Chapter 3
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Documentary Resources | Maps, street signs, Bible, classics, sagas, oral tradition |
| Reconnaissance Survey | Shovel probing or walking (unsystematic, systematic) |
| Cost-Surface Analysis | Catchment areas and site territories taking the surrounding terrain into account |
| Vector Format | Points, lines and polygons |
| Raster | Grid of cells |
| Site Surface Survey | Studying the distribution of surviving features and possibly collecting artifacts from the surface |
| Subsurface Detection | Probes and Shovel Test Pits (STPs) |
| Standing Wave Technique | Produces and amplifies sound waves by striking the ground softly and repeatedly |
| Ground Penetrating Radar | Short pulses echo back changes in soil and the depth at which they occur |
| Electrical Resistivity | Damper soil conducts electricity better than dry soil |
| Magnetic Survey Methods | Locate fired clay structures, iron objects and pits and ditches |
| Thermography | Measures thermal variations under the ground |
| Purposes of Excavation | Human activities at a particular period in the past (horizontally in space) and changes in those activities from period to period (vertically through time) |
| Law of Superposition | Top layers are younger than bottom layers |
| Wheeler box-grid | Seeks to satisfy both vertical and horizontal requirements. Square boxes of excavation. |
| Trenching | Large area opened at the top which gradually narrows as the dig descends in a series of large steps |
| Classfication by Three Attributes | (1.) Surface attributes (2.) Shape attributes (3.) Technological attributes |
| Archaeological Cultures | Broken down into assemblages, furthermore subassemblages, and finally artifacts |
| Earthworks | Stone-walled features or anything that can be seen in relief |
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