Students waterscreen soil from an archaeological feature
About this video
- Date created
- 1998–2003
- Duration
- 0:25
- Location
- North Carolina
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- Flash Video
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- This video copyright ©1998. All Rights Reserved
- Source
- Original video housed by Research Laboratories of Archaeology
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- Excavating Occaneechi Town: An archaeology primer: Republished with permission from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, the Archaeology Primer uses photographs of the excavations at Occaneechi Town to introduce fundamental concepts of archaeology. The primer provides an introduction to the methods of archaeology and to some common types of artifacts, and prepares students to participate in an electronic archaeological dig. (Page 28)
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Video of students waterscreening soil from an archaeological feature at Occaneechi Town, near Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Transcript
Soil dug from features is screened with water. First, the soil is shoveled into a wooden sluice. Water is pumped to the sluice from a nearby river. The soil washes through a series of screens that catch even the smallest artifacts.
