22nd January 2014, 07:38 PM
I am sure there are many good examples > probably would be very good to collate titles ......
]: site stripping/machine watching/intial opening of trenches are critical stages that can massively pre-determine logistical and scientific parameters for an excavation project >& how/when 'ploughsoil'/topsoil/'overburden' is removed can be very significant for recovery of artefact classes (eg small metal objects, flint) that potentialy are poorly represented in excavted fills of any surviving negative features.
a rather deatiled account of topsoil/ploughsoil content + methodologys seems appropriate...even if negative//??
so a minion-gnome asks;
] - "where is the guidance on practice/methodology during 'machine watching'/site stripping?, and in 'accounting' for all that lovely topsoil?" ..?
(did i miss it some where ?)
]: site stripping/machine watching/intial opening of trenches are critical stages that can massively pre-determine logistical and scientific parameters for an excavation project >& how/when 'ploughsoil'/topsoil/'overburden' is removed can be very significant for recovery of artefact classes (eg small metal objects, flint) that potentialy are poorly represented in excavted fills of any surviving negative features.
a rather deatiled account of topsoil/ploughsoil content + methodologys seems appropriate...even if negative//??
so a minion-gnome asks;
] - "where is the guidance on practice/methodology during 'machine watching'/site stripping?, and in 'accounting' for all that lovely topsoil?" ..?
(did i miss it some where ?)