Unravelling the Landscape: An Inquisitive Approach to Archaeology

by Mark Bowden (Editor)

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752414478
Publisher:	Tempus Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	03/01/1999
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Referring to recent surveys by the staff of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and their colleagues, Bowden (an archaeological field investigator and head of the Swindon field team) dispels the myths that survey is too complex and difficult, or that it is only a second-best to excavation. The 12 articles and six case studies show how a range of surveying techniques, both modern and traditional, can be applied to archaeological recording, analysis and research, thus leading to new insights into the remains found in the countryside. Generously illustrated with color and b&w photographs and diagrams. Distributed by Arcadia Publishing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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