Post-Dig Lab MA-SB-SS 2014. Prehistory vs. History.

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Post-Dig Lab MA-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 –C 14 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 Shelter Food Clothing Trade 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

Transportation and Trade Laetoli, Africa

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

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