Internet Archaeology is pleased to announce the publication of "Planning
Uncertainty: Creating an Artefact Density Index for North Yorkshire,
England" by Nick Boldrini in issue 21 of the journal.
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue21/boldrini_index.html
Abstract:
Portable antiquities (sometimes known as small finds or chance finds) are
often recorded within most Historic Environment Records to a spurious level
of precision. For example, finds located only within a parish, or general
area, are often mapped within GIS systems to exact points. Similarly, finds
known only to the nearest kilometre square are usually mapped in the bottom
left-hand corner of the square in GIS. While such mappings can be taken into
account to some extent when trying to assess the archaeological potential of
an area, the degree to which the records may give distorted views of the
archaeological potential of an area may not be fully appreciated. This may
mean that the full archaeological impacts of development may not be taken
into account during development control decision making. This article looks
at an alternative method for mapping such finds in order to produce an
Artefact Density Index for areas, which more usefully reflects the pattern
of activities across the landscape.
Regards,
Judith
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Judith Winters
Editor, Internet Archaeology
http://intarch.ac.uk
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