Excavation

I. Introduction Just north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wanus kewin Heritage Park provides a window into the past of the plains. For the past 30 some years, there have been continual excavations done and several archaeological discoveries made on this land. Since 2010, Wolf Willow with a Borden designation of FbNp-26 has been the site of the excavations, where a ten metre by eleven-metre hole was dug and methodically excavated by archaeology students from the University of Saskatchewan. This report will highlight the seventh and final year of exaction at Wolf Willow FbNp-26, focusing in on the finds of unit 26S 16E. The summer field school from the department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Saskatchewan runs for six weeks through May and June and is a primary source of excavators for archaeology at Wanuskewin. Lead by Dr. Ernie Walker, with the help of Dr. Glenn Stuart and Devon Lawson, students applied the knowledge of the land from previous years’ excavations to their own to better interpret the past events, both geological and…

Sagalassos has remained a mystery to archaeologists for the past thousands of years. Despite being occupied for thousands of years by multiple different groups, Sagalassos crumbled to ruins and was forgotten. However, in the recent years since the discovery of the site, new information has been learned through excavations. More fine details are able to be obtained today through the use of new techniques and technology. The archaeologists at Sagalassos have used the available technology and…

pieces from our past, literally and figuratively. The main premise of my program is to construct a hands-on learning program for all ages. A facsimile excavation site based on a real archaeological excavation will be designed. This can be placed in an outside area of a history museum. The idea is to design an archaeological site, reversing the science, instead of finding a site, I will create one. This process will include: choosing the right area, planning the dimensions, selecting an…

was not used as it 3 should early on in excavations of this site. Currid writes though that “Pottery as chronological indicator was only sporadically used. Schumacher’s work at Megiddo is a case in point. It is almost useless for the archaeologist today because of its poor stratigraphic technique and limited use of dating by means of ceramic.” As a long-term gatekeeper through the valley, Megiddo not only saw many diverse populations, political structures and educational foundations, but…

compound pre-existing issues with the record and greatly affect the results of analysis (Heinrich 2012). It is important to seek out corroborative evidence, such as ethnographic information, and to be aware of the taphonomic processes that occur at sites in order to obtain the most accurate results possible (Heinrich 2012; Tuma 2006). As mentioned earlier, pig was commonly provided to slaves by planters as part of their rations (Samford 2007:127), and this is seen in the archaeological record…

GNCB Consulting Engineers, P.C. in Old Saybrook, CT provides geotechnical and structural engineering and historic preservation consultation to a variety of public and private agencies, and contractors. With over 50 years of engineering experience, GNCBs professional services are always completed in a timely and efficient manner. In addition to the undergraduate and graduate training our professions go through, many of the staff at GNCB attends a variety of workshops and seminars to keep in the…

Archeologists have made several advances in the technology that they use to find buried treasure, weather information, lost cities. In the past archeologists have used simple ways to find items of interest. People would use traditional foot surveys to find the treasure or other artifacts, this process takes a long time to complete. New technology like LIDAR, Dropsonde Hurricane Sensors, and The Mailbox have been used to make the process of finding the articacts and the information faster and…

Many people commonly associate archaeology with Indiana Jones, a risk taking adventurer who seeks distant lands to gather treasure. Booby traps and aggressive natives also concord with this instinctive fantasy. This is often not at all the case. Archaeologists are attributed to have curiosity, passion, determination and critical thinking skills. They take an unknown area of history and think to ask questions that no one has ever attempted to answer. How an archaeologist excavates an…

In the archaeological site Khirbet Qeiyafa, in Israel, after seven long years of excavation archaeologists believe they have found evidence of the existence of King David, the character mentioned in the worldwide story of the bile as the fight between “David and the giant Goliath.” In this site archaeologist have found footprints and charred olive pits in a mysterious two- gated city, that through the use of Carbon-14 testing can be dated at the end of the 11th century BCE and the beginnings of…

In November of 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the untouched tomb of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. As he discovered the long-lost tomb, Carter kept a diary of his journey. His discovery of the most intact tomb ever found ignited a large interest in Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology. Despite the long excavation of King Tutankhamen’s tomb, excessive research and exploration of the tomb can find hidden treasures and unseen information about ancient Egypt. In 1907, Carter was…