Unravelling the Landscape An Inquisitive Approach to Archaeology

by Bowden, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780752414478
• ISBN10: 075241447X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Tempus

Summary

Referring to recent surveys by the staff of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and their colleagues, Mark Bowdenan archaeological field investigator and head of the Swindon field teamdispels the myths that survey is too complex and difficult, or that it is only a second-best to excavation.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. 7
Chairman's Foreword	p. 11
Acknowledgements	p. 13
Introductory
Introduction	p. 15
Approaches and emphases	p. 23
Preparation: identifying and using existing records	p. 29
Survey and Investigation
Analytical earthwork survey - measurement	p. 43
Analytical earthwork survey - interpretation	p. 73
Ground photography	p. 97
Aerial survey	p. 105
Other survey techniques	p. 119
Special landscapes	p. 129
Buildings in the landscape	p. 155
Products
Illustration and the written report	p. 167
Making it all available	p. 179
Levels of archaeological survey	p. 189
Survey equipment	p. 194
Case studies
Windmill Hill and West Kennet	p. 27
Little Siblyback	p. 41
Greenlee Lough	p. 71
Yarnbury	p. 116
The Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey	p. 152
Herefordshire Beacon	p. 177
References	p. 202
Index	p. 218
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