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Question 1

Datum

Answer 1

The zero point, a fixed reference used to keep control over the locations of artifacts, features, and so on, on a dig; usually controls both the vertical and horizontal dimensions of a providence.

Question 2

Providence

Answer 2

An artifact’s location relative to a system of spatial data collection

Question 3

Natural Levels

Answer 3

A vertical subdivision of an excavation square that is based on natural breaks in the sediments.

Question 4

Arbitrary Levels

Answer 4

The basic vertical subdivision of an excavation square; used only when easily recognizable ‘natural’ strata are lacking or when natural strata are more than 10 centimeters thick.

Question 5

Stratigraphy

Answer 5

A site’s physical structure produced by the deposition of geological and/or cultural sediments into layers, or strata.

Question 6

In situ

Answer 6

Latin ‘in position’; the place where an artifact, ecofact, or feature was found during survey or excavation.