spoornummer
English translation: trench number
| 14:53 Dec 7, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Margreet Logmans (X) Netherlands Local time: 05:43 | ||||||
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track number Explanation: Quite a few web references for 'track number' in combination with 'archeology'. 'Track' could relate to railway tracks, as in the reference below, but also to other kinds of tracks. This would depend on your furtehr context. http://www.metro.net/board/Items/2005/08_August/20050817Item... During the excavation of the embankment required to construct the Pasadena Gold Line Midway Yard Storage Track number three, the contractor discovered a portion of a 200-year old water supply trough called Zanja Madre, which had supplied irrigation water to the original Los Angeles Pueblo in 1781. |
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trench number Explanation: Archeological excavations often are started by digging trenches, to get an idea of the layers and composition of the site. These trenches are then numbered and chartered. Finds get numbers in accordance with the location (trench) where they are found. Reference: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S027841650400047... |
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context number Explanation: not sure that this is the official term, it's described in the english version of the Kwaliteitsnorm Nederlandse Archeologie (KNA) http://www.erfgoedinspectie.nl/_media/publications/knauk.pdf NL versie, verklarende woordenlijst: http://www.sikb.nl/upload/documents/KNA30/DEEL III BIJLAGE V... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2007-12-07 20:29:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Context (spoor/grondspoor) A context or feature is a spatial, clearly finite phenomenon of anthropogenic origin (for example a posthole, refuse pit or wall) or of natural origin (for example a tree throw). A context may contain a number of clearly different units. Context location (spoorlocatie) Determining a location by referring to a (>) context number. This involves finds being collected and registered per stratigraphic unit in a feature, layer or soil horizon. Context number (spoornummer) The context number serves to identify a context (feature, layer, soil horizon, level). Contexts are always assigned context numbers. |
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