The Dig Template Application

The Dig repository serves as a template for an excavation database which handles the following modules:

Areas

Distinct portions of the site. Areas are designated a single capital letter.

Features

Discrete portions of areas which display recognizable human modifications. Examples of features are pits, walls, structures, and installations. The definition of features is intentionally vague as some of them are only recognized in hindsight. Features were given human meaningful names e. g. Wall 23, Grave 5.

Loci

Any distinct three-dimensional entity excavated in a dig. Loci are typically made of a fill of a specific charectaristics or bound to a specific location. Loci were given unique integer values.

Small finds

These are artifacts retrieved from any specific locus. They are organized by their material: ceramics, stones, lithics, fauna, flora, metal, and glass. Small finds were given, in addition to locus and material designation, a basket number and an (optional) artifact number.

Github repo available here.