I was neither at a project site, nor was I with a shovel digging, however I found that a neighborhood had a certain characteristic that told the history... it's not exactly archaeology but it is a story of that anthropology through observing the characteristics, which I might assume is a creationism vs. a history in question. It might be a civil engineering project to observe the characteristics pertinent to the Canal that forms a water body in the middle of the hottest American deserts of Metropolis Phoenix, Arizona.
While on a superior level; the patterns of history are sometimes mitigated by other fields of history, that when observed from such perspective one may see an origin. Ie. A Dinosaur Bone is hypothetically a Dinosaur Bone; however, whenst the creator may manifest flesh and bone, perhaps a part of a plight of a sentient being at another level exists there.
I had seen that a neighborhood in Phoenix seemed as though it was assembled and then disarrayed. In the assembled function of the block, I saw a sort of 'Tibeto-Nepal-Bhutto' function of a series of buildings. I did not conduct any research of city documents, it just became very prevalent that that function was there. Rudely "idealized", but idyllically cast such as a Cog on a Horse Drawn Carriage.
In a prior year, several years before, I had been wandering along similar grounds with fewer buildings and picked up mica chips from time to time. Mind you the discovery was during my stay at what resembles an Arizona ghost town in the city center.
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Refugio Rochin P.E., M.ASCE
Asst. Eng.1
Naxutl, Inc.
Albuquerque NM
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-03-2021 08:34 PM
From: Jameelah Ingram
Subject: Archaeological Discoveries Anyone?
I am captivated by the history around me in the ASCE National Capital Section, and there is an archaeological area of interest on my current project. There are also five National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks (NHCELs) in the DC/MD/VA region. (You can find a listing here: https://asce-ncs.org/index.php/committees/history-heritage/237-the-historic-civil-engineering-landmark-program.)
This leaves me to wonder if any ASCE members have an archaeological story to share! Have you been involved in a project where a historical object was uncovered during construction? What measures did the project take thereafter? Or, have you heard of any interesting archaeological finds on other civil engineering projects?
I look forward to hearing your experiences!
Thank you for your time,
Jameelah
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Jameelah Ingram, P.E., M.ASCE
Washington, D.C.
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