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Dig It?

What is Project Archaeology?

What are the indications of an archaeological site? Artifacts Features

Artifacts Chipped stone Clay Bone Shell Wood Fibers Metal These artifacts may have been used in relation to a number of activities including architecture; food procurement, preparation and consumption; defense; tool making; clothing; personal use; recreation; household activities; ceremonies and rituals; and transportation.

Prehistoric Artifacts Spear points Arrowheads Knives Chipped or broken debris Ground stone axes Grinding stones Mortars and pestles Awls Adzes Gouges Pottery Clothing and ornamental pins Decorative items and ornaments Scraping tools Hammer stones Bone fishhooks Stone drills Beads

Historic Artifacts Glass Iron and other metal items like nails and coins Ceramics or china Metal utensils Clothing items such as buttons, buckles, leather items Worked wood Horse equipage Gun parts Household items such as pins, scissors, and thimbles Furniture hardware Copper/brass and iron kettle fragments Beads and ornaments Farm equipment

Features: Soil stains Burned earth Foundations Clusters of artifacts Pits Earthworks or embankments Ash and charcoal lenses and pits

Prehistoric Features Fire pits and hearths Burned earth and clay Trash and garbage pits Postholes Evidence of house floors or basins Storage pits Chipped and broken stones Caches of projectile points Ceramics or pottery sherds Human and animal burials Pictographs and petroglyphs Middens

Historic Features Evidence of fires and fire pits Ash and charcoal lenses and stains Trash and garbage pits Dumps Middens Postholes House foundations Cisterns Fence lines Ditches Canals Landscapes Mill races Dams Old trails and roads Cemeteries Human burials Clusters of historic artifacts Old parks and cultural landscapes

The presence or occurrence of one or more artifacts or features indicates an archaeological site.

Once the site is determined, archaeologists do a lot of research and planning because after a site has been excavated, it is no longer there. They must carefully sift through the site, make detailed notes, sketch objects, map sites, and take many photographs.

Digging the site

Sifting for artifacts

Discussion Questions Is it legal to disturb the ground for the purpose of obtaining artifacts or human remains? Is it legal to surface collect artifacts? If I surface collect artifacts, who do they belong to? If I see or know of looting of an archaeological site, whom should I contact? What should I do if I discover remains or know of disturbance to a human burial site?

Your assignment Each group will be a team of archaeologists trained in the skills of culture, context, observation-inference, classification, chronology, scientific inquiry, and hypothesizing. Each group will be given a bag of garbage (middens) to learn about the people who threw them away. Study the garbage very carefully. Determine what culture this garbage is from? What can you infer about the behavior of the owners of this garbage and the origin of the garbage based on your observations? Classify the garbage. Be ready to tell the complete story of the garbage owners.

Resources: Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology 402 West Washington Street, Room W274 Indianapolis, Indiana Bureau of Land Management National Park Service U.S. Forest Service The State of Utah Angel Mounds State Historic Site 8215 Pollack Avenue Evansville, Indiana 47715