13 Documenting excavated features: Pit feature before excavation
A photograph and map of an unexcavated archaeological feature at Occaneechi Town. (Photograph courtesy of Research Laboratories of Archaeology. More about the photograph)
All pits are carefully drawn and photographed as they are excavated. Three kinds of drawings are usually made. A plan view depicts the outline of the feature as seen from above. A profile view depicts the feature in cross section, as if seen from the side. And the excavated view shows the contents of the feature after excavation has been completed.
Beginning with this slide, a three-photograph sequence shows a pit feature at different stages of excavation and the drawings that were made at each stage.
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