- 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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excavation Typical earthworks include road construction,
railway beds, causeways, dams, levees, canals, and berms.
Other common earthworks are land grading...
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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...
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Yorubaland for
example had
several sites surrounded by the full
range of
earthworks and
ramparts seen elsewhere, and
sited on ground. This
improved defensive...
- In
civil engineering, a cut or
cutting is
where soil or rock from a
relative rise is removed. Cuts are
typically used in road, rail, and
canal construction...
- railway, or
landscape and
garden improvements, or
surface drainage. The
earthworks created for such a
purpose are
often called the sub-grade or finished...
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Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is a
World Heritage Site in the
United States preserving eight monumental earthworks constructed by the
Hopewell Culture...
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Portsmouth Earthworks Tour The
Portsmouth Earthworks Complex Portsmouth Earthworks Complex Artifacts OHC
Portsmouth Earthworks The
Portsmouth Earthworks and...
- and
Summerfold Records.
Earthworks went
through several line-ups: in
addition to the band's
accomplishments as a unit,
Earthworks was a
training ground...
