Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy

analysis Archaeological Excavation archaeological plans archaeological section archaeological sites archaeological stratification archaeological stratigraphy artefacts baulks boundary contours century chalk chapter chronological complex sites composite plan correlation cumulative section destroyed diagram digging Ditch drawing earth erosion evidence example floor formations fossils geological strata Harris Matrix historical important interface of destruction interfacial lines Kenyon later Law of Stratigraphical law of superposition layer interface layer numbers layers and features layers and interfaces London Lyell Maiden Castle man-made layer method of excavation modern Mortimer Wheeler natural nonhistorical objects original period interface phases and periods Pitt-Rivers post-excavation postholes principles of archaeological residual reversed stratigraphy SANDGATE CASTLE single-layer plan soil standing section Steno strata and interfaces strategy stratigraphic excavation stratigraphic records stratigraphic relationships stratigraphic sequence Stratigraphical Succession stratum surface contours topographical trench type of section unconformities units of archaeological units of stratification upstanding strata vertical feature interfaces walls Wheeler Wroxeter