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short little article, but cool for archaeologist to discover more about the second oldest profession.

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https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-art-of-the-roman-surveyors-emerges-from-newly-discovered-pavements-in-pompeii/


 
Posted : December 4, 2019 4:52 pm
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Do you think these marks might be for calibration of the instruments?


 
Posted : December 4, 2019 5:45 pm
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Possibly.  They could have been reference points to layout homes and walls.  Really cool they found some old monuments.


 
Posted : December 4, 2019 6:03 pm
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Pompeii, Timgad are examples of the model cities the Romans created using a basic model at the height of the empire.?ÿ

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https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/194

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Posted : December 4, 2019 6:16 pm
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I always thought that the world's second oldest profession was toolmaking? Second only to the "entrepreneurial endeavours" of the female variety?

Full disclosure though, I am the son of a toolmaker. So I might be a bit biased. Having said that, if I were thrust back into prehistoric times, I'd want a Swiss Army knife before I'd want a Total Station.


 
Posted : December 13, 2019 2:47 pm

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I always say that surveying is really the oldest profession.


 
Posted : December 13, 2019 3:30 pm