Word: plateau
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...German archaeologist, Dr. Contra Schick, which have been placed on exhibition in the Palestinian room and in the hall of the top floor. One, the copy of the Haramesh-Sherif at Jerusalem, which is the result of actual measurements and careful observation, represents the present condition of the plateau where once stood the ancient Temple of Solomon, and also shows the Mosque of Omar, which, it is believed, occupies the site of Solomon's altar of burnt offerings. Another model is a representation of the Temple of Herod which was destroyed in the year 70 A. D. Although this...
Professor Davis and J. W. Goldthwait '02 described the expedition of a party from the University which left Cambridge shortly after Commencement for the plateau north of the Colorado canon in Arizona and Southern Utah. This party was composed of Professor Davis, E. V. Huntington 3G., J. W. Goldthwait '02, and Messrs. G. B. Dorr '74 of Boston and A. Cobb of Newton. For two nights the party camped on the esplanade or platform in Colorado canon about 1500 feet below the plateau and 3500 feet above the river. The members spent most of their time in studying the great...
After the party reaches Arizona, it is expected that a special excursion will be made to the western part of the Colorado Canyon, but the greater part of the time will be given to the study of faulted structures along the boundary between the plateau province of Arizona and the region of the desert ranges to the west. The party will return in September...
...meeting of the Geological Conference last night Professor Davis gave an account of his excursion to the region of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River last June in company with Professor Dodge of Columbia and Dr. Gregory of Yale. The party entered the plateau region at Flagstaff station on the south and spent twenty-two days in camp, travelling in wagons and on horseback at an average rate of twenty-five miles a day. They crossed the Colorado at Lee's Ferry and went out on the north at Milford...
...Dutton, Professor Davis says it is still a rich field for the investigator. An advanced student in geology might make a good name for himself by preparing a thesis on the deformed and fractured structure along the great Hurricane Ledge, or on the igneous rocks of the Ninkaret Plateau...