Exacvation

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V Y O N E T V V O E T T F G U M D A R X Y
D J Y M I R E T T S B F W R F V V D K C L
V B T Q R U J M M S I F B L F O X F H Y A
X E V P S Y O B F U C S W K L L M K L I X
R G C A J T N O M H W K T G C G A C L G U
N D R A W I N G A N D P H O T O S T F F K
T G W N Y F F O F O E L H E E W Q E M W D
R J G L L B J H I M K T X G L N Y G T R I
A W Q P V M N H R R E M E R M R Q B E Y D
N L U Y C T R A N S F O R M S W A Q J O A
S G S O V A N H F S P H V Y I N U M W Q W
F M B V W U R A G W X R S P D D L C M W H
O S U R V E Y I N G T E C H N I Q U E S U
R D T A Q T P Q G I V M E G M M B D R G A
M S E C W X N C W X U V C L I Y G I A G U
S K F R L F N Y S V Y P U X G L N E G J X
H N V M P E Y J E J P M R V P Q O A A K X
U N D E R W A T E R R E C C E G W K B B E
K A K G L A Y X C V J D A A L C U D N U V
G I J N U Q F N Y Y S V R K Y M M W W A L
E X N Q W B K X X V W D D U M A A R T H M

Clues

  • baseline set on site for everything else to get taken off of. gps applied to OS grid. (9, 10)
  • drawing gives brings out details, defines important areas. photos show texture and overall image of site. (7, 3, 6)
  • sonar used - same principle as gpr but w/sound. v. sensitive equipment. affected by temperature of water and levels of salt. (10, 5)
  • TPQ - earliest possible date. eg. a coin dated 2010 couldn't be from earlier, in theory. TAQ - latest possible date eg. written dates (3, 3)
  • used to determine nature of stratigraphy. cultural - human action eg. buildings, graves, ditches etc (1, 10)
  • used to determine nature of stratigraphy. natural - eg. earthquakes, subsidence, soil erosion, forest fire etc (1, 10)

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