8 Excavating Archaeological Sites
PART ONe: Review and Definitions
- Make a bullet point list of the different excavations methods discussed in class below:
- Why is stratigraphy important?
- What is the law of superposition?
- What is uniformitarianism?
PART Two: Plan mapping
Use grid square above to answer the following questions and complete the exercises.
- What does the “X” on the bottom left corner indicate? ___________________
- This is the standard archaeology unit square, what are its dimensions? ___________________
- Look at the artifacts in the square, list their coordinates in the empty table below:
North (cm) | East (cm) | Description |
Coin | ||
Stone projectile point |
- Draw the two (2) artifacts on your map from the table below:
North (cm) | East (cm) | Description |
80 | 45 | Stone tool |
30 | 90 | Ceramic sherd |