26 April, 2009

When on Google Earth 24

As the winner of the puzzle set by Paul Barford:
it falls to me to set this When on Google Earth, no clues, it only makes it more frustrating, - Good luck all


The Rules of When on Google Earth are as follows:
Q: What is When on Google Earth?
A: It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!

Q: How do you play it?
A: Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.

Q: Who wins?
A: The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.

Q: What does the winner get?
A: The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!

Previous winners:

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Host:

Victor:

Site:

Period:

1

Shawn Graham

Chuck Jones

Takht-i Jamshid / Persepolis terrace, Iran

Achaemenid period

2

Chuck Jones

PDD

Church of Saint Simeon at Qalat Siman, Syria

5th-6th c. CE

2.1

Chuck Jones

Paul Zimmerman

Qal’at al-Bahrain

16th c. CE

3

Paul Zimmerman

Heather Baker

Baraqish (Yathill), Yemen

Minaean

4

Heather Baker

Jason Ur

Mohenjo Daro,

ca. 2600-1900 BCE

5

Jason Ur

Dan Diffendale

Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico

1st-5th centuries CE

6

Dan Diffendale

Claire of Geevor Mine

Segontium, Caernarfon, Wales

77ish to about 390 CE

7

Claire of Geevor Mine

Ivan Cangemi

Carn Euny

ca. 500 BCE-100 CE

8

Ivan Cangemi

Southie Sham

Monks Mound (Cahokia), IL, USA

fl. 1050-1200

9

Southie Sham

Dan Diffendale

Gergovia

fl. 1st c. BCE

10

Dan Diffendale

Dorothy King

Kastro Larissa/Argos, Greece

ca. 1100 CE

11

Dorothy King

Daniel Pett

Utica, Tunisia

8th century BCE–until 2nd Century CE

12

Daniel Pett

Neil Silberman

Caesarea Maritima, Israel

1st century CE–Present

13

Neil Silberman

Chuck Jones

Graceland, Memphis, TN, United States

1939 CE–Present

14

Chuck Jones

Aphaia

Bam Citadel, Iran

pre-6th century BC–19th century CE

15

Aphaia

Daniel Pett

Myrina, Lemnos, Greece

Classical Greek–present

16

Daniel Pett

Paul Barford

Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka

1st century BCE

17

Paul Barford

Scott McDonough

Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt

Ptolemaic, Mamluk

18

Scott McDonough

Lindsay Allen

Ani, Turkey

Medieval, 10th-14th centuries CE

19

Lindsay Allen

Heather in Vienna

South Shields, England, UK

Roman Imperial

20

Heather in Vienna

Scott McDonough

Suomenlinna/Sveaborg fortress, Helsinki, Finland

1748-present

21

Scott McDonough

Chuck Jones

Derbent, Republic of Dagestan


Sasanian-present

22

Chuck Jones

Paul Barford

Amphitheatre of Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary

Roman

23

Paul Barford

Geoff Carter

The Cursus, (Stonehenge) Wiltshire

Neolithic

24

Geoff Carter

Ferhan Sakal

The Heuneburg, South Germany

Iron Age

25

Ferhan Sakal

11 comments:

Paul Barford said...

Phew, I thought it was going to be a posthole cluster somewhere.

Geoff Carter said...

. . . there may be lots of postholes there, or fewer than might be expected, - I had thought of posting Woodhenge - but I would have insisted on a correct interpretation! (it’s a building).

Ferhan Sakal said...

Hi there! It's the citadel of Heuneburg, one of the important Early Celtic sites in Central Europe, which is located in Herbertingen, Baden Württemberg, Germany.

The site was founded around 15th century BCE, but the Early Celtic period is the famous one, the time between the 7th to 5th centuries BCE.
Very unusual is the about 4 m high mud-brick wall of the citadel (around 600 BCE), which has no parallels north of the Alps. It's an imitation contemporary walls in the Mediterranean region.

Geoff Carter said...

Congratulations you win!
And good luck with next one

The solution to When on Google earth 24 is indead the Heuneburg Hill Fort, situated on a spur overlooking the Danube in Southern Germany.

Its most prominent phase of occupation was Late Hallstatt Iron Age C6th bce, and its initial occupation was in the middle Bronze Age Urnfield period.

It also provides an excellent illustration of the first millennium bce change from post and lintel architecture to the use of load baring walls, - just to get postholes in somewhere.

Charles Ellwood Jones said...

And make sure you post a notice here of where it is!

Vincent said...
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Vincent said...

Hi Geoff, congratulations on winning the last "When on Google Earth 24".

Ferhan Sakal said...

Here is WOGE 25, have fun!
http://ferhans.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-on-google-earth-25.html

Geoff Carter said...

Trails has got as far as: WOGE 27

http://woge27.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-on-google-earth-27.html#comments

Geoff Carter said...

When on Google Earth 28 is at:
http://studenda.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-on-google-earth-28.html

Geoff Carter said...

WOGE 29 at:
http://mooregroup.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/when-on-google-earth-29/