ANT200Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Survey Sampling, Debitage, Falkland Islands
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Ant200 tutorial 2 tuesday, september 23rd, 2014. Systematic equal, unbiased coverage of an area. Judgemental highest degree of bias; use prior knowledge of area to maximize results. Rationale (for why you would use judgemental sampling): Your sampling strategy should be influenced by your questions. Divide study area into transects along grid lines. Situational differences: direction of plough scars, forest cover, weather, experience of surveyors. environment, visibility of artifacts. Sweep width skill level of field walkers, familiarity with local artifacts, conditions of. At the base camp: large grinding stones, a combination of tools from different sites, shelters, fire pit, etc. Middens garbage dumps/piles; highly important to archaeologists. Other things to consider when conducting a survey: Dragging the bottom of a lake or marsh. If there are any oral histories about your site. Fields and forests they were different than they are today. Elevation you would not put up your house on a hill. Ant200 tutorial 3 tuesday, october 7th, 2014.
