Archaeology

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A trowel and brush rest beside a broken potsherd in a squared excavation trench.

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

ARTIFACT
CARBON DATING
EXCAVATION
MIDDEN
POTSHERD
RELIC
STRATUM
SURVEY
TROWEL
UNEARTH

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A survey marks the ground before an excavation begins. Then it's trowel work, scraping back one stratum at a time until a broken potsherd or buried relic turns up. Carbon dating turns a midden's discarded scraps into a timeline.

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

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

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