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单词 quadrant method
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quadrant method
quadrant method n. [after German Quadrantenmethode ( A. E. van Giffen Die Bauart der Einzelgräber (1930) 7)] Archaeology a method of excavating circular features by removing diagonally opposite quadrants (see quot. 1954).
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1939 G. Clark Archaeol. & Society iv. 97 For dealing with round barrows with internal structures of timber Dr A. E. van Giffen of Groningen has evolved what he terms the ‘quadrant method’.
1954 M. Wheeler Archaeol. from Earth viii. 95 It is known as quartering or the quadrant method. The mound is marked out into four quarters by two strings, laid preferably to the cardinal points of the compass and over the approximate centre. Opposite quarters are then excavated in turn, a balk 1½–3 feet wide being left between each quadrant in such a fashion as to give a complete transverse section across the mound in both directions.
1991 R. Goldring Fossils in Field iii. 54 Map selected areas using quadrant method.
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