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A Total Station transit is a tool that allows archaeologists to make an accurate map.

A Total Station transit is a tool that allows archaeologists to make an accurate three-dimensional map of an archaeological site.

Kris Hirst (c) 2006
Don't lean on the transit!

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A chorus of irritated archaeologists at the fourth (or fifth) viewing of Raiders of the Lost Ark. A transit is a mapping instrument that takes a long time to set up; principal investigators are prone to yelling this at unwitting crew members, and explaining this joke just ruins it anyway.

This quotation is one of over 200 Archaeological Quotations.

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