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Taken together with the bones, however—and with some help from modern technology—these earthen imprints give a holistic picture of the prehistoric creatures that sashayed along in their heyday, oblivious to the puny mammals of the future who would gawk at their footprints millions of years later.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
The builders were tasked with fashioning earthen barriers capable of diverting lava-sludge from any structures in its path.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
In May, excavators began reducing the earthen formation scoop by scoop, loading the soil into oversize trucks that would return it to the pit it was taken from decades ago.
—Jeff Moag, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
Now, that last remaining earthen structure, Sugarloaf Mound, is closer to being back in the hands of the Osage Nation.
—Jim Salter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
The builders were tasked with fashioning earthen barriers capable of diverting lava-sludge from any structures in its path.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
In May, excavators began reducing the earthen formation scoop by scoop, loading the soil into oversize trucks that would return it to the pit it was taken from decades ago.
—Jeff Moag, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
Now, that last remaining earthen structure, Sugarloaf Mound, is closer to being back in the hands of the Osage Nation.
—Jim Salter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Earthen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthen. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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