Another approach would be a magnetic survey. You should pick up localized concentrations of metal. This should show areas worth excavting, though probably would not show prior to excavation what what area was used for. Also it would not be good for delineating the bounderies of an area.
Bart
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From: Rodney Gunner <[log in to unmask]>
> Hi , have used resitivity on a medieval kiln site, shows somethings not all,
> outline of site was fine.
>
> see Binsted tile kilns.
>
> Reagards RodneyGunner
>
>
> >From: James Brothers <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Arch-Metals Group <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Geophysical Surveys of Forges
> >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:11:26 -0500
> >
> >What kind of signature would a finery forge or bloomery have? I would
> >assume that the hammer scale would show up. But as the hearths in a finery
> >forge or 17/18C bloomery are above ground what kind of a signature would
> >they have?
> >
> >I am particularly interested in references in the literature that I can
> >get. So "gray literature", unless someone can send me copies, are probably
> >not going to help.
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