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2580073879Role?search for concealed artifacts, search for body/remains/i-d/ sequence of events/advise further on search.0
2580081097archaeology?search, recovery and interpretation.1
2580081987archaebotany?(pollen and macros) I-D people links, events, duration, place.2
2580081988entomology?ID duration3
2580083090osteology?Bone I-D, body reconstruction.4
2580083091soil science?link people, objects and places.5
2580110960Bio-archaeology?entomology, archaeology, archaebotany, osteology and soil science.6
2580115920search parameters on a wide scale?maps and aerial photography7
2580115921search parameters on several acres or less?on foot, environmental profiling.8
2580118435search parameters when nothing is visible?top layer of soil, geophysics, trial excavation.9
2580128893topographyabnormal hollows/bumps10
2580128897environmental profilingburial changes environment; hold water , affects plants and soil.11
2580138467geophysicsresistivity , ground penetraing radar (GPR), magnotometry12
2580142978resistivityresistance between two electrocodes, moisture conducts current, good for features retaining some water (graves), not good if too wet or too dry.13
2580148910magnetometryworks in very wet or very dry condition. very fast and can cover large areas. identifies changes to magnetic fields.14
2580152635ground penetrating radar (GPR)radar bounces of sub-surface features and also the radar bounces of sub-surface differential compaction. good for ditches and graves. not good in wet, standing water or clay soil.15
2580167109monitored top soil strip?large suspect area, no visible disturbance and no geophysics. topsoil removal revels grave cut. gives info on how the grave was dug. differences in soil colour and compaction.16
2580174080grave stages?digging, deposit and backfill.17
2580178316microscopic level search?hair...fibres..seeds...18
2580184680statigraphy?analysis of order and position of archaeological remains.19

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