Each square is called a unit and Andrea decided which of the units to open. Each unit was split into four quadrants (NW, NE, SW, SE). Each of us got to dig one quadrant so we could keep track of the artifacts we found.The grade four's had units 9 – 15 and the grade five's had units 2 – 8. Unit 16 was worked by a team from both grades.
We only opened fifteen units because we decided not to open Unit #1 because it was right in the way where people were going to walk to go the the sifting stations.
Unit #2 moved to the East because there was a large surface find (the pipe).
Unit #16 was opened because there was a large artifact in Unit #15 at level 3. As it turns out Unit #16 had a surprise, a very large metal artifact that was partly in Unit 12.
"Working on this archaeological dig was very official. We had to split the area into meter squares and then split those squares into squares or quadrants. It is really different than just grabbing a shovel and digging. " |
Grade 4 student - Unit 10 |
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