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Fieldwalking

Meaning in history, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In history, fieldwalking means: Systematic walking across an area to observe, record or collect archaeological material visible on the ground.

In Turkish: sistematik yüzey taraması, yüzey yürüyüşü

How it is used

Surface visibility and recent land use affect results; absence on the surface is not proof of no buried remains.

Example sentences

  1. Fieldwalking mapped a concentration of pottery across the ploughed field.

    Repeated observations turn scattered finds into a spatial pattern.

  2. Dense grass reduced the effectiveness of fieldwalking on the second visit.

    Visibility changes what surveyors can recover or record.

Common collocations

  • systematic fieldwalking
  • fieldwalking survey
  • archaeological siteA place where evidence of past human activity has been found or preserved, such as the remains of a settlement, cemetery, temple or workshop.
  • artifactAn object made or shaped by people, such as a tool, coin, weapon or piece of jewellery, especially one studied for what it reveals about the past.

More terms: Archaeology Basics

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