layers at a site that are laid down by water (flooding usually)

the process of digging in the earth to uncover information on how people lived in the past

any object made or used by humans

a group of artifacts which were found together and may have some relationship to one another (e.g., many heat-cracked rocks that made up an Indian hearth)

a fixed, immovable reference point set up by the archeologist prior to digging; used in conjunction with the transit (see below) in taking elevation reference points for drawings of a feature

a thin clay seal added separately to the outside of a pipe or vessel; maker's initials or full name, or the king's initials (e.g. "GR" standing for Georgius Rex) are displa [..]

pottery

a pottery bowl used as a toilet before indoor plumbing was invented; dumped into the privy (see below) the next morning

layers at a site that are laid down by the natural process of gravity

the art of cleaning and treating artifacts to ensure their survival outside the ground