ABSTRACT
How do you find archaeological sites? Chapter 5 describes the all-important process of archaeological research, then focuses on the accidental or deliberate finding of archaeological sites of all kinds. This is what is known as nonintrusive archaeology, archaeological survey both on the ground and using a wide variety of remote-sensing methods. Non-intrusive archaeology is acquiring more importance as research new tend to discourage excavation, as it disturbs sites and their contexts in time and space. These include both photographs taken from aircraft and satellite imagery and the new LiDAR technology. We describe the recording of sites, including geographic information systems, which allow researchers to look at site distributions in their changing environmental contexts. The chapter ends with a brief discussion of subsurface detection methods.
