post-dig lab ma-bx-bs 2014. south jordanian desert
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Post-Dig LabMA-BX-BS
2014
South Jordanian Desert
Humayma
Before
After
Tools of the Trade
Material Culture – The finds
Roman emperor Constantine I (307-337 A.D.) ancient bronze Roman coin
Two point eight four meters below surface
2.84m = 9’ 3 4/5”
Experimental Archaeology
• Reconstructing past technology to better understand how people lived
• Mock Excavations– Safety for students
• Assures no toxic or dangerous areas excavated
Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork
• Post-dig– Artifact form– Register finds– Data base entry– Ceramicist report– Faunal Analysis– Seed Flotation – Floral Analysis– C14 dating– Site report
POST DIG - ARTIFACT FORM
SITE ____ - ____ - _____
QUAD # NW, NE, SE, SW (circle one) LEVEL _____
ARTIFACT # __________
DESCRIPTION - metal ( ) bone ( ) glass ( ) ceramic ( ) other___________________ ( )
DEPTH FROM SURFACE _____ cm
Draw and measure the artifact:
What was the artifact used for?
What objects from ancient civilizations had the same use?
What do the artifacts tell us?
Interpretation:The big universal questions
ShelterFood
ClothingTrade
Transportation
Context: Native American
trade, food source, tools
Fishing
Agriculture
Donkeys pulling a seeder plow on a cylinder seal from Tell Suleimeh, Iraq, mid-third millennium B.C.E.
Colonial American farmer with ox and plow
Sheep and Goats
Textiles – Stola
Ceramic Potsherds
Colonial Building materials
Insula
Roman amphora shapes, and amphorae on wall-painting from Pompeii.
thermopolium
Anglo-American Pompeii Project
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Think Archaeology
