• A shovel test pit (STP) is a standard method for Phase I of an archaeological survey. It is usually a part of the Cultural Resources Management (CRM)...
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    revised during the excavation. Archaeological field survey Excavation Shovel test pit Watching brief wikt:sondage Chartered Institute for Archaeologists...
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  • 100 kPa Sewage Treatment Plant, a site where wastewater is cleaned Shovel test pit, a method of archaeological survey Sodium triphosphate, used in detergents...
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    for a gas pipe in a road. In the US, a method of evaluation called a Shovel test pit is used which is a specified half meter square line of trial trenches...
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  • or other potentially disruptive works.” Archaeological field survey Shovel test pit Trial trenching Excavation Kevin Greene; Tom Moore (9 July 2010). Archaeology:...
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  • showing the stratigraphy. sherd See potsherd shovel test pit test holes, usually dug out by a shovel, in order to determine whether the soil contains...
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    Digging (redirect from Borrow pit)
    the shovel. In neolithic times and earlier, a large animal's scapula (shoulder blade) was often used as a crude shovel. In modern times, shovels are typically...
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    archaeological potential through exploratory fieldwork: monument surveys, test pitting, shovel pitting, evaluations, and so forth. Other, less common causes for salvage...
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  • Christa (October 4, 2019). "The Turner House in Pembroke…and what is a shovel test pit survey?". "Pembroke Resolves Day Declared 28 December 2018 - Pembroke's...
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    Cesspit (redirect from Cess-pit)
    Cesspit, cesspool and soak pit in some contexts are terms with various meanings: they are used to describe either an underground holding tank (sealed...
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    was required to be suspended for school-wide exploration and doing shovel test pit, which delayed the reconstruction work for several months. In order...
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    A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. Urine and feces enter the pit through...
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    under the vegetation, or survey by subsurface testing (SST). SSTs can consist of a series of shovel-test pits that penetrate the humus layer or turf or,...
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    metal artifacts were discovered during archaeological surface surveys, shovel test pits, and excavations. The survey also listed a variety of Swahili architectural...
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  • remote sensing and archaeological investigations including limited shovel test pit explorations were completed. No remains of the stage station were located...
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    fields in 5–10-metre transects or digging shovel test pits at the same intervals. The soil from the test pits is sifted through 6 mm mesh to look for artifacts...
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    also include mini-excavation techniques such as augers, corers, and shovel test pits. If no materials are found, the area surveyed is deemed sterile. Aerial...
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  • abandoned.: 555–58  The fort was in ruins by 1764. In August 2013, forty shovel test pits, each 50 centimeters square, were dug in the area behind the 1924 historical...
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    Jacklin's 1904 decision to use open-pit mining, steam shovels, and the railroad. The mine became a showplace for "railroad-pit operations," and the industrial...
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    fissures in the north wall of the landfill pit. Tests concluded that the gases seeping from the large hole in the pit wall and from cracks in the north wall...
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    was a sought-after victim for the fighting pit. In order to use the badger's ability to defend itself to test the dog, artificial badger dens were built...
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  • followed with shovel test pitting in different areas in hopes to find additional artifacts. There were 121 test pits dug and only 11 of those pits produced...
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  • looked to be the aftermath of a shovel-test from an earlier excavation project. Feature 108 was a deeper (30 cm) pit that was located on the eastern side...
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    2011 field school at Songo Mnara, the open area was also looked at by shovel test pits, this time looking at what the soil could tell a person about the site...
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    collapsible snow shovel is used to dig out a victim in the event of an avalanche or other burial event. Avalanche shovels are also used to dig snow pits and perform...
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    undisturbed samples. Shovel. Samples can be obtained by digging out soil from the site. Samples taken this way are disturbed samples. Trial pits are relatively...
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  •  2024 (2024-01-12) Toony makes Bill try wild and crazy winter sports like shovel racing and… "Billsledding"? Featured cartoons : Greedy for Tweety (1957)...
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  • were excavated. This site was surveyed using a systematic series of shovel tests, and then heavy machinery was used to clear four trenches to a maximum...
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  • site was discovered during routine shovel test pitting of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay in 1981. The test pits revealed that the site is small...
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    north is the settlement of Sadani. Important discoveries were made in shovel test pits. The researchers found numerous artefacts to the north, south, and...
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