ARCS1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Soil Science, Aerial Photography, Devonian
31 Jul 2018
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Part 1: landscape: a very complex field of study. Studies the tangible (physical) aspects of the landscape. Studies the intangible (non- physical aspects of the landscape) Scientific: can be unscientific, requires a big team of experts, can be done individually or as. Lots of data generated: time consuming, extensive use of gis software, processual theory used part of a small team, amount of data generated varies (usually small, not particularly time consuming, gis not used as often, post-processual theory used. Requires input from specialists such as: bioarchaeologists, archaeobotanists & zooarchaeologists, climatologists & hydrologists. Soil scientists & geologists: geomorphologists (analysis of landforms, geophysicists (archaeological prospection instruments) Image interpretation experts (satellite images + photographs: historians. Information technologists (expertise in gis: oceanographers (when needed, chemists and materials scientists (when needed for artefact provenancing) Sources of information: historical documents (written and old survey maps) Standing ruins: archaeological sites (artefacts and features)
