Overview

The papers brought together in this volume discuss the importance of large-scale archaeological projects, most often undertaken as part of heritage management practices resulting from development, and examine methodological questions. The main topics discussed are the results of trial trenching and of mechanization in general, the quantification of archaeological data, the relevance of scientific results obtained by large-area excavations and how they change considerably the state of our knowledge.

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Author:   Geertrui Blancquaert ,  François Malrain ,  Harald Stäuble ,  Jan Vanmoerkerke
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   2194
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.646kg
ISBN:  

9781407307497

ISBN 10:   1407307495
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   07 February 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1) Large 'surface-area' archaeological operations in North Western Europe. A historical overview through Eastern France examples (Jan Vanmoerkerke); 2) The methodology of rescue excavations on large area and linear construction projects in Moravia (Jaroslav Peska and Vendula Vránová); 3) Large-Scale Archaeology Projects in Saxony, Germany (Harald Stäuble, Christophe Steinmann and Patricia de Vries); 4) The pattern of agricultural activities in the Norman countryside (2500-30 BC) as seen through preventive excavations on the south side of Caen (Benjamin Van den Bossche and Cyril Marcigny); 5) Beware of the known. Methodological issues in the detection of low density rural occupation in large-surface archaeological landscape-assessment in Northern-Flanders (Belgium) (Wim De Clercq, Machteld Bats, Pieter Laloo, Jooris Sergant and Philippe Crombé); 6) Archaeological interventions on linear and extensive earth-moving works: what scientific value? A close look at the second Iron Age (François Malrain and Geertrui Blancquaert); 7) Rescue archaeology initiated by research - a contradiction in terms? (Håkon Glørstad and Karl Kallhovd); 8) An extensive surface project at Aube Logistics Park (France): the methods and initialscientific results (Vincent Riquier and Julien Grisard); 9) Organizing archaeological research during major roadworks: the issues, constraints and principal results of the A85 and A19 motorway excavations (in the Centre Region of France) and the example of an extensive excavation on the Sublaines site (Thibaud Guiot and Eric Frénée)

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Geertrui Blancquaert, François Malrain, Harald Stäuble and Jan Vanmoerkerke

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