ANT 304 Chapter 3: Archaeology Essentials Chapter 3 Key Concepts
24 Mar 2016
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The formulation of a strategy to resolve a particular question. The collection and recording of the evidence. The processing and analysis of these data and their interpretation. Aerial photography: these photographs can be either oblique (better for pictorial effect and perspective) or vertical (better for maps and plans). Features visible from the air are classed as either earthworks, soil-marks, or crop-marks. Lidar: a new laser-scanning technique that can accurately map whole landscapes, even beneath tree cover. Resulting digital plans can be manipulated to reveal such subtle features as the remains of ancient field systems. Satellite photography: useful primarily at the largest scales, for example mapping very large sites or tracing ancient irrigation systems. Site surface survey: the study of the distribution of surviving features at a site (such as earthworks or traces of structures), and the recording and sometimes collecting of artifacts (often pottery or stone tools) from the surface.
