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Tools of the Trade
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"Brooklyn's Eighteenth-Century Lott House"
1999-2001
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STADIA ROD
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A stadia rod read from a surveyor's transit reveals the elevation of a point on the ground so excavators know how deep they've dug and can compare the depth of features to see if they relate. (Courtesy Brooklyn College) [LARGER IMAGE] |
TROWEL
| Using a trowel, an excavator carefully cleans a scarp to prepare it for photographing and drawing. (Courtesy Brooklyn College) [LARGER IMAGE] | ![[image]](http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/lott/thumbnails/lott21.gif) |
BRUSH
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An excavator uses a brush to delicately remove lightly packed dirt to expose a feature. (Courtesy Brooklyn College) [LARGER IMAGE] |
SCREEN
| Students sift excavated soil in search of small artifacts like nails, ceramic fragments, and organic material like seeds, shell, and bone. (Courtesy Brooklyn College) [LARGER IMAGE] | ![[image]](http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/lott/thumbnails/lott23.gif) |
CORER
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Students learn to use a corer--a long, narrow tool that twists into the ground to pull up a vertical sample of soil, enabling archaeologists to view underlying strata without excavating an entire trench. (Elizabeth Himelfarb and Amélie Walker) Read about a corer in action. [LARGER IMAGE] |
Lott House Main Page |
Field Notes |
Bulletin Board |
Faunal Analysis |
Oral Histories |
Recipes |
Primary Source Documents
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Mystery Objects
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Tools of the Trade
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Stratigraphy lesson | Caretaker's Journal | Student Journals
© 1999 by the Archaeological Institute of America
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