Artifact documentation Sample Clauses

Artifact documentation. (a) For small (fewer than 100 artifacts), single locus sites, sample and list artifacts, noting unique artifacts and those with diagnostic characteristics, and covering the various classes of artifacts. (b) Use sampling strategies for sites with more than 100 artifacts or multiple loci: (1) Use professional judgment to select adequate sample size; describe rationale; (2) Sample all loci within the sites; (3) Document artifacts within samples. (c) Document artifacts by: (1) Including provenience information; Listing artifacts by types; Measuring, illustrating or photographing, and describing artifacts only once where there are multiple occurrences in sites (or unit/loci); counting thereafter; (2) Identifying and describing, making illustrations, or taking photographs of unique or diagnostic artifacts (e.g., maker’s marks, labels, manufacturing characteristics, or other diagnostic attributes); (3) Note if broken artifacts (such as broken dishware) can be determined to be represented by multiple pieces; (4) Describing artifacts with terminology widely used by historic archaeologists. (5) See ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ -▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ for example of Historic Artifact Sheet for optional use in documenting artifacts.