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A vertical slice, drawn to rule.
Also known as: Excavation section drawing, Stratigraphic section
The archaeological convention for drawing a vertical face of an excavation, recording the layers it exposes.
Records the layers exposed in a vertical face of an excavation to scale.
Contexts: Technical drawing, History
Made because excavation destroys what it examines: the section is the only surviving record of a relationship that cannot be re-examined, which is why the drawing is made before the face is removed and not after.
Contexts: Technical drawing, History
Levelled against a fixed datum so that drawings from separate parts of a site can be related to one another and to drawings made in later seasons.
Contexts: Technical drawing, History
A scaled drawing of a vertical face with each deposit outlined, hachured or stippled by material, labelled with its context number and levelled against a fixed datum line.