Which of the following excavation methods is carried out for the excavation of megalithic stone circles ?
Quadrant
Megalithic burials such as stone circles, cairns and cists are roughly circular structures, and archaeologists choose an excavation layout that suits this round plan so that both the surface arrangement and the buried deposit can be recorded together.
In the quadrant method the circle is divided into four equal sectors by two baulks crossing at the centre; opposite quadrants are dug first, leaving standing sections that show the full profile of the cairn filling, the cist or pit and the grave goods. This is why the quadrant method is the standard technique for megalithic stone circles.
Vertical excavation is used to establish the cultural sequence of deep habitation mounds, not to expose a single burial. A trial trench is only a small exploratory cut to test a site. Horizontal (open-area) excavation exposes a whole occupation level of a settlement, which does not give the cross-sections a circular burial needs.
Quadrant option is correct.
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