First, record your team's observations about the feature, especially about where it is located in the site, its size and shape, and what artifacts were found in it. Based on your observations, infer what the feature was used for. Record your inferences. Once you have recorded your observations and inferences, plan a way to present your findings to the class. Each team considers all of the information and infers how the site was used.
Teams present their findings and compare conclusions.
Each team presents to the class its findings. Ask students to consider conclusions reached by other teams. Have students summarize what they learned about how archaeologists use observations to make inferences. Have students discuss how their findings would have been affected if a relic collector had dug into the Jenrette site, removing or displacing artifacts and other evidence from their original placements. Sources Binford, Lewis R. 1967.