Up In Smoke: Assumptions of Survey Visibility and Site Identification
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06/01/07 12:00 AM
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11
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1
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83
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100
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Pedestrian surface survey, or the discovery and documentation of visibly detectable
prehistoric and historic remains in the modern landscape, has been a critical part
of archaeological field research for more than half a century. Despite increasingly
accessible technologies such as satellite imaging, aerial photography, and geophysical
testing, surface survey remains the primary means through which archaeologists
obtain regional-scale data; it is widely employed both as a precursor to subsurface
investigation and as an end in itself. Its ubiquity may in part be explained
by the fact that: 1) it is both non-invasive and non-destructive, and therefore more
in tune with the concerns of many native and local stakeholders; 2) it is less costly
and time consuming than excavation, particularly when issues of material analyses,
curation, and archiving are taken into consideration; and 3) it can provide a broad
regional perspective on past human activities within either a culturally meaningful
or arbitrarily defined area. State and Federal mandates, which dictate that potential
impacts to cultural resources be investigated in advance of land modification,
further ensure the continued pervasiveness of pedestrian surface survey, as its presumed
reliability and cost-effectiveness make it a mainstay among cultural resource
management agencies.
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pedestrian survey, archaeological field research, Kahikinui, Manawainui, Mahemenui
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18 pages
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