Excavations at Bartow County's Leake Site

An Archaeologist's Dictionary

A big part of understanding what archaeologists do is understanding the terms they use. In this quiz, you'll match the terms on the left with the definitions on the right!

Terms	Definitions
A. Field Director	to expose artifacts in a wire screen while washing soil off of them
B. excavation units	specific area of human activity, such as a post mold or trash pit
C. water-screened	an opponent
D. adversary	the yellow powder from the inside of a flower
E. silty	condensed vapor collected from a still, used to wash pollen off of trowels
F. loam	archaeologist in charge of an entire project
G. datum	the silica walls of a plant cell
H. Middle Woodland	measured areas that are scientifically dug
I. postmold	known location used to measure depths and/or horizontal distances
J. feature	soil containing large amount of silt
K. bisecting	period of time dating from 100 B.C. to 400 A.D.
L. pollen	a specific type of archaeological feature: a circular stain in the soil left by a rotting post
M. phytolith	a triangular hand tool for brick-laying used by archaeologists
N. distilled water	cutting in half and excavating scientifically
O. trowel	rich, loose soil containing some organic matter