---
title: "Archeology evidence-reading worksheet"
type: worksheet
publisher: Yenra
source: "https://yenra.com/category/archeology/"
created: 2026-10-17
updated: 2026-10-17
version: "2026-10-17"
tags:
  - yenra
  - archeology
  - evidence
  - worksheet
status: not-started
---

# Archeology evidence-reading worksheet

Use one copy for one discovery claim, museum object or research report. Fill in the fields in a text editor or Obsidian Editing view. In Obsidian Reading view, click a checkbox once you have recorded the requested information, including an explicit unknown or not-applicable answer. A checked field means recorded, not proven true. Check review statements only after actually completing them.

## Identify the claim

- [ ] Claim in one sentence:
- [ ] Claim type (presence, date, technique, route, city extent, exchange, or another stated question):
- [ ] Source title, author or institution, link and publication date:
- [ ] My reading date:
- [ ] Underlying study, catalogue entry or object identifier:

## Record the observation and context

- [ ] What was observed or measured:
- [ ] Site or collection and relevant region (omit restricted location details):
- [ ] Material, sample or object examined:
- [ ] Find context and relationship to other evidence:
- [ ] Preservation, disturbance, sampling or access limits:

## Understand the dates

- [ ] What was dated and how:
- [ ] Reported date or range, copied with units and stated uncertainty:
- [ ] Calendar convention and calibration (for example cal BP or BCE/CE):
- [ ] Association between the dated sample and the human activity being discussed:

BP conventionally uses 1950 as its reference year. Keep laboratory radiocarbon ages distinct from calibrated calendar ages. Record the source's actual notation; do not convert an uncalibrated age by subtracting it from the current year. A publication date and an archaeological age describe different things.

## Separate result from explanation

- [ ] Authors' interpretation and the specific evidence cited for it:
- [ ] My summary of what the evidence supports:
- [ ] Alternative explanation or unresolved question:
- [ ] Evidence that would help distinguish the alternatives:
- [ ] Community perspective or cultural context relevant to this account:

## Check before sharing

- [ ] I checked the underlying source rather than relying only on a headline.
- [ ] I kept measurements, interpretations and my own questions distinct.
- [ ] My summary preserves date ranges, geographic scope and important uncertainty.
- [ ] I checked that shared details respect site sensitivity and access restrictions.
- [ ] Next source or action:
- [ ] Reason to revisit this note:

## Worked example — fictional

A fictional report places a cooking vessel beside charred grain in a pit and gives a radiocarbon result for the grain. Record the grain as the dated sample. The association between grain and vessel needs the excavation context: were they deposited together, and was the pit disturbed?

The supported summary at this stage is that the sampled grain has a reported age. Dating the vessel's use requires the additional association argument. Leave any absent date range or calibration details explicitly unknown. The next action is to read the excavation record or ask for the sample/context reference. This is a teaching example, not a real find or numerical dating result.