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AERAgram 2.1 Winter 1998

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Microarchaeology: Taking a closer look. Stories from the small scale.

Wilma Wetterstrom, our archaeobotanist, analyzes baker’s molds, flora, seeds, and dirt, and uses a “flotation” technique to extract the smallest, yet very important, samples from the sites that we uncover all around Egypt. The artifacts left behind after flotation, or “Heavy Fractions” present remains varying from pottery, lithics, microfauna , and seal impressions. Seal impressions were typically seals that bore the names of the kings, as a type of signature. These seals may assist in dating a given site, and also may give way to understanding what the site may have been used for. Things like ancient bread molding pots and beer pots also assist in understanding the true lives of an everyday Egyptian during ancient times. Using techniques such as ethnoarchaeology, we are also able to understand and compare how lives have changed, if they have changed, and why they have changed since ancient times in Egypt.

Pages: 13

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: AERA, Inc.

Release: April 25, 2014

AERAgram 2.1 Winter 1998

0/5 ( ratings)

Microarchaeology: Taking a closer look. Stories from the small scale.

Wilma Wetterstrom, our archaeobotanist, analyzes baker’s molds, flora, seeds, and dirt, and uses a “flotation” technique to extract the smallest, yet very important, samples from the sites that we uncover all around Egypt. The artifacts left behind after flotation, or “Heavy Fractions” present remains varying from pottery, lithics, microfauna , and seal impressions. Seal impressions were typically seals that bore the names of the kings, as a type of signature. These seals may assist in dating a given site, and also may give way to understanding what the site may have been used for. Things like ancient bread molding pots and beer pots also assist in understanding the true lives of an everyday Egyptian during ancient times. Using techniques such as ethnoarchaeology, we are also able to understand and compare how lives have changed, if they have changed, and why they have changed since ancient times in Egypt.

Pages: 13

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: AERA, Inc.

Release: April 25, 2014

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