Guide - Landscape Features - Brigantes Nation

Guide – Landscape Features

Field systems and earthworks at Grassington

A lone researcher stands atop a hill in the Yorkshire Dales

Glossary of Archaeological Terms Acheulian Later stages of Lower Palaeolithic culture defined by their particularly fine hand axes. Aeolian Deposited Read more

Guide – Man’s impact on the landscape

Man's impact on the landscape For thousands of years men and women have fashioned the landscape according to their needs. Read more

Guide – Getting Started

Earthwork features from Stainton Swaledale

How to research an ancient site Introduction The first step in researching any site, is to understand what is already Read more

Guide – LOS Analysis

The purpose of using line of site analysis is to better understand the sites relationships with other locations, to identify Read more

Guide – Desktop Survey

A Guide to DIY archaeology The Desktop Search Virtually all archaeological investigations begin with a desktop search of one form Read more

Guide – Glossary

Glossary of prehistoric features This section was compiled with the help of the English Heritage NMR record. It currently includes Read more

Guide – Visible Remains

Visible Remains "The identity of an Earthwork can be determined to a certain extent by the shape of the field Read more

Guide – Hidden Remains

Identification of features is simplified when the full extent of remains such as Earthworks, can be easily seen. However, once Read more

Guide – Resistivity

Introduction to Resistivity in Archaeology Resistivity is one of the primary geophysical methods used to explore archaeological sites. By measuring Read more

Guide – GPR

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a variation on conventional radar, rather than into the air, a radio signal is directed Read more

Guide – Mining

This section illustrates the history of mining and aims to give sufficient information for a researcher to be able to Read more

Guide – Bronze Age Mining

Mining in the Bronze Age In the last twenty years or so, some thirty copper mining sites of Bronze Age Read more

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