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Methodology
Update: November 2003
February 2004 Update
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Methodology
Location: North Yorkshire
Under the guide of Kevin Cale, our professional archaeologist, we have adopted a multi-disciplinary and non-intrusive approach to the research project.
Detailed below is a brief synopsis of this approach. The list is not exhaustive as new requirements as we progress will require new disciplines being adopted.
FIELD WORK: Fieldwork activities include;
- Field surveying, measurements using tape, Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) equipment, Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment
- Field walking
- Observation and recording of walls, fields, tracks, gates, etc.
- Detail building surveys
- Tree surveys
- Geological observations
- Photography
RECORD KEEPING: Computer databases and Manual recordings of;
- Field details
- Trees
- Photograph index
- Maps
- Buildings
- Artefacts
- Local Record Office searches, Parish Records, Lease Books, etc.
GIS electronic mapping software records site by way of map overlays such as fields, roads and tracks, water courses, buidings, artefact finds, et.
GENEALOGY: Record searches, church burial ground surveys, local school records of people, past and present, living in the research area.
INTERVIEWS: of people who have lived in, worked in, have had family involved in, or are aware of the local area.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: This project is committed to involving the local community wherever possible. The research project incorporates evening classes run by the local branch of the WEA (Workers Education Authority).
Professional contacts will be consulted when it is believed expert knowledge is required
Phase 1 of the project was to collect working maps, documents, geological information, etc. so as to determine out survey strategy.
Phase 2 is to concentrate our efforts initially on 5 fields which, based on our original survey, show great promise of containing a pre-historic settlement and field system.
Phase 3 will broaden out to include the rest of the site.
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