ANP 203 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bioturbation, Colluvium, Silt
Document Summary
We draw specialized maps called plan reviews and profiles. Take notes, photo, map and materials( art of, sediment, organic material for c 14. Big four specific types of material remains and activity areas. Substance - , middens, hearths, processing areas. Toolmaking - worries/ source of raw materials, tool production areas, Social hierarchy - different sectors large urban site sample. Religion/ politics - ceremony/ admit admitted buildings, art. Applies the concepts and methods of geosciences to archaeological research. Understand physical contact * sites and artifacts through stratigraphic principles and dating techniques. Understand natural and human process he"s contributing to formation of archaeological sites. Sediments - dispositional unit, biologically dead. Alluvial: deposited by river; boulders, cobbles, gravel, sand, silt. Colluvial: deposited by gravity and water down slopes;boulders, cobbles, gravel, sand, silt. Eolian: wind transported; limited too fine sediments; sand and silt. Example of colluvial = soil creep, soil slump. Studying sediment in stratham = understand the dispositional setting of an archaeological site.
