The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
10. Why leave balks around squares?
The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
Oded Borowski [+]
Emory University
Professor of Biblical Archaeology and Hebrew
Description
Digging and recording methods have changed through time. One feature that is very prominent in modern excavations is the balk, or the standing wall of dirt surrounding the digging area, which is left standing to help record the history of each excavated area.