ANTH 2015 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Contour Line, Cay, Willard Libby
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Lecture 6: introduction to archaeology, louisiana state university, heather. Pace and compass handheld compass. not very accurate (pace wise) Tape and compass compass and metric tape (way more accurate) Transit set pole out look through transit gives accurate distance in meters. To make a topographic map of a site (elevation differences map) Also used to set out places to excavate. Angle: degrees east or west of direction which transit is set up. Look through the telescope barrel of the transit (keep level) Read the number on the stadia rod where the central stadia hair crosses. Compare the number with the instrument (transit) height. Count the numbers between the central (horizontal) and upper (vertical) stadia hairs. Remember: contour lines = places of equal elevation. Look at your site and select contour interval appropriate to show elevation differences. Start from the dataum point where the transit was set up (1m elevation)
