Services
Precision Geoarchaeology, Inc. offers a variety of services embedded in
rigorous geoarchaeological methods that are
efficient, relevant, and economical.
Phase I
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Coring and deep testing.
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Archaeological monitoring.
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Reconstruction of landscape history by detecting and defining pre-human occupation landforms and determining the relative age of Holocene landforms that potentially contain sites with integrity.
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Development of predictive models for locating sites.
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Evaluation of site preservation of potential sites for Phase II investigations.
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Stratigraphic recording.
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Ceramic petrography and lithic sourcing from Shovel and Deep Testing artifacts (i.e., determine if local or imported sources).
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Micromorphological analysis to support landscape and paleoenvironmental reconstructions.
Phase II
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Efficient and detailed analysis of site integrity, vertical distribution, and depth of archaeological sites.
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Refine site preservation of specific sites.
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Stratigraphic recording of deep testing.
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Define site boundaries and sterile units through stratigraphic and micromorphological analysis.
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Detect the potential location for deeper archaeological sites.
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Ceramic petrography and lithic sourcing from Deep Testing pottery.
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Initiate regional correlations of artifacts and stratigraphy to additional known sites within a region.
Phase III
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High resolution analysis of specific site context, preservation, and microstratigraphy.
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Determine if a site has multiple components through analysis of microstratigraphy.
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Ceramic petrography and fabric analysis from Phase III excavated pottery (i.e., determine if local or imported based on fabric and temper).
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Lithic sourcing of Phase III excavated lithics.
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Initiate regional correlations of artifacts and stratigraphy to other known sites.
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Detection of specific landscape and/or human responses (e.g., settlement patterns) to regional and local landscape and/or paleoenvironmental change.
