A non-portable product of human workmanship. Usually clusters of associated objects; structural remains; hearths, post-moulds, etc.
a deposit of soil associated with artifacts that differs from the surrounding soils and represents an event in time
a disturbance in the soil caused by human activity
an artifact that is too large to move
a result of some activity that disturbed the dirt in the ground and is something in a site that cannot be moved
Soil discoloration or arrangement of artifacts in the soil that represents past human activity. Examples are postmolds, privies, trash pits, building foundations, builders' trenches, and burials.
evidences of human activity at a site visible as disturbances in the soil. Some examples would be post molds, storage pits, or hearths
A localized area of human use or modification. Sometimes part of an activity area (e.g., hearth of a cooking area), cluster of artifacts (e.g., flint chips), and/or structures in the ground (e.g., fireplace, drain, post-holes).
a disturbance left in the ground that represents past human activity; for example, a campfire will produce a feature consisting of burned sediments surrounded by charcoal, ash, and scorched rocks.
Any architecturally related object revealed by archaeological excavation. Features may include any object from post-holes to the pyramids at Giza, Egypt.
A central artifact from an excavation that cannot be easily moved, such as a roasting pit or bench.
Generally, things on an archaeological site that are not portable and so must be recorded, photographed, and documented in the field. Examples of features are hearths, niches, doorways, kiva benches, postholes, ventilator systems, and tunnels.
A feature is something that a human made but can't be moved. Good examples of this would be a house floor or a hearth (fire pit). When archaeologists are digging they often come across features and they then draw them into their profile map and their unit plan so they can recreate what the area may have looked like. See a feature.
a type of material remain that cannot be removed from a site such as roasting pits, fire hearths, house floors or post molds.
material remains found at a site that are not architecture, but permanent structures such as pits, bins, ovens, etc.
A large, complex artifact or part of a site such as a hearth, cairn, housepit, rock alignment or activity area
A feature is an element of an archaeological site that cannot be removed from the site. Privy pits, walls, and stone hearths are all features.
a human-made disturbance in the ground, such as a pit or basin; it is often marked by a distinct stain in the soil.
A feature is something that a human made in the past that has not been or cannot be moved. Good examples of this would be a house floor or a hearth (fire pit). When archaeologists are excavating, they often come across features. They draw them into their profile map and their unit plan so they can recreate what the area may have looked like.
Feature in archaeology and especially excavation has several different but allied meanings. A feature is a collect of one or more contexts representing some human non portable activity that generally has a vertical characteristic to it in relation to site stratigraphy. Examples of features would be pits,walls and ditches.