earthworks, the
Octagon Earthworks, and...
- archaeology,
earthworks are
artificial changes in land level,
typically made from
piles of
artificially placed or
sculpted rocks and soil.
Earthworks can themselves...
- railway, or
landscape and
garden improvements, or
surface drainage. The
earthworks created for such a
purpose are
often called the sub-grade or finished...
- A
terrace in
agriculture is a flat
surface that has been cut into
hills or
mountains to
provide areas for the
cultivation for crops, as a
method of more...
- The
Robert Morris Earthwork is a 1979
public art
earthworks installation in Seatac,
Washington by
Robert Morris. The area
surrounding the piece, a former...
- Land art,
variously known as
Earth art,
environmental art, and
Earthworks, is an art
movement that
emerged in the 1960s and 1970s,
largely ****ociated with...
- A
henge loosely describes one of
three related types of
Neolithic earthwork. The
essential characteristic of all
three is that they
feature a ring-shaped...
