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Last Revised 7/24/2002

Field Equipment & Supplies Check List

 
This list is provided solely as an aid to planning your fieldwork.  It does not include all things you may need; and just because something is on this list does not mean it can be provided to you from the U.H. Archaeology stores.   Consult with the labs manager early in your planning to find out what is available and what you will need to get elsewhere.

Please send comments or suggestions
about this list to gunness@hawaii.edu.


Some Equipment & Supplies Vendors

# of Items Needed # Available From Lab Item(s) Comments/Notes
    Munsell Soil Color Charts Books  
    Tool Boxes  
    Buckets  
    Trowels, 5", Marshalltown  
    Trowels, 6", Marshalltown  
    Dust Pans  
    Whiskbrooms, Natural Bristle  
    Paint Brushes, misc. sizes  
    Pruning Shears  
    Line Levels  
    Plumb Bobs  
    3-Meter Hand Tapes  
    Folding Rules  
    Meter Sticks  
    Metal Files (Flat, Mill Bastard)  
    Clip Boards, Masonite  
    Clip Boards, Covered, Rubbermaid  
    Artist's Drawing Boards, 23" x 26"  
    Lopping Shears  
    Cane Knives  
    Machetes  
    Picks, Small  
    Shovels, Pointed  
    Shovels, Flat  
    Screens, 1/8"  
    Screens, 1/4"  
    String  
    Flagging Tape  
    Chaining Pins  
    Nails  
       
    15-Meter Tapes  
    30-Meter Tapes  
    50-Meter Tapes  
    100-Meter Tapes  
       
    Compass, Suunto Sighting  
    Compass, Nexus "Ranger"  
    Compass, Brunton Pocket Transit  
    Tripod & Adapter for Brunton Compass  
    Alidade   No longer available from lab.
    Plane Table & Tripod   No longer available from lab.
    Transit, Mountain  
    Tripod for Mountain Transit  
    Theodolite & Tripod  
    Theodolite & EDM, & Tripod  
    Total Mapping Station, Tripod, etc.  
    Notebook Computer For Mapping Sta.  
    Portable Printer for Mapping Sta.  
    GPS Unit, Trimble Pathfinder Pro XRS Faculty & students must attend training sessions, & be certified, before they can check these units out.
    Laser Rangefinder for GPS Units Ditto
    Hand/Sighting Level  
    Dumpy Level  
    Auto Level, Topcon  
    Stadia Rod  
    Range Pole  
    Electronic Distance Measurer(s)  
    Two-Way Radios  
       
    Pencil Auger  
    Sand Auger  
    Mud Auger  
    Regular Auger  
    T-Handle  
    5 Ft. Extension  
    4 Ft. Extension  
    2 Ft. Extension  
    Livingstone Corer  
    GeoCore Corer  
       
    Camera Body  
    Camera Lens, 50mm  
    Camera Lens, 28mm  
    Camera Lens, 24mm  
    Camera Flash Attachment  
    Camera Bag  
    Camera Tripod  
    Menu Board  
    Photo Scales  
    Film, Color Slide  
    Film, Black & White Print  
    Film, Color Print  
    Camera Batteries  
       
    Water Cooler, Large  
    Water Cooler, Individual  
    Ice Chest, Large  
    Ice Chest, Individual  
       
    Flashlight & Batteries  
       
    Calipers, Metric  
    Scales, Hanging, 1K  
    Scales, Hanging, 500g  
       
       
   

Miscellaneous

 
    Rulers  
    Protractors  
    Engineer's Scales  
    Graph Paper  
    Drafting Paper  
    Marking Pens (Sharpies)  
    Field Books  
    Forms  
       
     Ziplock Bags, Misc. Sizes  
    Coin Envelopes, Small  
    Aluminum Foil  
       
    First Aid Kit/Supplies