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ia universitatison the individual. At the end of the research, the ough cleaning of the burial pit and the skeleton
position of the skeleton and the burial pit were in situ, the finding was drawn and photographed
for ensics and archaeology: the ethical approach to gr aves excavation and r esearch 49 recorded with a total station or TST (TST Leica with a digital camera. Selected targets, the photo
TCR805 and multi-element array antennas for points, were recorded with a total station and fed
GPS recording Leica System 900 GNSS), a dis- into the GIS system (Geographical Information
tance measuring and diverse mapping electron- System) that covers the entire site and a wider re-
ic theodolite. TST is also used for precise meas- gion, as well as the whole county. Several times
uring of objects in small excavations. Now, the during the excavation, after finishing each major
finding – the skeleton and the burial pit – were phase of the research, photogrammetric survey-
located in the area in relation to the geographical ing of the site was made, using light aerial plat-
points. The documentation was extensive, with forms. In this specific research, it included a sys-
complete burial sheets and application forms. tem with helium-filled balloons and a Picavet
The grave was given a number, it was marked as platform (NCP case), and also the help of a par-
VE ‘07, grave 10 with excavation data 18th Oc- aglider (Fig 1,2). In both cases, photographs were
tober 2007 and basic information on its orien- taken with a professional digital camera Canon
tation, circumstances of the finding and basic EOS 1D. Photographs are stored in the Photote-
anthropological analysis (approximate age at que of Department of Archaeology (Faculty of
death and sex). In the forms were written data Humanities and Social Sciences, University in
about the method of excavation. After a thor- Zagreb).
Figure 1. Aerial view of the archaeological rescue excavation on the site Josipovac – Verušed (Phototeque, Department
of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University in Zagreb, 2007).
position of the skeleton and the burial pit were in situ, the finding was drawn and photographed
for ensics and archaeology: the ethical approach to gr aves excavation and r esearch 49 recorded with a total station or TST (TST Leica with a digital camera. Selected targets, the photo
TCR805 and multi-element array antennas for points, were recorded with a total station and fed
GPS recording Leica System 900 GNSS), a dis- into the GIS system (Geographical Information
tance measuring and diverse mapping electron- System) that covers the entire site and a wider re-
ic theodolite. TST is also used for precise meas- gion, as well as the whole county. Several times
uring of objects in small excavations. Now, the during the excavation, after finishing each major
finding – the skeleton and the burial pit – were phase of the research, photogrammetric survey-
located in the area in relation to the geographical ing of the site was made, using light aerial plat-
points. The documentation was extensive, with forms. In this specific research, it included a sys-
complete burial sheets and application forms. tem with helium-filled balloons and a Picavet
The grave was given a number, it was marked as platform (NCP case), and also the help of a par-
VE ‘07, grave 10 with excavation data 18th Oc- aglider (Fig 1,2). In both cases, photographs were
tober 2007 and basic information on its orien- taken with a professional digital camera Canon
tation, circumstances of the finding and basic EOS 1D. Photographs are stored in the Photote-
anthropological analysis (approximate age at que of Department of Archaeology (Faculty of
death and sex). In the forms were written data Humanities and Social Sciences, University in
about the method of excavation. After a thor- Zagreb).
Figure 1. Aerial view of the archaeological rescue excavation on the site Josipovac – Verušed (Phototeque, Department
of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University in Zagreb, 2007).
