Essay - Archaeology is a Social Science, with an Emphasis on the...

Archaeology is a social science, with an emphasis on the word science. This means that the work that is conducted is done in a systematic acquisition of new knowledge about nature and the body of already existing knowledge gained. The scientific method is based on careful observation and the testing of theories by experiments. Archaeology uses these scientific procedures to study antiquities such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early age, inscriptions, implements, written m*****uscripts and other relics.

An archaeological excavation, therefore, consists of a process including *****n initial site survey, breaking the area ***** be excavated into quadrants, *****ly removing soil, recording precise locations of objects and features or provenance, marking and photographing each incremental soil layer (every piece of information retrieved from the site must be related to the layers, finds ***** structures around it, so that ***** complex relationships that contribute to the interpretation ***** the s*****e can be recorded); Filling out the field reports ***** soil profiles; mapping the quadrant for the location of artifacts; Recording ***** observations and other variables ***** might impact the integrity of ***** site.

***** work being ***** at Archbold farm in Sauder Vill***** is being conducted as a *****mal archaeological dig. It started with a form*****l survey of where ***** *****. It is ***** conducted by Michael Pratt, professor of anthropology at Heidelberg College. He has been involved with h*****torical preservation in this geographical area for some time.

***** was hired to determine more precisely what the first structure built in 1834 at Lauber Hill in Historic Sauder Village was like. Archeological research is a tool th***** could help build a more accurate Lauber home. It could also yield personal or domestic items that have ***** resting in ***** ground for the past 170 years. It is not known what the ground might hold. Th***** type of *****, when combined with in*****mation from ***** documents ***** reminiscences from the time, can make the Lauber story even richer than the present one.

*****e items that are found at the site, such as the nail, are being left in place so the archaeologists will know exactly ***** the earlier cabin w***** located. Although no ***** has lived there since the 1830s, the ***** *****ill give indications ***** early use such as a root cellar and other storage facilities. However, since remnants beyond the *****s ***** been destroyed by ***** elements, the archaeologists will have to recreate ***** building the way they believe that it looked.

The ***** found in Cumbria is a much more important one due to the antiquity ***** ***** rarity. Al*****, to f*****d the graves fully in tact is very unique. This is ***** first Viking burial ground found in Brita***** and, as one archaeologist said, the find of a lifetime. The site, ***** its v*****ried array of artifacts, provided a wealth of information ***** the *****s that came to the ***** about 1,000 ***** ago.

Because no village has been found near the archaeological dig