17th September 2013, 12:39 PM
The best answer I can give is don't believe what you read......apart from experimental data on formation processes and even then pay close attention to the starting conditions.
Better to look at the ditch you have excavated in its own setting......it's own environment, its own socio-economical/ritual (grin) setting, it's own geology, it's own chronology, it's own topography, it's own archaeological setting. And of course, interrogate it's function (or lack of) }
You can even test some theories for instance checking the levels along the bottom of your ditch to see if it would drain water and in which direction for instance.
Better to look at the ditch you have excavated in its own setting......it's own environment, its own socio-economical/ritual (grin) setting, it's own geology, it's own chronology, it's own topography, it's own archaeological setting. And of course, interrogate it's function (or lack of) }
You can even test some theories for instance checking the levels along the bottom of your ditch to see if it would drain water and in which direction for instance.