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Mechanical Scraping

Mechanical scraping confirms the presence or absence of human remains. It is also a final attempt to recover additional data to answer research questions.

Why do we do this?

Mechanical scraping confirms the presence or absence of human remains. It is also a final attempt to recover additional data to answer research questions.

Process

During mechanical scraping, an excavator scrapes the entire surface of an archaeological site. An archaeologist monitors the scraping and stops work if he/she notes something of interest, such as an artifact or newly uncovered feature. Such unanticipated discoveries lead to additional manual excavation. After mechanical scraping, fieldwork at the archaeological site is complete, and laboratory analysis begins.

An artifact found

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts.

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