Survey: How do you know you’re doing it right?
Archaeological surveys tend to be samples of a site. How do you know you’re doing it right when you can’t see the artefacts you’ve missed? Couldn’t you be missing large chunks of information because it’s not what you’re expecting to see? David Pettigrew guest blogs at The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World,
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