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For all our excavations on Spanish Colonial/Mexican republic sites (Mexico,
Arizona, and California) our first test pit is done in 10 cm levels to
ascertain the stratigraphy. From then on, we dig in strata.
At 12:58 PM 6/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
> The "metric" approach to archaeology is still a standard method in a
> fair percentage of the fieldwork in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona,
> although there are a few who attempt to dig by strats or by a hybrid
> system of strats and metric levels. 10 cm is the standard, but larger
> intervals are used "where there's no stratigraphy." Part of the
> problem is that much of southwestern fieldwork is considered
> "testing," and utilizes 1m x 1m units, or at best 2m x 2m units. Even
> large area excavations might be set up as a series of small "test"
> units.
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> Jake.
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Anita Cohen-Williams
Field Director, San Diego Presidio Excavation Project
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD
Co-listowner/Manager of ANTHRO-L
Contributing Editor, Anthropology page, http://www.suite101.com
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/cohwill/index.html
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