Archeology Research Paper

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Anabel Paulino First Assignment Archeology is a very important part of science. It gives people an idea about where they come from and how the human species has change overtime. Part of this changes are found by locals or scientist and reposted to give people an idea about how certain species live. Thinking about where to go and what if anything would survive 10,000 from know I walk in Prospect park. Looking around to see if there is something that could be preserve in the archeological record, something that is little representative of our society I came across a iron sculpture. A twisting steel in the grass right a little down from the runners path close too the lake. It was a heart sculpture made out of iron. The sculpture is one big piece of iron, twisted on top like a spring making an heart. The sculpture is about 6 feet tall. There is a lot of people around the area, some are having picnics, other are exercising. There is also many children playing around it sculpture, some are on top of it, the others are using it like a …show more content…

Furthermore, I imagine a group of archeologist working in the field, walking around, looking for artifacts to answer questions about our society.Creating a horizontal excavation where they find the iron. Putting everything they find in a plastic bag, collecting and writing notes about the site. Cleaning everything they have found. Also mapping the location of the artifact. After an analysis of the material begins in a laboratory. Archeologist would have to write an archeological record in the context to which they found the artifact. Archeologist would have to write how they found it to write it. Furthermore, the surface of the sediments beneath the occupation layer is uncovered and cleaned, to look at the color of the soil to see if there is a pit or postholes. After the analysis of the material

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