post-dig lab ma-sb-ss 2014. prehistory vs. history
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Post-Dig LabMA-SB-SS
2014
Prehistory vs. History
South Jordanian Desert
Humayma
Camels
Before
After
Tools of the Trade
Material Culture – The finds
Two point eight four meters below surface
2.84m = 9’ 3 4/5”
Pottery Washing and Paperwork
Sotira, Cyprus
Experimental Archaeology
• Reconstructing past technology to better understand how people lived
• Mock Excavations– Safety for students
• Assures no toxic or dangerous areas excavated
– To emphasize specific topics– Cultural Comparison
• American vs. Ancient World
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 ____ - ____ - _____ SQUARE # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (circle one)
QUAD # NW, NE, CEN, 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 - wool
Textiles - linen
Sumerians used pottery wheel and cart wheel
Ceramics – Potsherds reconstruction
Greek culture
Colonial Building materials
Sumerians had reed houses and monumental architecture
thermopolium
Think Archaeology
