Methods of detecting activities and structures on archaeological sites
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- Created on: 29-01-14 14:20
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- Methods for detecting activities and structures on an archaeological site
- Boundary analysis
- Pro
- Shape, size and orientation can give clues to function
- Detected by remote sensing
- Con
- Other evidence is needed to corroborate evidence
- Pro
- Association of artefacts
- Pro
- Clusters of artefacts could indicate special activity
- Con
- Need to compare ratio of soil to finds.
- Pro
- Soil analysis
- Pro
- Phosphate analysis can detect animals
- Pollen and invertebrates tell us about environment
- Con
- Soil affects the rate of survival of ecofacts
- Pro
- Immediate context of site
- Pro
- Identifies other associated features
- EG. a water course may have a mill
- Identifies other associated features
- Con
- Hard to determine in towns due to keyhole excavation
- Pro
- Analogies with experimental archaeology
- Pro
- Helps estimate ground plan from Post holes and harths
- Gives us infomation into construction techniques
- Con
- May heavily concentrate on materials
- Not sure if it is actually correct
- Pro
- Petrological analysis
- Con
- Untitled
- Pro
- Identifies sources of building stone
- Informs us about contemporary knowlege of transport,etc
- Identifies sources of building stone
- Con
- Boundary analysis
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