Cornelius Holtorf:
Incavation Berlin-Schliemannstraße
Other incavations I am aware of:
by archaeologists:
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J. Hall, S. O'Connor, J. Prangnell & J. Smith (2000)
TARDIS
- Teaching Archaeological Research Discipline in Simulation.
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P. Masson and H. Guillot (1994) Archaeo-fiction with upper primary-school
children 1988-1989. In: P. Stone & B. Molyneaux (eds) The Presented
Past. Heritage, museums and education, pp. 375-382. London and New York:
Routledge.
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Archaeologists of the 19th century leaving small bronze plaques at the bottom
of their completed trenches. See F. Pryor (2001) Seahenge. London:
HarperCollins, p. 262.
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Still today, many excavators leave clearly recognisable modern objects at
the bottom of their trenches, either to indicate to future colleagues where
they finished their work, or to fool next year's students...
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M. Bell, P. Fowler & S. Hillson Eds (1996) The experimental earthwork
project 1982-1992. York: Council for British Archaeology.
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J. Schulze-Forster and D. Vorlauf (1989) Experimenteller Nachbau eines
spätbronzezeitlichem Hügelgrabes auf den Lahnbergen bei Marburg.
Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 19, 257-263.
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Reburial of ancient human remains. See e.g. N. Merriman (1999) Archaeology
in Reverse. Paper given at WAC4, Cape Town.
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in the archaeological theory of fieldwork: G. Lucas (2001) Critical Approaches
to Fieldwork. London and New York: Routledge, p. 159.
by artists:
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Markus Kircher: incavation and excavation
of paintings (1993/1994).
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'Inverse Archaeology': an artist dug a whole which was filled by children
of former inhabitants of Cape Town's District Six (mentioned by Martin Hall
in a paper given at TAG, Cardiff 1999)
by others:
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Markus Fischer (11 years), Langenzenn, Germany:
incavation
of clay-wishes.
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time capsules, often found in foundations of buildings
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Time Vault 2000, New Zealand
(link and project now defunct?)
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nuclear waste deposited in former mines
If you know of any other interesting incavations, please
let me know!
Please note that this page reflects the situation in September 2001.