Introduction to Class and Making the Instructor a Known Commodity (Module 01)

	Principle 1: Stewardship - ¯. . . archaeological resources are nonrenewable and finite²

		Discussion - Early in this class, we begin to note the fragility inherent in the archaeological record; 
		that, unlike experimentation in the biological and physical sciences, there is only one opportunity to 
		excavate a site; that the process of excavation itself is inherently destructive; and that hence, we must
		be aware that we cannot repeat the excavation process.  This heightens the importance of care in 
		excavation and the need to preserve what has been excavated as well as what has yet to be.