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  • Created on: 18-03-18 15:31
Cart-mounted magnetometers that use Caesium vapour to detect magnetic anomalies.
caesium magnetometer
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Using one method to correct inaccuracies in another; for example, using calendar dates from tree ring sequences to calibrate raw radiocarbon dates
calibration
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Identifying the origins of materials from their physical characteristics
characterisation
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Specialist work to stabilise an artefact or prevent its decay
conservation
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The layer of soil in which artefacts or ecofacts may be found
context
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A prepared piece of stone from which tools can be made
core
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Driving a hollow tube into the ground to get a stratigraphic sample of the subsoil
coring
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Waste from the manufacture of stone tools
debitage
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Using one method to correct inaccuracies in another; for example, using calendar dates from tree ring sequences to calibrate raw radiocarbon dates

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calibration

Card 3

Front

Identifying the origins of materials from their physical characteristics

Back

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Card 4

Front

Specialist work to stabilise an artefact or prevent its decay

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The layer of soil in which artefacts or ecofacts may be found

Back

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