Archeology has been a continuously developing field of study considering numerous discoveries as well as new methodologies that can be implied in order to make accurate findings. Development in post-excavation processes such as preservation, identification, dating and other relevant methods has also been improved in various ways. In medieval and even post-medieval or contemporary archeology, however, there has been established a relevant connection with environmental analyses and archeological work that created more efficiency in the excavation and retrieval process as well as considerations with the environment. This event happened to have created a new approach on archeological studies with the inclusion of environmental assessment, preservation and consideration that can be known as environmental archeology (Centre for Archeology Guidelines, 2002).
Environmental archeology has been introduced and made widely known by the English Heritage with its guidelines on environmental considerations. With its varying methodologies and approaches, the guidelines for environmental archeology will ensure that environmental assessment will be included on the planning process as well as the preparation of development plans and planning decisions. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) also plays a major role in observing these policies. It should also provide proper guidance to curators who make several advices in planning decisions as well as issue briefs.
Major issues concerning environmental archeology is the consideration of several ecological, social and economic preservations. Changes pertaining to these parts must be viewed in terms of changes in time, specific activities or events, and the existence of interaction between varying contemporaneous landscapes.
Several archeological activities were undertaken in the Midlands region. From some sites that have been excavated, environmental assessment and other methods have been employed in order to preserve and protect the environmental landscape and structure of the area. With the constant threat of ploughing, erosion and leveling, archeologists were able to excavate and retrieve several artifacts from the sites including the excavation in Cleatham Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in North Lincolnshire as well as the one in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire in 2001. Several methods have been observed in order to ensure the proper excavation process in terms of environmental guidelines being imposed. Excavations at the Viking Barrow Cemetery at Heath Wood Ingleby, Derbyshire from 1998 to 2000 have been able to have full and thorough examination of the landscape as well as the artifacts that were obtained. In order to preserve the information as well as the specimen, the environmental guidelines for preservation were followed whether it is digital specimen or physical specimen (English Heritage, 2001).
In the case of the Clee Hills Project in Shropshire wherein the site to be excavated has extensive human activity, management strategies were created as well as laying out a careful plan that will not disrupt any human activity in relation to the excavation that will be performed.
There were several other archeological activities and planning designs that were implemented in the Midlands. It has been vital for the project directors and archeologists to consider the environmental aspects of the archeological project. As much as the guidelines were placed in order to ensure the proper implementation of environmental archeology, the English Heritage was able to suffice the needs of archeologists in terms of developing plans as well as providing them proper approaches in terms of their decision-making.
Environmental archeology has been introduced and made widely known by the English Heritage with its guidelines on environmental considerations. With its varying methodologies and approaches, the guidelines for environmental archeology will ensure that environmental assessment will be included on the planning process as well as the preparation of development plans and planning decisions. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) also plays a major role in observing these policies. It should also provide proper guidance to curators who make several advices in planning decisions as well as issue briefs.
Major issues concerning environmental archeology is the consideration of several ecological, social and economic preservations. Changes pertaining to these parts must be viewed in terms of changes in time, specific activities or events, and the existence of interaction between varying contemporaneous landscapes.
Several archeological activities were undertaken in the Midlands region. From some sites that have been excavated, environmental assessment and other methods have been employed in order to preserve and protect the environmental landscape and structure of the area. With the constant threat of ploughing, erosion and leveling, archeologists were able to excavate and retrieve several artifacts from the sites including the excavation in Cleatham Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in North Lincolnshire as well as the one in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire in 2001. Several methods have been observed in order to ensure the proper excavation process in terms of environmental guidelines being imposed. Excavations at the Viking Barrow Cemetery at Heath Wood Ingleby, Derbyshire from 1998 to 2000 have been able to have full and thorough examination of the landscape as well as the artifacts that were obtained. In order to preserve the information as well as the specimen, the environmental guidelines for preservation were followed whether it is digital specimen or physical specimen (English Heritage, 2001).
In the case of the Clee Hills Project in Shropshire wherein the site to be excavated has extensive human activity, management strategies were created as well as laying out a careful plan that will not disrupt any human activity in relation to the excavation that will be performed.
There were several other archeological activities and planning designs that were implemented in the Midlands. It has been vital for the project directors and archeologists to consider the environmental aspects of the archeological project. As much as the guidelines were placed in order to ensure the proper implementation of environmental archeology, the English Heritage was able to suffice the needs of archeologists in terms of developing plans as well as providing them proper approaches in terms of their decision-making.
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