The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
14. How are measurements taken and why?
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
Archaeology is fundamentally a destructive science and therefore, its practitioners must make every effort to thoroughly document their discoveries. This brief essay describes the types of measurements archaeologists record as they document their excavations.