17 June, 2009

When on Google Earth 49

Welcome to When on Google Earth 49 , or how to waste your life on the Internet, hosted by Theoretical Structural Archaeology, this one is for the fans; good luck.




Since nobody got it after the first clue, and following in the footsteps of my esteemed predecessor Alun, I am going to give you a wider view. Come on, think laterally.
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

#
Host:
Victor:
Site:
Period:
1
Chuck Jones
Takht-i Jamshid / Persepolis terrace, Iran
Achaemenid period
2
PDD
Church of Saint Simeon at Qalat Siman, Syria
5th-6th c. CE
2.1
Paul Zimmerman
Qal’at al-Bahrain
16th c. CE
3
Heather Baker
Baraqish (Yathill), Yemen
Minaean
4
Jason Ur
Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan
ca. 2600-1900 BCE
5
Dan Diffendale
Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico
1st-5th centuries CE
6
Claire of Geevor Mine
Segontium, Caernarfon, Wales
77ish to about 390 CE
7
Ivan Cangemi
Carn Euny, UK
ca. 500 BCE-100 CE
8
Southie Sham
Monks Mound (Cahokia), IL, USA
fl. 1050-1200
9
Dan Diffendale
Gergovia, France
fl. 1st c. BCE
10
Dorothy King
Kastro Larissa/Argos, Greece
ca. 1100 CE
11
Daniel Pett
Utica, Tunisia
8th century BCE–until 2nd Century CE
12
Neil Silberman
Caesarea Maritima, Israel
1st century CE–Present
13
Chuck Jones
Graceland, Memphis, TN, USA
1939 CE–Present
14
Aphaia
Bam Citadel, Iran
pre-6th century BC–19th century CE
15
Daniel Pett
Myrina, Lemnos, Greece
Classical Greek–present
16
Paul Barford
Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka
1st century BCE
17
Scott McDonough
Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt
Ptolemaic, Mamluk
18
Lindsay Allen
Ani, Turkey
Medieval, 10th-14th centuries CE
19
Heather in Vienna
South Shields, England, UK
Roman Imperial
20
Scott McDonough
Suomenlinna/Sveaborg fortress, Helsinki, Finland
1748-present
21
Chuck Jones
Derbent, Republic of Dagestan
Sasanian-present
22
Paul Barford
Amphitheatre of Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary
Roman
23
Geoff Carter
The Cursus, (Stonehenge) Wiltshire
Neolithic
24
Ferhan Sakal
The Heuneburg, South Germany
Iron Age
25
Lindsay Allen
Sura, Syria
Roman
26
Andrea Kay
Bannerman Castle, Hudson River, US
C20th
27
David Powell
Taposiris Magna, Alexandria, Egypt
C1st bce
28
Billy
Ross Abbey, Galway, Ireland
Medieval
29
Geoff Carter
Great Zimbabwe, Africa
C11th – 14th ce
30
Heather
Elsdon Castle, England
C11th – 12th ce
31
Geoff Carter
Volubilis, Morocco
Roman
32
Paul Barford
Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia
C15th – 6th bce
33
Ferhan Sakal
Arkona, Germany
Medieval
34
Heather
Arslantepe, Turkey
Chalcolithic – Byzantine
35
Ferhan Sakal
Mahabodhi Temple Complex, India
3rd century B.C. – 6th CE
36
Billy
Borobudur, Buddhist shrine, Indonesia
9th century B.C. – 6th CE
37
Ferhan Sakal
Browns Island, New Zealand
c. 13th century – 1820
38
Andrea Kay
Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn, Oman
3rd millennium B.C.
39
Matt B.
Serabit el-Khadim, Egypt
2nd millennium B.C.
40
Andrea Kay
Valsgärde grave field, Sweden
Swedish Vendel /Iron Age
41
Lindsay Allen
Siwa oasis, Egypt
fourth century B.C. -Roman
42
David Gill
Castle of Pont Steffan, Wales, UK
Medieval
43
Nigel
Hay Castle, Wales, UK
12th century
44
Heather
Olympos, Turkey
Hellenistic – Roman
45
Ferhan Sakal
Carnuntum, Austria
Roman
46
Troels Myrup
Knossos, Greece
Bronze Age
47
Alun Salt
Aggersborg
Viking
48Alun SaltGeoff CarterMarsala, Sicillia.Punic/Roman
49 Matt BSpringfield Lyons, UKLBA (/Saxon)
50

4 comments:

Geoff Carter said...

It's bedtime in sunny,(!!)England so you can have another clue, don't stay up all night.

Matt B. said...

It's the late Bronze Age enclosure at Springfield Lyons near Chelmsford in Essex.

Geoff Carter said...

Well done Matt
It is the Springfield Lyons LBA enclosure, (as featured in my previous post!), I was going to give the clue: “Where Homer gets his cakes” next.

So it's over to you . . .

Matt B. said...

Thanks Geoff.
I had scoured half of England for enclosures and hillforts before I notice you had said that this one was for the fans which meant I'd probably find the answer inside your blog.

WOGE 50 is up at
Matt's WOGE: When on google Earth 50