Some of the first steps undertaken in most archaeological excavations are __________.
A. establishment of a datum point and a grid
B. using heavy machinery to strip off modern vegetation and expose a vertical profile through the archaeological deposit
C. reassembling the archaeological site from field notes and photographs
D. dating artifacts and features using radioactive carbon
Question 2
Midden is an archaeological term for __________.
A. a professional gathering to exchange research results
B. a special instrument used to excavate small bones
C. an ancient trash pile
D. any fossilized artifact