The Excavation Process: The Tools

Here, OSU archaeologists discuss the methods and techniques used to excavate and record information from an archeological site. The concept of "associative context" between artifacts and other kinds of materials is addressed in this video.
Dr. Loren Davis, Associate Professor,
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at Oregon State University and David Sisson, Archeologist, at the BLM Cottonwood Field Office
www.blm.gov/id/... are working together to recover information about past life ways at the Cooper's Ferry archeological site. Students from the Oregon State University Cooper's Ferry Archaeological Field School
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uncover artifacts that help us understand what life was like for people who occupied the lower Salmon River Canyon thousands of years ago.
A summary of the culture history of this area can be found at: www.blm.gov/id/...

[@bethanymathews]

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[@jillpfeiffer2214]

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[@yandelgarcia6280]

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[@macplastering]

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[@robertpalacios7228]

What is the name of the tool that they use more.

[@mimi12345650]

I know it's an old comment, but it's a trowel

[@JoHannah57]

thanks, great explanation

[@izzad777]

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[@yandelgarcia6280]

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[@Sighhop]

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[@Cursimoo]

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[@alexataylor138]

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[@robertlast3052]

Tools for excavating....unless your a contractor (bulldozers and backhoes), farmer (tractors, disking) or, forestry harvesters (skidders, ditching machines). Yet a hobbyist who picks up a point from the exposed ground, and destroys nothing, risks prosecution from bs laws you lobbied for. Why don't you do something about the destructive activities like useless construction to satisfy someone's ego or trophy wife, forestry and agriculture?

[@saishamendiratta2255]

What!? What point are you trying to make