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What items are valuable to archaeologists?

Ones which take skill and time to create.

Skill/time

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

The box trench method

1930-60 UK.


See arch data horizontally and vertically.

Mortimer wheeler

Open Excavation

Used from the 60s in UK.


Opens large surface and records layer-by-layer.

Gerhard Bersu

Hole in ground

To find rare objects but doesn’t explain context.

Night hawks.

Trench method

Rectangular trenches are machine-excavated to remove a few cm of soil.

+labour-saving


-no extensive view

Box Method

Even square holes. US and China.

+Untrained staff can be used.


-Baulks get in the way

Quadrant Method

Area is divided into 4 using an axis; two opposing quadrants are excavated first.

+multiple arch can work at once.


-high organisation

Unit Level Method

Site is divided into 1m x 1m in an area, dug down 5-20cm.

+Easy access


- loses stratigraphic context

Open-Area Method

Opens a large area and excavates each context.

+can be investigated sequence by sequence


-skilled staff required.

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