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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?)
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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