Archaeology

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Archaeology

• Learning about the past from what people leave
  behind.

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The Process

• 1. survey
• 2. excavate
• 3. lab
• 4. examine results
• 5. publish and share

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Survey

• Pedestrian survey

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Excavate

• Carefully remove soil at measured levels.
• Map the location of artifacts as they are found.
• Law of Stratification

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On a Dig
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Maritime Archaeology
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Stratification

• In your table group, carefully remove the strata
  (sheets of construction paper).
• When you find an artifact, draw it and label the
  location on the graph paper.
• Which layer is the oldest?

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How Old is the Artifact?

• Carbon 14 dating
• Cross Dating
• Dendrochronology
• dendro what???

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Dendrochronology

• http//www.nps.gov/webrangers/difficult/tour3/dend
  rochronology/index.html

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Lab

• Clean artifacts
• Reconstruct when possible

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Examine Results

• Archeologists often work at colleges with
  scientist and students from other fields This
  is when they do their best to figure out what it
  all means.

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Publish and Share

• Findings are published and exhibits are prepared
  for museums.