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Book: The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant

Chapter: 14. How are measurements taken and why?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.27861

Blurb:

Archaeology is fundamentally a destructive science and therefore, its practitioners must make every effort to thoroughly document their discoveries. This brief essay describes the types of measurements archaeologists record as they document their excavations.

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