Archaeological and Mining Activities

Scenes from excavation and mining operations, focusing on craftsmen transporting materials and researchers at archaeological sites. Diverse labor in resource extraction.

South Africa, Craftsman, transporting clay in wheel barrow

South Africa, Craftsman, transporting clay in wheel barrow

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Valley of the Kings. Active archaeological dig site, archeologist working near tomb site.

A man is working in the saline pools at a salt mining operation in Zapotitlan de las Salinas, in the state of Puebla, Mexico.

Airman 1st Class Jose Vargas, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels system maintenance apprentice, focuses while he cuts through a pipe Feb. 6, 2024 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Vargas cut through the pipe in order to remove it from the ditch and identify the problem with his team. Air Force

South America, Argentina, Province Jujuy, Tilcara. Traditional adobe making (brick making out of soil) for house construction in the North of Argentina

Brazil, Serra Pelada, Gold Miners Panning For Gold.

Preparation for sowing of OGM Corn in spring France

open-cast gold mine 1994 with workers serra pelada, para, northern brazil

Navajo workers preserving ruins at Chetro Ketl in Chaco Culture National Historical Park; New Mexico, United States of America

Female construction worker in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia, PublicGround, Asia

Man harvesting asparagus, Poigern, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Workers maintaining stonework Eagles and Jaguars platform, Chichen Itza, Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico.

Workers repair and restore Worli Fort in Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Manual operations tile Yunnan China

Cusco District, Peru. Man working the Maras Salt Mine evaporation pools.

Cave excavators working at a dig site in Unicorn Cave in Germany; Germany

Man working tools concrete gloves outside hot summer day

Young men making adobe bricks by hand.

Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, worker disinfecting Mao Mao's coffin after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Child workers in a carpentry workshop in Bukavu, DRC

Sculptor cutting stone sculpture, Yesemek Sculpture Project, Gaziantep, Turkey

Workers repairing stone retaining wall, ladakh, jammu & kashmir, india, asia Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Morocco, Fes, Chouwara Tanneries. Stripping Fleece From Skins Before Dyeing.

Workers are lifting concrete curb. Concrete kerb installation at sidewalk edging. Sidewalk replacement Workers are lifting concrete curb. Concrete kerb installation at sidewalk edging. Sidewalk replacement. Copyright: xZoonar.com/OvchinnikovaxOlgax 9923862

Workers repair and restore Worli Fort in Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Archaeologists at work Chichen Itza, Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico.

Artisan gold mining, Mongolia

Asia, China, Suzhou. Coolies unloading rock, Grand Canal Bridge

bulldozer detail

Bricklayers working on the construction of a house, Sinchaj, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

A790801 U12G NUTCRACKER J BOYES(Project Engineer) OCT 30 79EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/30/1979 BOYES, JOHN; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; G-TUNNEL; HARD HATS; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUTCRACKER; OVERALLS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Construction waste with pipes and bricks on disturbed soil, in South Korea

Europe, Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Water and natural gas supply for house building

Road construction workers share a joke as they dig the road to lay an underground drainage pipeline in Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Bricklayers working on the construction of a house, Sinchaj, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Córdoba, 04/06/2021. Archaeological excavation in the Patio de los Naranjos of the Cathedral Mosque, where it seems that a Christian building prior to the Mosque has been discovered. Photo: Valerio Merino ARCHCOR.

Organic farming workers in a Vermi Compost Yard at Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Archaeologists at work Chichen Itza, Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico, Central America

Man kneeling and laying cobbles on inset in paved patio

Small Bulldozer Digging In Yard For Pool Installation

Worker laying brick wall with cement

manual drainage of water well, Patxot village, Guatemala, Central America.

Dredgerschafel 2 dredgerschaufel 2 copyright: xzoonar.com/martinaxbergx 6632071

manual drainage of water well, Patxot village, Guatemala, Central America

ROTA, Spain (Oct. 11, 2015) Builder Constructionman Sean Rodriguez, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, shovels out a trench for utilities pipes on Naval Station Rota, Spain. The trench is for a shipboard electronic systems evaluation facilities project that will provide test and evaluation services to U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command activities as well as allied foreign navies.

Harvesters harvesting asparagus in a field at Philfruits agribusiness in the Rhone Valley, Riddes, Valais, Switzerland

South America, Argentina, Province Salta, Iruya. Traditional adobe making (brick making out of soil) for house construction in the North of Argentina

ARCHÄOLOGIE BULGARIEN Archaeologists working at excavation site. Copyright: xZoonar.com/AntonxChalakovx 22558954

Balti villagers & LEDeG building micro-hydro power unit. Bartu, Phulangpa valley, Suru valley, Kargil district, Western Ladakh, Jammu&Kashmir, India. Balti villagers & LEDeG (Ladakh Ecological Development Group) engineer mixing concrete (note two-men-shovelling) and laying base for powerhouse of MHPU (micro-hydro power unit) project.

Renovation work at Patara's ancient Lycian ruins, Patara, near Kas.; Patara, Kas, Anatolia, Turkey.

Silos ibéricos, excavaciones en Montjuïc, Barcelona, año 1988.

Atapuerca Sites (Burgos), 06/19/2008. In the image, the deposit in "Gran Dolina", level TD10.

Bricklayers working on the construction of a house, Sinchaj, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

DA-SC-88-01646. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipes being installed for rainwater harvesting system at new home construction. System is gravity based and relies on a 2% grade to carry captured water to cisterns or rain barrels in backyard. Los Angeles, California, USA

Archaeologists at work Chichen Itza, Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico, Central America

LAO - VIENTIANE LA COMPROMISEMême si elle se rapproche du million dhabitants, Vientiane a encore les allures dune bourgade à côte des mégapoles des pays voisins telles que Bangkok ou Ho-Chi-Minh Ville. Cela nempêche pas la capitale laotienne de rêver du même destin. La culture ancestrale du Laos, étroitement liée au culte bouddhique, se veut sans vains désirs ni ambitions démesurées. Aujourdhui, la rupture est totale et Vientiane en est lillustration. La croissance exponentielle du pays est principalement due aux investissements étrangers, avec en première ligne la Chine, qui viennent puiser dans les nombreuses ressources naturelles du pays, notamment dans les secteurs miniers, forestiers et hydroélectriques.Ainsi, avec la mondialisation qui entraine luniformisation des modes de vie et ces nouvelles richesses qui sont créées, les habitants de la capitale aspirent à un nouveau destin. Tours de verre, centre commerciaux, parcs dattraction, restaurants et cafés branchés commenc

Worker making bricks in brick factory, Morocco

UBTEC NGO in a village near Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso. Watering hole.

Junge Maenner arbeitetn auf einer Baustelle in Nigeria, 06.02.2024. Gwantu Nigeria *** Young men working on a construction site in Nigeria, 06 02 2024 Gwantu Nigeria Copyright: xUtexGrabowsky/PhotothekMediaLabx

PALAWAN, Philippines (Feb. 6, 2013) Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and Republic of Philippines Navy Seabees work together to finish placing concrete for footers and grade beams of a new school building. The NMCB 5 Construction Civic Activity Detail (CCAD) Philippines is constructing a two-classroom masonry building for the Aplaya Elementary School. Seabees conduct CCAD operations like this one in order to demonstrate U.S. commitment, develop enduring relationships, improve public infrastructure for the delivery of essential services, and strengthen local institutions with host and partner nations around the world.

community construction of drinking water pipes, Xullmal, Guatemala, Central America.

A man is working in the saline pools at a salt mining operation in Zapotitlan de las Salinas, in the state of Puebla, Mexico.

Morocco, Fez tannery. Hides of goats, sheep, cows, and camel are processed. Dye ingredients of this odorous process include pigeon excrement, cow urine, oils, chromium salts, and sulfuric acids. (Editorial Use Only)

Germany, Munich, View of demolishing house

A man on the oil pressing mill regulating flow of mustard seeds Rajasthan India Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

community construction of drinking water pipes, Xullmal, Guatemala, Central America.

Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) enclosure rebuilt by workers after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Construction of a drinking well at the dacha

Luftaufnahme des Baggers als beweglicher Teil des Schiffsbettes Above view, excavator is struggling, try to pulls out part of old freight vessel, barge, from rivers coast, cassation, dismantling ship in pieces, cut out rusty metal for scarp, recycling. Copyright: xZoonar.com/kadarjan_romanyahoo.comx 22382340

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Concrete Drainage Pipe on a Construction Site .Concrete pipe stacked sewage water system aligned on site,illustrative editorial

manual drainage of water well, Patxot village, Guatemala, Central America.

Farmer Buries A Dead Chicken In A Safe Way During An Outbreak Of Bird Flu Or H5N1; Yangon, Burma

Patxot, Guatemala, America Central.

A822057 UE16B HEGF JERRY CUDERMAN (Project Engineer) OCT 27 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/27/1982 CRANES, LIFTING (INDUSTRIAL); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); GAS FRAC; GAS FRACTURE; GAS FRACTURE EQUIPMENT; GAS FRACTURE PIPE; HEGF; HEGF EQUIPMENT; HIGH ENERGY GAS FRAC; HIGH ENERGY GAS FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; PIPES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; UE16B-HEGF historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

220411-N-OT701-1097 WAIANAE, Hawaii (April 11, 2022) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) contractors pour concrete during the final phase of an equipment removal project at Nanakuli Beach Park. The final phase of the three-phase project focuses on removing a 20-inch conduit and the top portions of three manhole/vaults, then laying colored cement over the remaining conduit trench and matching the natural rock color and surface height.

Bonita Springs, FL, USA - (Oct. 20, 2022) - Southern Baptist Convention volunteers and partners, Texas Baptist Men, assist survivor by removing flooring and walls that were damaged during Hurricane Ian.Austin Boone/FEMA

Agriculture asparagus harvest in Mutterstadt, Palatinate

South America, Argentina, Province Jujuy, Tilcara. Traditional adobe making (brick making out of soil) for house construction in the North of Argentina

Germany, Bavaria, Man in protective wear spilling sand on sand dune

A770227 MESA AZ TALLEY #1 MCEWEN(Project Engineer) FEB 1 77EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/1/1977 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MESA, AZ; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; TALLEY #1; TEST SITES; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Construction workers plastering building wall using cement plaster

Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipes being installed for rainwater harvesting system at new home construction. System is gravity based and relies on a 2% grade to carry captured water to cisterns or rain barrels in backyard. Los Angeles, California, USA

Plumber Applying Glue To PVC Pipe At Construction Site.

Men building a house, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

community construction of drinking water pipes, Xullmal, Guatemala, Central America.

Miners carrying sulfur rocks in Ijen Crater, East Java, Indonesia (Large format sizes available)

Man carrying raft through construction site of Dam 5 of Nam Ou River, Phongsaly, Laos

A man cuts bark off a tree stump with an axe; West Bengal, India

China, Sichuan, Chengdu, Construction Site. Looking Down On Workers Stacking Bricks And Moving Rubble.

110617-N-ZZ999-001DILI, Timor-Leste (June 17, 2011) Sapper Benjamin Macpherson of the Australian Army and Steelworker 2nd Class Jessie Majoy level a cinderblock at a GMT engineering civil action project as part of Pacific Partnership. Pacific Partnership is a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that completed its mission in Tonga and Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea, and will visit Timor Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

Field worker cutting teleskin bushes which are used as heating fuel, sitting in front of his shelter, Pamir region, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia

Great River Road - Archaeological Excavation. Archaeological resources are plentiful throughout Wisconsin's Great River Road corridor - with 33 archaeological sites currently listed in the National Register. Wisconsin

Africa - Egypt - Luxor - Valley of the Kings - Workers continue to excavate tomb ruins from the rich valley

Tree cutter or Lumberjack logger worker man with chainsaw cutting green firewood timber natural trees in forest.

New Orleans, Louisiana, September 18, 2005, City of New Orleans workers repair water mains and a fire hydrant in east New Orleans three weeks after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. On a lawn in the background, a rusted car sits on its roof where flood waters left it.

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