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How to Dig
Posted by Andrew Farry on December 14, 2010 in Archaeology | ∞
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Johnny Test Square
Curtin Archaeology Field Director Jon Vidulich shows us all what an excavation unit should look when done. His handiwork here at a small precontact site in Saratoga County demonstrates the value of careful excavation, and what a skilled archaeologist can do with shovel and trowel. His unit looked like a perfect cube cut into the ground.
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3 Comments
Damn! What kind of soil is that? Beautiful.
It’s sand. It probably wouldn’t look that nice if it were clay although with Jon you never know.
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