Stratigraphy
Definition
The layered record of deposits. In a grave, the cut, the fill, and the body each form contexts that must be read in reverse order of deposition.
Related terms
- Geophysical survey
- Non-invasive subsurface imaging using physical contrasts such as radar reflection, magnetic variation, or electrical resistance.
- Remote sensing
- Locating features from a distance using aerial imagery, satellite data, or airborne LiDAR, before anyone sets foot on the ground.
- Search strategy
- A structured plan for covering ground systematically so that the probability of detection is known and the absence of a find means...
- Single-context recording
- Recording and removing each deposit as its own discrete unit, so the formation sequence of the scene can be reconstructed afterwards.
- Total station
- An electronic instrument that simultaneously measures horizontal and vertical angles and distance to a reflective prism, computing three-dimensional coordinates directly. Typical angular...
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- Methods Used in Forensic ArchaeologyThe layered record of deposits. In a grave, the cut, the fill, and the body each form contexts that must be read in reverse order of deposition.