26th March 2014, 07:52 AM
Quote:-the result of this lack of thought given to ploughzone archaeology in th UK, is that i (and many others) have (very sadly) had to watch (sorry, 'monitor') many times as thousands of tons of ploughsoil is dumped, knowing full well that it was likley to contain undetermined (and now forever lost) artefact distributionsand that is the point. when we do it, it is because it should be done. if there is ploughsoil then there is no reason why it is not fieldwalked. 100% this info can be merged with detecting material. the important thing is not going below the plough soil... if there is a good signal below, then it is often a good idea to tell someone, rather than blindly dig down to it.
ps can people confirm whether they can or can't see the top post by baines?