Archaeology methods intro

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Across
  1. 6. group of artifacts
  2. 7. layers of matrix
  3. 8. study of the diversity of humans
  4. 9. digging to see change over time
  5. 12. animal burrowing in the ground
  6. 17. shape or form of artifact
  7. 19. length or width of artifact
  8. 20. cannot be removed without destroying it
  9. 21. classification system for artifacts
  10. 22. bird’s eye view map
  11. 23. collecting artifacts in the field
  12. 25. a hurricane
  13. 26. can date organic objects back to 50kya
Down
  1. 1. digging to see activity across one layer
  2. 2. survey at a regular interval
  3. 3. things found together are from the same time period
  4. 4. tells what is older or younger
  5. 5. characteristic of an artifact
  6. 10. uses calendar dates
  7. 11. location where features and artifacts are found
  8. 13. the XYZ information where an object is found
  9. 14. human made object
  10. 15. study of the past through material remains
  11. 16. the sediment objects are found in
  12. 18. farmer plowing a field
  13. 24. survey at irregular interval