ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Excavata
26 Apr 2019
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Archaeological responsibility: destructive & not renewable, the minute you remove something, the context and spatial relationships are permanently lost, must document everything as you go. Excavation: slow, systematic and careful recovery of buried remains, trowels, brushes, etc, document as you go. Excavation approaches: various ways to excavate a feature, consider the site the method you choose depends on the context, site dependent, ex. Excavation methods: consider the context: archaeological approaches may differ depending on the context, mass grave-multiple individual"s vs single grave, heat altered burials vs non. Initial excavation approaches: identify the burial perimeter (edges, set up a grid (for mapping and documentation, remove surface debris. Excavation: excavation proceeds in levels, natural (stratigraphic) 2: arbitrary (e. g. 10cm, gradually work down through fill. Excavation: what does a burial look like: grave cut (pit) from the surface, soil changes are identifiable (infill, but not always easy to see.
