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... Early Cretaceous time of deposition of the Trinity Group . The sand concentrations evident along the northwest margin of the map area of Figure 3 obviously record the shifting positions of beaches . Although erosion has stripped Early ...
... Early Cretaceous time of deposition of the Trinity Group . The sand concentrations evident along the northwest margin of the map area of Figure 3 obviously record the shifting positions of beaches . Although erosion has stripped Early ...
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... early Christian Era and earlier ; surviving examples include the city of Pompeii ( 1st century AD ) and the even earlier Minoan sites on the island of Crete . Such ancient communities provided for conveying away roof water and rainwater ...
... early Christian Era and earlier ; surviving examples include the city of Pompeii ( 1st century AD ) and the even earlier Minoan sites on the island of Crete . Such ancient communities provided for conveying away roof water and rainwater ...
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... early settlers , Henry Francis Fynn and Na- thanial Isaacs , became fluent Zulu linguists , and most of what is known of early Nguni history stems from their writings . In 1827 Nandi died , and with his mother's death Shaka became ...
... early settlers , Henry Francis Fynn and Na- thanial Isaacs , became fluent Zulu linguists , and most of what is known of early Nguni history stems from their writings . In 1827 Nandi died , and with his mother's death Shaka became ...
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