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11 Cards in this Set
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What items are valuable to archaeologists? |
Ones which take skill and time to create. |
Skill/time |
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What are the 8 steps of good practice? |
1. DBA of site 2. Fieldwalking survey 3. Geophysical survey 4. Excavation strategy 5. Product design 6. Excavation 7. Post-Ex 8. Publication and Dissemination |
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The box trench method |
1930-60 UK. See arch data horizontally and vertically. |
Mortimer wheeler |
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Open Excavation |
Used from the 60s in UK. Opens large surface and records layer-by-layer. |
Gerhard Bersu |
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Hole in ground |
To find rare objects but doesn’t explain context. |
Night hawks. |
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Trench method |
Rectangular trenches are machine-excavated to remove a few cm of soil. |
+labour-saving -no extensive view |
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Box Method |
Even square holes. US and China. |
+Untrained staff can be used. -Baulks get in the way |
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Quadrant Method |
Area is divided into 4 using an axis; two opposing quadrants are excavated first. |
+multiple arch can work at once. -high organisation |
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Unit Level Method |
Site is divided into 1m x 1m in an area, dug down 5-20cm. |
+Easy access - loses stratigraphic context |
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Open-Area Method |
Opens a large area and excavates each context. |
+can be investigated sequence by sequence -skilled staff required. |
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What is the difference between arbitrary and stratigraphic excavation? |
Arbitrary - removal of soil any way desired with predetermined thickness. Stratigraphic - removal of arch contexts with individual shapes and contours. |
Soil vs. Context |