Archaeology

Managing Archaeological Sites

Re:discovery’s Archaeology Module documents all site information, from the general location down to the individual artifacts. There are five different record types for the various components of the site:

• Site Records:

  The general topography and coordinates of an archaeological site.

• Context Records:

  Each layer, including soil descriptions and datum points.

• Master Context Records:

  Features that are common to many layers.

• Artifact Records:

  Individual artifacts recovered from a specific excavation.

• Object Records:

  Related multiple artifact records (for example, pieces of one clay jar) to form a “whole” object.

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