CLAS 2P32 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heinrich Schliemann, Relative Dating, Alluvium
5 Jul 2016
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The study and interpretation of strata (singular stratum) Can be noticed in colour, texture of the soil. Amateur archaeologists: caused problems: he dug a trench because he believed that something was at the bottom, he found huge treasure at the bottom of the mound, russia took the treasure. People that worked there after heinrich: they found that it was a very complicated site, 9 different cities, that existed over 3000 years. Archaeological science concerned with geology and the earth sciences. Dispositional processes produce sediment, matrixes: alluvium from rivers, erosion (on the top, soil runs down, organic growth and decay, cultural processes. Sediments form in layers: sediments + artifacts/features= sites. Nicholas steno: stenos laws, principle of superposition. The lower you go, the older it is* In an undisturbed sequence, the lower layers were deposited before the upper layers (making it more complex- Ex. newspapers in the corner of the room.
