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Archaeology Lab Procedures

Excavate/Dig
Excavation takes place using a trowel; Soil is moved with a trowel
into a bucket where it will later be moved into a screen.
When a new layer is reached (new layers are marked with
newspapers), stop, take notes, and include drawings of what you see.

Find Artifacts
Take notes: Notes document where an artifact was found and what it looked
like before being removed from the ground.
Be gentle: some artifacts can be very fragile and will break easily if you are
not careful. A dental pick is used to remove dirt from around an artifact.

Label
Artifacts that should be labeled directly are: glass, ceramic, and bone.
Others are not labeled directly but placed in a bag that is labeled.
Labels are made with the site, unit, and layer the artifact was found in.

Screen
Soil that has been collected in buckets can be poured into a screen to be sifted.
In the screen- artifacts and rocks will stay on top, while soil will fall through.

Clean
Artifacts that are made of brick, rock, ceramic, glass and bone, can be
cleaned using a water bath.
Artifacts that are made of metal, paper, or wood, should not
get wet. Instead should be cleaned using a dry tooth brush.

Refill
COVER YOUR UNIT: Tape a plastic bag over your unit.

Interpret
Whats his story? (Whats the history?)

Interpreting your artifacts


Whats your site? _____________________________________
Draw your artifact

Whats his story?


(Whats the history?)
Sometimes archaeologists are not given much information on the sites they excavate. They
have to analyze the artifacts they find to determine what the site was. Youre lucky! Weve
told you that the site is Historic Sandusky, Union Army Headquarters during the Civil War.
Your job is to decide (as a team) where on the Sandusky property you excavated & explain
how you came up with that answer.

Then, in your teams, pick 1 of your favorite artifacts and write its story. Discuss;
1. What your artifact is?
2. The age of your artifact
- Use your knowledge of the law of superposition and common sense try to
figure out the age of the artifact.
3. Who the artifact belonged to?
- Use the age of the artifact and the Sandusky Ownership Timeline to determine
which family it belonged to.
4. Why you think the family had it/what was it used for at Sandusky?
- Conduct your research using the Travelling Trunk PowerPoint
your research using the Travelling Trunk PowerPoint

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