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Archeology
in the Field (cont.)
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Introductory text....blah blah blah
Some portions of an archeological site
are more important than others. Garbage pits, like this
one, are especially interesting to archeologists because
of the material they contain.
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Here an archeologist excavates a garbage
pit. Material found here can, after it has been brought
back to the lab and analyzed, tell a great deal about what
the people who lived here ate, how many of them there probably
were, what resources they used, etc. |
A garbage pit in profile.
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Excavated garbage pits occasionally
serve a modern purpose as well. Here, a researcher--desperate
for shade after a long, hard day in the sun--has climbed
into one to make some notes. |
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