a location that contains physical evidence of past human activity and that derives its primary documentary and interpretive information through archaeological research techniques. These resources are generally associated with both the pre-contact and post-contact periods in British Columbia. These resources do not necessarily hold direct associations with living communities.
A place on the landscape containing the material remains of one or more former human occupations, including camp sites, villages, burial mounds, and ceremonial centers. When a site is recorded by an archaeologist, it is given a name and a catalog number. For example, the Zimmerman site, a village occupied historically by the Kaskaskia Illinois Indians, is named for the Zimmerman family, which owned the land when the site was excavated in 1947. The Zimmerman site is also identified in a state-wide site catalog maintained by the Illinois State Museum as site 11LS13. This code indicates that Zimmerman is located in the State of Illinois (alphabetically, Illinois is the 11th of the 48 contiguous states in the United States), it is located in La Salle County (code=LS), and it was the 13th site recorded by archaeologists in that county.
A scientifically administered location that yields evidence relating to historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures; may be above ground, in a cave, buried below ground level, or even under water.
Any geographic location that contains physical evidence of past human activity for which the application of scientific and archaeological methods of inquiry (e.g., site survey, excavation, data analysis, etc.) are the primary source of information. These sites do not necessarily hold direct associations with living communities. Examples of archaeological sites include shell middens, lithic scatters, house pits, petroglyphs and pictographs.
a physical site, or group of physical sites, in which evidence of past human activities is preserved
a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of pasthuman activities is preserved, and which has been investigated using the discipline of archeology
a place where material remains give evidence of past human life and activities
a place where people left some physical record behind
a place that contains artifacts or other cultural remains left by people who once lived in or used that place
a place where human activity occurred and material remains were deposited.
A spatial clustering of archaeological data; any place that shows evidence of past human activity.
This is a site or structure important in terms of archaeology, architectural history or history. They differ from Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings in that they are usually much older and in poorer condition. Most have been recorded by the Council or through Historic Scotland. See Policy Env\19.
A collection of tools, bones etc. together in a small area that are the product of human activities.
The location of past focused human activities, defined in close proximity of continuous distribution of artifacts.
A place that contains the remains of past human activity in its original context.
Archaeology is the study of physical evidence from the past. Archaeological sites can provide evidence of important elements of human settlement. They can add valuable information to our existing understanding of the past. An archaeological site can include both above and below-ground features, such as building foundations, wells and artefacts.
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the Archaeological record
