ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD

The 'archaeological record' is a term used in archaeology to denote all 'archaeological evidence', including the physical remains of past human activities which archaeologists seek out and record in an attempt to analyze and reconstruct the past. In the main it denotes buried remains unearthed during excavation.
The archaeological record on a specific archaeological site is sometimes referred to as the archaeological sequence, or sequence for short. However, the two terms are not exactly interchangeable as the term archaeological record is more global in its meaning and can be applied to artifacts and other evidence such as biofacts and manuports as well as the stratigraphy of a site; in contrast, the sequence really refers to the stratigraphy of a given site as revealed by stratification.

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★ Archaeological field survey

★ Archaeological context

★ Archaeological plan

★ Archaeological association

★ Relationship (archaeology)

★ Cut (archaeology)

★ Archaeological section

★ Feature (archaeology)

★ Single context recording

★ Harris matrix

★ Excavation