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Surveying for Archaeologists and Other Fieldworkers (Hardcover)
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Surveying for Archaeologists and Other Fieldworkers (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology
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Although the preparation of plans is an essential part of the work
of a field archaeologist or excavator, many University Departments
of Archaeology give very little attention to surveying, regarding
it as a subject which should either be left to technicians or
picked up during work in the field. As a result, some
archaeologists do not even realise that their survey techniques are
unsatisfactory. Others, driven by the requirements of their work,
devise idiosyncratic methods which are inherently liable to
inaccuracy and unnecessarily laborious. The object of this book is
to enable archaeologists, even without relevant training, to deal
with any problem in surveying. The book is arranged by technique
for ease of reference. Thus one part is devoted to Chain Surveying,
which has evolved over centuries into the simplest and quickest way
of making accurate plans for most types of site; but methods of
reconnaissance and of rough survey are also described. Since
instrumental work is sometimes necessary, details are given of the
construction and use of the Level and of the Theodolite and
Tacheometer. Simple but accurate methods - those not requiring a
computer - are described for plotting from oblique aerial
photographs, and although numerical calculations are seldom needed
in archaeological surveys, there are occasions when they can save
considerable time and labour, so fully worked examples are given of
all relevant calculations, with alternatives according to whether
logarithms or an electronic calculator are available.
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