Archaeological features Archaeological features A berm is a level space or shelf separating two features. ...more on Wikipedia about "Berm"
Cropmarks or Crop marks are a means through which archaeological features may be visible from the air. Along with soil marks and frost marks they can reveal buried archaeological sites not visible from the ground. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cropmark"
In archaeology, an enclosure refers to one of the most common types of archaeological site. It refers to any area of land separated from surrounding land by earthworks, walls or fencing. Such a simple feature is found all over the world and during almost all archaeological periods. They may be few metres across or be large enough to encompass whole cities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enclosure (archaeology)"
In architecture a forecourt is an open area in front of a structure's entrance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forecourt"
A geoglyph is a drawing on the ground, or a large motif, (generally greater than 4 metres) or design produced on the ground, either by arranging clasts (stones, stone fragments, gravel or earth) to create a positive geoglyph (stone arrangement/alignment, petroform, earth mound) or by removing patinated clasts to expose unpatinated ground (negative geoglyph). ...more on Wikipedia about "Geoglyph"
A founder's hoard contains broken or unfit metal objects, ingots, casting waste, and often complete objects, in a finished state. These were probably burried with the intention to recover at a later time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hoard"
In archaeology, a kerb or peristalith is the name for a stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kerb"
A midden, or kitchen midden, is a dump for domestic waste. The word is of Scandinavian via Middle English derivation but is used by archaeologists worldwide to describe any kind of feature containing waste products relating to day-to-day human life. They may be convenient, single-use tips created by nomadic groups or long-term, designated dumps used by several generations. In the latter case, a midden's stratigraphy can become apparent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Midden"
An orthostat is a large stone set upright. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orthostat"
In megalithic archaeology a port-hole slab is the name of an orthostat with a hole in it sometimes found forming the entrance to a chamber tomb. The hole is usually circular but square examples or those made from two adjoining slabs each with a notch cut in it are known. ...more on Wikipedia about "Port-hole slab"
In archaeology a posthole is a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone. They are usually much deeper than they are wide although truncation may not make this apparent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Posthole"
In archaeology a postpipe (or post pipe) is the term given to the remains of an upright timber placed in a posthole. Given the right conditions, timbers may survive over long periods of time and a recovered postpipe can simply be of solid wood. Under less preservative conditions however, only a dark circular stain of organic material may be left in the fill of the posthole observable in plan and section. This differs in consistency from the less organic backfill of the posthole and can be identified simply through this change in make-up. The size and depth and of the postpipe can provide information as to any reuse of the posthole especially if several different postpipes can be identified. They can also indicate the species of wood used and help suggest the nature of the structure that the timber once supported. ...more on Wikipedia about "Postpipe"
In archaeology, the term ring ditch refers to any regularly-shaped circular or pennanular ditch cut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ring ditch"
Shadow marks are a form of archaeological feature visible from the air. Unlike cropmarks, frost marks and soil marks they require upstanding features to work and are therefore more commonly seen in the context of extant sites rather than previously undiscovered buried ones. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shadow marks"
A trilithon (or trilith) is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top. Commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments the most famous trilithons are those at Stonehenge and those found in the Prehistoric temples in Malta, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trilithon"
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