What analytical methods do you employ: full coverage (i.e., you count and weigh everything in the sample)? Percentage charts (i.e., you calculate the percentage of each microartifact type per sample)?

Most specialists carrying out microartifact analysis collect more samples than they can possibly sort for a given project due to constraints on time, money and resources. Subsampling to acquire a representative of the total is often necessary but can…

How can the financial strain of micromorphological work be abated?

Is sample processing more successful on site or at your home lab? Where is it most cost-effective? Can transporting samples home cause damage or alter microartifact counts?

How do you cope with laboratory fatigue and eye strain with binocular visors/microscopes?

Since archaeologists first systematically began studying microartifacts in the 1980s, several processes have been used in their recovery from samples. These include wet sieving, traditional dry screening, and flotation where the heavy fraction or…

Many archaeologists implementing studies of microartifact and microstratigraphy at their sites must first decide on a method for sample collection. These can range from the simple (i.e., arbitrary or selective sampling) to the complex (i.e., grid…