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Paleontology is often tied to construction. A locale may require a paleontological survey during construction. So as the earth is dug up someone will be onsite
by jweir 10y ago
Paleontology is often tied to construction. A locale may require a paleontological survey during construction. So as the earth is dug up someone will be onsite to monitor for fossil remains.
If some are found then construction could be halted while the fossils are removed.
The same is also true of archaeology - you just don't usually need dig as deep to find artifacts.
- weberc2 10y agoOh, cool. I would have guessed it was inversely related to crop agriculture--the states with productive flat land seemed to have dramatically fewer finds than their rugged neighbors.