Plan of Excavation Trench at Jarmo
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Chicago
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Oriental Institute Museum
Plan of Excavation Trench at Jarmo
Each level within an excavation trench represents a particular period in the history of a site. As archaeologists dig, they produce plans like this one of a level of a trench at Jarmo. While it was produced for publication, this plan is similar in style to the preliminary sketches that are often drafted by excavators in the field.
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Leacroft, Helen and Richard. The Buildings of Ancient Mesopotamia. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
Renfrew, Colin and Paul Bahn. Archaeology: Theory, Methods, and Practice. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991.
Scarre, Chris. Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1993.