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Exploring an early medieval harbour and settlement dynamics at Stavnsager, Denmark: a geo-archaeological dialogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2011

Christopher Loveluck  and
Yossi Salmon
Christopher Loveluck
Affiliation:
1Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK (Email: [email protected])
Yossi Salmon
Affiliation:
2The Hatter Laboratory for Coastal and Harbour Archaeology, Recanati Institute of Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Israel (Email: [email protected])
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In this neat investigation of a harbour site, the authors show how much can be learnt by site survey — and by surface plotting and remote mapping in particular. Here the excavations are used to pilot the geophysics, rather than the other way round, and ground-penetrating radar is employed to show not just where features are, but their sequence and their current vulnerability. This exemplary project demonstrates how, in modern approaches to fieldwork, sites are to be studied rather than excavated, comprehended rather than stripped.

Keywords

Denmarkfirst millennium ADharboursite surveygeophysicsradar
Type
Research article
Information
Antiquity , Volume 85 , Issue 330 , December 2011 , pp. 1402 - 1417
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2011

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