The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
12. What is a phase and a stratum?
The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
Eric Welch [+]
University of Kansas
Eric Welch is Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas.
Description
Archaeologists work to reconstruct the past by organizing their findings in a variety of ways. Ancient cities are reconstructed as they once existed in unique “snapshots” called strata or phases. This essay explains what stratigraphy is and how it is used to explain the history of a site.