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Part Ii: the Silchester Mapping Project
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | The philosophy at the heart of the Silchester Mapping Project was the integration of datasets; it was never simply intended to be just another large-scale geophysical survey. Geophysical surveys provide a great foundation for understanding a site, but they are only a starting point, especially on complex multi-period sites. To be interpreted ideally they require triangulation with other data: with historic maps to chart now ploughed-out field-boundaries; with historical aerial photographs to see the remains of glasshouses and temporary agricultural buildings that never made it onto maps; with cropmark evidence to see how features which are difficult to see on certain subsoils using geophysics actually continue; with geological maps to see what large pits were potentially quarrying down into; and most importantly, with archaeological material culture from excavations, evaluations and fieldwalking to date features and attempt to add a chronological dimension to the palimpsest of features. The following sections relay the data sources and also their problems and limitations. All were integrated as layers within Adobe Illustrator where much of the digitisation was done and exported into ArcGIS. The final section shows how information was integrated and selected for the Atlas (Chs 5–6). The core study area comprised c. 700 ha around the town. It contains the walled town on the edge of the gravel plateau, rolling down to the Silchester Brook in the east, the West End Brook in the north, along the plateau ridge and Silchester Common to the west and following the road to Winchester and the linear earthworks south a little way. All such areas are ultimately arbitrary, and there are significant features which are brought into the discussion in all directions off the map. Major linear earthworks radiate out from the town, while to the north-west outside the core area is the Grim’s Bank. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-3299-1/dissemination/brit_28/037-047_Chapter_4__Methodology.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
