AR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Piltdown Man, Matagorda Bay, Taphonomy
6 Oct 2016
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Open area excavation for better recognition of spatial patterning over large areas: stratigraphy is recorded as excavation occurs and later constructed, best for single component sites that are relatively shallow. Wheeler box grid provide a record of stratigraphy: allows layers to be traced and correlated across the site. Step trenching is a way to estimate the site. Cofferdam, matagorda bay to be specific where archeologists dig through the wreck. Recording evidence is investigation that carries through full excavation: observations and descriptions are usually recorded on journals, recording finds are documented in situ using photography where it was placed without being tampered with. Recording evidence includes no cultural items: soil samples should be collected for later analyses, live fluke recovered in a soil sample from the pelvic region. Processing involves cleaning and cataloguing of finds: description and noting modifications that relate to taphonomic factors.
