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Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b33ab179544320dfafce2/51767d10-cd55-44ad-a016-5559100f88cd/Figure+9.jpg All Projects - Pastoralist Settlement Ecology in Kazakhstan - Mobility This pathway map reflects the widest scale possibility for traveling across the landscape, provided good grass resources, and as pathways flow into one another (i.e. share a common track), the pathway is ranked as more likely (i.e. given a higher value). https://saielab.wustl.edu/all-projects/burial-excavation-at-begash monthly 0.5 2022-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b33ab179544320dfafce2/13f4bd3f-1120-4020-aff3-2afdedb6bcb6/DSC_0213.JPG All Projects - Settlement & Burial Excavations at Begash (completed 2006) - Make it stand out Dr. Alexei Mar’yashev, excavating a Bronze Age burial at Begash, 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b33ab179544320dfafce2/7b02f67b-80f2-4f95-98c6-b31942e4e0fd/DSC_0297.JPG All Projects - Settlement & Burial Excavations at Begash (completed 2006) - Make it stand out I am an image caption https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b33ab179544320dfafce2/467537b0-73ba-4099-acb7-eeeb68736bf2/Burial3adjust.jpg All Projects - Settlement & Burial Excavations at Begash (completed 2006) - Burial 1 The excavations of burial-1 were carried out from the 12th of July 2002, at the center of the Bronze Age cemetery. The excavation was oriented on a N-S axis, measuring 3.70 m from east to west, and 3.50 m from north to south. Cleaning the surface revealed an oval stone configuration with a diameter of 3.50 (east to west), made of large stones. Inside the stone formation were two stone cists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b33ab179544320dfafce2/6c70d508-78a3-4267-98e9-a29df07c6722/Br2.jpg All Projects - Settlement & Burial Excavations at Begash (completed 2006) - Burial 2 Burial-2 is located 22 m to the north of Burial-1, and excavation began on the 16th of July 2002. Before excavation the edges of a rectangular cist were visible on the surface, with an orientation along a north-south axis. 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