From Popular Archaeology: Indeed, according to Collins, when comparing it with the remains of other nearby ancient cities, along with its prime location and dates of occupation, it emerges today as the best candidate for the lost city of Sodom -- the infamous city that, based on the Biblical account, was destroyed by God in a fiery cataclysm because of its iniquity.
There is much debate among historians and archaeologists concerning the dates of occupation of the Webster County village.
This arm will simply receive a letter, donor registration form and questions collecting demographic information (e.g., date-of-birth, gender, occupation and postcode for socio-economic status estimation).
It may have been while he was in Germany negotiating about Richard's ransom that he was named imperial chancellor of Burgundy, but as he was not named by that title until 1197, the exact date of his occupation of the office is unclear.
Key variables obtained included age, sex, address of residence, date of onset, occupation, MCV vaccination history, and measles-specific immunoglobulin (IgM) testing results.
Questions on other lifestyle factors related to health (smoking, alcohol consumption, and amount of exercise), date of birth, occupation, height and weight, and medical history (including illnesses related to the risk of cardiovascular disease and, for women, reproductive history) were also included.
Date of birth, occupation, complete address and phone number, full details of family doctor; previous medical history; general physical examination, including anthropometric features; first or second degree family history of cancer; number of pack-years of cigarettes; alcohol consumption; concomitant medications.
The principal phase of occupation dates to the Late Preclassic (400 BC – AD 200), followed by a decline in the Early Classic (AD 200 600).
Evidence of occupation dates back to prehistoric times, and the town site is scattered with Roman remains, such as the Roman villas at Somerdale which were discovered during the construction of the factory in 1922, and included the discovery of two stone coffins, a villa with nine intact panels of mosaic flooring at Durley Hill and a burial site between Keynsham and Saltford.
Radiocarbon measurement (C) dates the lowest layer of occupation to around 3980 ± 40 BP (personal communications; calibrated and measured by Wu Xiaohong, Head of the Laboratory of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Peking University), which is older than that of the Gumugou cemetery (dated to 3800).
Because written records were kept, the approximate dates of these two occupations may be calculated by correlating textual references to the names of Assyrian kings whose dates are already known.
