Because iron was a valuable commodity, and any worn out items were generally melted down and reused, it is difficult to locate clear archaeological evidence of the earliest horseshoes.

Because of this, Mecca has lost many thousand-year-old buildings and archaeological sites.

Because they were mostly recovered through inappropriate and unprofessional means, virtually all are without archaeological context, a fact which consistently lowers the quality of archaeological and culture-historical information they provide.

Because no literature of pre-Roman Britain has survived, its history, culture and way of life are known mainly through archaeological finds.

Because of the perceived discrepancy between the picture of the Hittites as developed in the Bible and the archaeological discoveries, some Biblical scholars reject Archibald Sayce's identification of the two peoples, and believe that the similarity in names is only a coincidence.

Because information is often decades old by the time it reaches other human settlements in a universe without faster-than-light travel, the crew does not realize it has been more than 15 years since Sylveste left Yellowstone to pursue archaeological work on Resurgam.

Because archaeological evidence suggests that ancient cultures were distinct and separate from more recent historic Native American cultures, academic accounts do not propose the Allegheny Nation built the Serpent Mound.

Because of its relative durability, pottery comprises a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it ( some 100, 000 vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum ), it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society.

Because most of Dartmoor was not ploughed during the historic period, the archaeological record is relatively easy to trace.

Because historical records had been destroyed when Washington, DC was burned during the War of 1812, in 1971 the city authorized limited archaeological excavation to establish the original dimensions of the fort.

Because of the high costs involved in some kinds of surveys, it is often helpful to use " predictive modelling " to narrow down the search for archaeological materials.

Because the meadow has never been ploughed, it contains well preserved archaeological remains, some of which survive as residual earthworks.

Because archaeological digs in Gujarat have also found ancient ports, the Kamboja – Dvaravati Route is viewed as the logical corridor for those trade items that reached the sea before traveling on east and west ..

Because the holes for the posts are easily detected in archaeological surveys they can be differentiated from the other two, even if none of the original post churches have survived.

Because these vary considerably, and because only a few sketches are known to have been drawn from live specimens, its exact appearance remains a mystery.

Because of this, the movement remains largely dominated by aging cadres from the pre-Oslo era of Palestinian politics.

Because of differences in molecular structure, the empirical formula remains different between hydrocarbons ; in linear, or " straight-run " alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, the amount of bonded hydrogen lessens in alkenes and alkynes due to the " self-bonding " or catenation of carbon preventing entire saturation of the hydrocarbon by the formation of double or triple bonds.

Because there seems to be no acceptable alternative available, political support for the much troubled TBS-system remains, in spite of the controversy.

Because the entire bolt remains in the finished garment without cutting, the kimono can be retailored easily to fit a different person.

Because of impurities, such as clay, sand, organic remains, iron oxide and other materials, many limestones exhibit different colors, especially on weathered surfaces.

Because of its altitude, the country remains cooler throughout the year than most other regions at the same latitude.

Because it requires no battery or other source of energy, the magneto is a compact and reliable self-contained ignition system, which is why it remains in use in many general aviation applications.

Because of Seneca Lake's great depth its temperature remains a near-constant.

Because of its scenes depicting intensely graphic violence, sadism, and sexual depravity, the movie was extremely controversial upon its release, and remains banned in several countries.

* Because of aggressive lobbying and the United States ' strong libertarian traditions, the Internet service provider industry remains relatively unregulated in comparison to other communications industries.

Because Yunus Emre is, after Ahmet Yesevi and Sultan Walad, one of the first known poets to have composed works in the spoken Turkish of his own age and region rather than in Persian or Arabic, his diction remains very close to the popular speech of his contemporaries in Central and Western Anatolia.

Because slate was formed in low heat and pressure, compared to a number of other metamorphic rocks, some fossils can be found in slate ; sometimes even microscopic remains of delicate organisms.

Because the drum carrying the letterforms ( characters ) remains in constant motion, the strike-and-retreat action of the hammers had to be very fast.

Because the temperature in the tropopause and lower stratosphere remains constant ( or slightly increases ) with increasing altitude, very little convective turbulence occurs at these altitudes.

Because flooded disaster sites are unstable, clean-up workers might encounter sharp jagged debris, biological hazards in the flood water, exposed electrical lines, blood or other body fluids, and animal and human remains.

Because like charges repel, the negatively charged toner will not touch the drum where the negative charge remains.

Because of the proximity to the sea, freezing temperatures are rare ; an average of 2. 9 days a year, and lasting frosts ( when the maximum temperature remains less or equal to zero ) are non-existent.

Because the clays release minerals and absorb other cations as part of the same process of cation exchange, it remains challenging to determine which function is the more important motivator in any given instance of avian geophagy.

Because the Act did not disturb existing private ownership of Indian reservation lands, it left reservations a checkerboard of tribal and fee land, which remains the case today.

Because it has a prophyll at the base of the pedicel it therefore would fall within section Crocus, although its exact relationship to the rest of the subgenus remains unclear.

Because no postcranial remains ( bones below the skull ) have been discovered, it is as of yet unknown whether Sahelanthropus tchadensis was indeed bipedal or two-footed, although claims for an anteriorly placed foramen magnum suggests that this may have been the case, some paleontologists have disputed this interpretation of the basicranium.

Because LGBT people have historically been marginalized as sexual minorities, coming out of the closet remains a challenge for most of the world's LGBT population and can lead to a backlash of heterosexist discrimination and homophobic violence.

Because no treatises on classical architecture survive earlier than that of Vitruvius, identification of such " meaning " in architectural elements as it was understood in the 5th and 4th centuries BC remains tenuous, though during the Renaissance it became part of the conventional " speech " of classicism.

Because of the gap in the written record between the disappearance around 1200 BC of Linear B and the earliest inscriptions in the later Greek alphabet around 750 BC, the further development of dialects remains opaque.

Because Bright's speeches were so much a part of him, there are long and numerous quotations, which, far from making the biography diffuse, help to give us the feel of the man.

Because God is what He is, the laws of the universe, material and spiritual, are what they are.

Because, honey, I thought silently, there are plenty of desert islands in every marriage -- long periods when you're hopelessly stranded, together.

Because administration of the forest highway system is a responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce with maintenance provided by the States and counties, this Development Program for the National Forests does not include estimates of the funds needed to maintain the forest highway system nor to construct the additions to it that are needed.

Because they are `` minority '' exercises and have but a limited appeal they soon find themselves in the limbo of the forgotten.

Because of this, it would appear inevitable that an increasing percentage of strategic missiles will seek self-protection in mobility -- at least until missile defenses are perfected which have an exceedingly high kill probability.

( Note: Because of light leakage from one ultraviolet source to another, the lights are switched by a commutator-like assembly rotated by a synchronous motor.

Because of their location, on the edge of the feed lot, fence-line bunks are not in the way of mechanical manure removal.

Because agricultural activities are seasonal and the areas of production and harvest of many foods are widely scattered geographically, and because of the high cost of transporting bulk food items any substantial distance to a central processing location, the use of large central processing stations, where low-cost radiation facilities approaching the megawatt range might be utilized, is inherently impracticable.

Because electrical forces ( the charge-excess ) are far more powerful than gravitation, the surface hydrogen atoms would shoot away from the sphere.

Because the levels themselves are random variables, some assumptions and the method of contrasting the treatments ( a multi-variable generalization of simple differences ) differ from the fixed-effects model.

Because constitutional claims are of great magnitude, appellate courts might be more lenient to review the claim even if it was not preserved.

Because of the ocean's great capacity to store and release heat, maritime climates are more moderate and have less extreme seasonal variations than inland climates.

Because of its simplicity, star hopping is a very common method for finding objects that are close to naked-eye stars.

Because CCD imagers are linear, image processing may be used to subtract away the effects of light pollution, which has increased the popularity of astrophotography in urban areas.

Because all clades are represented in the southern hemisphere but many not in the northern hemisphere, it is natural to conjecture that there is a common southern origin to them.

Because of their biological significance, amino acids are important in nutrition and are commonly used in nutritional supplements, fertilizers, and food technology.

Because of their relatively large mass, + 2 electric charge and relatively low velocity, alpha particles are very likely to interact with other atoms and lose their energy, so their forward motion is effectively stopped within a few centimeters of air.

Because of the tortuous terrain in places, villages and towns in the mountains — to which travel via motorized vehicles are of little use — are still located in the high Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.

Because Ambrosius and Vortigern are shown in the Historia Brittonum as being in conflict, some historians have suspected that this preserves a historical core of the existence of two parties in opposition to one another, one headed by Ambrosius and the other by Vortigern.

Because of its elevation and distance from the coast, the Australian Capital Territory experiences four distinct seasons, unlike many other Australian cities whose climates are moderated by the sea.