Title: |
Field survey in British archaeology |
Number of Pages: |
76 |
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Publication Type: |
Monograph
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Abstract: |
Charles Thomas's introduction (6-9) defines field survey as "the publishable outcome of systematic fieldwork" and the only way to cut national losses of archaeological sites. Five papers deal with organisation and methods: L V Grinsell (10-13) on the task of the individual fieldworker, P Sheppard on county checklists (13-16), Don Benson on survey and record by a museum-based group (16-21), and Barry Cunliffe (22-3) and George Jobey (23-5) respectively on fieldwork by a university department of archaeology and a university department of adult education. In the second section, Analysis and Interpretation, J J Wymer discusses flint collection from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites (26-8); Peter Fowler (28-38) discusses M5-motorway archaeology, and expresses the hope that all future motorways will take archaeology into account at the planning stage; H C Bowen (38-49) picks out some striking results from air photography, including some misleading effects, and stresses that large-scale land organisation is often detectable in early landscapes. C C Taylor (50-59) points to the interrelation of maps and documents with fieldwork, with particular reference to medieval Cambridgeshire. R J C Atkinson (60-66), on demographic implications, illustrates that the relation between population density and cultural change is non-linear, whether examined spatially, temporally, or in terms of amount of knowledge recovered. The concept of population potential may be worth exploring in relation to theoretical territories. P J Fowler sums up (66-8), stressing the recent changes in methods, purpose and nature of field archaeology. A H A Hogg (68-71) appends a note on government organisation of field archaeology in Britain. |
Issue Editor: |
Elizabeth Fowler
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Publisher: |
Council for British Archaeology
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Year of Publication: |
1972
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Cambridgeshire |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Britain |
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Date Of Issue From:
1972
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Source: |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |