A site is a place where archaeologists find physical evidence of past activity. Sites include old camp areas, homesteads, trash dumps, and battlefields. Fort Ross with archaeologists excavating site of Native Alaskan Village. In earlier times, the village sat just outside the walls of the Russian fort. A dig is an archaeological excavation.
Archaeologists dig in order to discover the artifacts of earlier cultures.
Archaeologists excavating at Fort Ross. A grid is like a map. It is also like a checkerboard, with each of the boxes having its own number and location. By gridding a site, archaeologists can systematically excavate it. Because of the grid, the archaeologists also know where everything was found.