The Fragmentation of Pottery in the Ploughsoil

Summary

Field walking has been traditional activity in Britain since the turn of the century. Given the large numbers of amateur archaeological societies spread countrywide, aside from the annual summer excavation, the major activity of these societies usually in the winter has been to walk areas within their regions fairly regularly if not systematically. It is normal, for example, to have special areas where sites are known and rewards will be commensurately high. Such sites therefore become celebrated and often the focus of summer excavation. There is no doubt but that the archaeological data base of Britain has been greatly increased by these activities especially in those areas which are unsympathetic to aerial photography. Very occasionally, on the other hand, a region is subjected to organised and systematic field walking and the resultant picture achieved over a period of years is dramatic. Such an example is provided at Chalton Manor Farm in Hampshire (Cunliffe 1973) where the evolution of a landscape is postulated primarily from data achieved from interim field walking by the owner and by organised groups. It is upon one of the sites discovered by field walking, and which has not been excavated, that the following analysis is based.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Butser Ancient Farm Archive 1973-2007   •
• EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection

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General Note: More information about the Butser Ancient Farm Archive and this document can be found at butser.org.uk.

Rights & Attribution: Christine Shaw contributed a copy of this document to the collection. EXARC thanks her for her dedication to preserving the Butser Ancient Farm Archive.

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