ASB 222 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gunsmith
7 Nov 2015
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Describe the challenge the river created for the archaeologists working at fort. The river is challenging for the archaeologists because there were an exceedingly wet at the rst half month. The river is actually ooding over the elevation of the river bank. If the elevation of the river is higher than the river bank, the dewatering operation cannot be done. The river had the ooding due the construction of the dame. But in the past, the river gave the french easy access to other places for commercial reasons. The ooding might have disturbed some part of the artifacts but it can also helped preserved some. For instance, some leather, wooden handles were waterlogged as found for the archaeologists. 4: archaeologists often use historical maps and journals to inform their research. What piece of information did the archaeologists working at fort st. From the documents back in 1988, they identi ed some bones, potteries and more at the land lls.
