Crowther, D. (1980). Metal detectors at Maxey Cambridgeshire. Current Archaeol 7. Vol 7, pp. 172-176.
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Metal detectors at Maxey Cambridgeshire | ||||||
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Current Archaeol 7 | ||||||
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Current Archaeology | ||||||
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7 | ||||||
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172 - 176 | ||||||
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To examine whether metal detectors had any useful function within archaeology, three machines of differing sensitivity were tested over 4000m2 of ploughsoil. In all 1200 metal objects were recovered, mostly undatable nail fragments, and only one of archaeological relevance. The VLF (very low frequency) machine performed better than the two IB (induction balance) models, but even so their value to archaeology remains doubtful, especially as depth penetration was very poor. Moreover, buried Roman features were found only by fieldwalking for pottery scatters. | ||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1980 | ||||||
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05 Dec 2008 |
