Comments on: Learning about Archaeology: Excavation

By: Xu Da

Xu Da — Fri, 16 May 2025 11:50:50 +0000

Have a shippy shippy shippy day! Right?

By: rachegirl2

rachegirl2 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:30:50 +0000

sounds cool…. but im pretty sure thats why we can’t get on today:(

By: carly

carly — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:01:22 +0000

so cool!

By: Avinelek

Avinelek — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:19:44 +0000

Actually an excavation involves gridding out the area in either 2X2 or 4X4 grids in an area no more few hundred meters by that many meters. Then when the bucket rat – those that are the ones lucky enough to dig because archaeologist supervise each and every dig – begin to dig it’s between 2mm and 4 cm at a time. When an artifact is found it is then photographed in its place, sketched on a grid-lined paper showing the exact location of said artifact, then it is removed and placed in a bag – aka bag and tag the item. After that it is put in a box that is air and water tight and shipped to a climate control facility and there by either removed from it’s matrix – all the dirt that surrounded the object – or cleaned if it was easy to remove from its original place that it was found in. This process takes months to do – few weeks to dig and the rest is spent in labs analyzing the object, carbon dating it, cleaning it, replicating it for exhibit use and so forth.

By: seaweed

seaweed — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:25:15 +0000

Yeah, I already learned this stuff in second grade (in an extra class the advanced readers got to go to) but it is interesting. If I hadn’t already known that, I would’ve been like “whoa” and tell my sister)
:mrgreen: SEAWEED :mrgreen:

By: brooke

brooke — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:36:09 +0000

you are awesome

By: WinterFawn

WinterFawn — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:33:53 +0000

I already knew this but interesting. =)

By: annapolis1

annapolis1 — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:17:14 +0000

Do you think all the the pieces of map every one had received, has something to do with the ancient webkinz society, as she was saying?

By: lillyluvie

lillyluvie — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:46:04 +0000

archaeology sounds interesting!!
*Luv from LillyLuvie*

By: lillyluvie

lillyluvie — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:23:04 +0000

Thanks for all the interesting info, Cowabelle! :D *Luv from LillyLuvie*