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Making a mountain out of a molehill? A low-cost and time-efficient molehill survey of the lost medieval harbor site of Monnikerede, Belgium
Trachet, J.; Poulain, M.; Delefortrie, S.; Van Meirvenne, M.; De Clercq, W. (2017). Making a mountain out of a molehill? A low-cost and time-efficient molehill survey of the lost medieval harbor site of Monnikerede, Belgium. Journal of Field Archaeology 42(6): 503-513. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2017.1383106
In: Journal of Field Archaeology: Abingdon. ISSN 0093-4690, more
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Keyword
    Talpa europaea
Author keywords
    Talpa europaea L, archaeological prospection, bioturbation, electromagnetic induction, unmanned aerial vehicle survey

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  • Van Meirvenne, M., more
  • De Clercq, W., more

Abstract
    Grasslands pose a particular problem for archaeological survey involving artifact assessment, as no material is plowed up to the surface. Although finds in molehills are often the only source of information available on sites with such low visibility, an archaeology of molehills has thus far been largely disregarded. Yet, by applying a low-cost and time-efficient methodology, both the potential and the pitfalls of molehill archaeology come to the forefront. At the medieval harbor site of Monnikerede, it was possible to assess material culture and to locate certain structural elements. However, when artifact densities were compared with the underlying geophysical anomalies, a more complex relationship appeared at the level of individual features.

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