Archaeological find spot

The term ‘archaeological find spot’ or ‘find spot’ stands for the exact context in which structures, features, artefacts and/or ecofacts are found during archaeological research. If it is the context of original deposition in the past, undisturbed by deliberate or accidental past and present human activities (e.g. looting, the ploughing of a field, the construction of a house) or unruffled by natural phenomena (e.g. floods, sand storms), then this findspot constitutes the primary archaeological context. If not, then it is the secondary archaeological context.