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A Practical Field Method for the Preservation of Soil Profiles from Archaeological Cuts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

D. E. Dumond
D. E. Dumond*
Affiliation:
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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Abstract

A method is presented by which sections of soil profiles are preserved through the use of liquid casein glue. The method may be used in most soils encountered by the archaeologist, and requires only materials frequently to be found in the archaeological field camp.

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American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1963 , pp. 116 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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