Excavation: Excavation From Research Design to Publication


The Excavation Process: The Excavation Process Research Design Data Collection– including excavation Analysis of Data Publication


The Need to Excavate?: The Need to Excavate? Research Excavations To answer a specific question Rescue Excavations To extract data from a threatened site Salvage Excavations To salvage information during destruction


Locating Trenches: Locating Trenches Random or systematic sampling of an area Sectioning where features intersect to determine relationship Area excavation to understand the site plan Sections to examine the stratigraphic sequence of part of the site


Excavation Methods: Excavation Methods Trenches Sample pits Key-hole excavations Box-grid (Wheeler) Method Quadrant (Van Giffen) Stratigraphic Soundings Area Excavation


Recording Methods: Recording Methods Context Sheets Site Notebooks Plan and Section Drawings Photography


Publication: Publication Monograph A paper in a journal Grey Literature


PPG 16: PPG 16 Planning Policy Guidance is given by the Government to local authorities to guide them when giving planning permission. Not Law. PPG 16 was issued in 1990 and concerns archaeology. Favours preservation of archaeological remains whenever possible Makes the developer responsible for funding archaeological work Makes planners and developers consider archaeology early in the planning process


Site Evaluation: Site Evaluation Evaluation is: To determine the preservation of deposits To estimate the cost and duration of the excavation To recommend strategies to minimise destruction of the archaeological deposits or structures


The Watching Brief: The Watching Brief Where an archaeologist is briefed to watch a site during development, for example by watching: A building during demolition Mechanical stripping for motorway construction Foundations for a building being dug


Scheduled Ancient Monuments: Scheduled Ancient Monuments Scheduled Ancient Monuments can be owned by anyone The owner must get consent from the Secretary of State before changes are made (AMAA 1979) Guardianship sites are monuments actually owned by the nation and managed by English Heritage or the Scottish, Welsh or N.Irish equivalents.


Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979: Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 Protects visible monuments English Heritage to record, assess and monitor monuments Areas of Archaeological Importance can be designated 98% of known sites are not protected because they are ‘not of national importance’ Newly discovered sites not protected and scheduling is slow Doesn’t cover landscapes Isolates protected sites amid unprotected sites


The National Heritage Act 1983: The National Heritage Act 1983 Amended AMAA to include works, gardens, and ‘areas’ as Monuments


Knowlton, Dorset: Knowlton, Dorset


The Language of PPG 16: The Language of PPG 16 Archaeological Assessment or appraisal Field Evaluation Watching brief Preservation in situ Preservation by record Local Authorities, Developers and Archaeological Contractors


Archaeological Contractors: Archaeological Contractors Wessex Archaeology http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/