15th April 2015, 01:02 PM
Sounds good, though I question their implied basic asumption that we can somehow know where previously unknown archaeological sites are?? Though I agree once can map at what depths previously excavated remains are at, how deep overlying hillwash/sedimentation is likely to be and how deep modern damage penetrates. Still wont tell you where that nationally important Neolithic town is hiding.
"there are few locations in Britain where an absence of archaeology on a Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) represents an actual absence of archaeological remains" (Powlesland 2003, 275)
"there are few locations in Britain where an absence of archaeology on a Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) represents an actual absence of archaeological remains" (Powlesland 2003, 275)