20.500.12556/RUL-160103 Surveying along the slopes: evaluating the impact of geomorphic processes on field survey’s site discovery effectiveness research data underlying the article This paper deals with the effectiveness of archaeological field survey under different geomorphic and topographic conditions. In particular, it addresses the informativeness of survey-recovered topsoil artifacts for discovering sites. To this end, the study uses the theoretical framework of five slope elements and soil thickness models and the data from a large development project, the Slovenian Motorways, focusing on 24 case studies from backslope, footslope, and toeslope positions. Data on slope classification, soil classification, soil thickness, survey, and excavation results are used to determine the relationship between topsoil artifacts and the subsurface archaeological record at each site. The results show that topsoil artifacts on backslope, footslope, and toeslope positions are mainly transported and hold little value for site discovery. Sites on footslopes, toeslopes, and partly backslopes are mainly buried and undetectable by survey, which calls for other site discovery methods in these landscape positions. The study also points out that field survey can only detect disturbed sites and calls for rethinking the main objectives of its application. field survey site discovery geomorphic processes slope elements soils arheološki terenski pregled odkrivanje arheoloških najdišč geomorfni procesi elementi pobočja tla true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2024-08-20 15:14:27 2024-08-20 15:14:27 2024-10-18 04:18:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 902.3 204791299 Readme_novo.docx Readme_novo.docx 1 563520D5FC186A0C9559764884EA4192 5d8a798771e6856824c8676187b1a0eeca27d767bed666b99db20c1c67c70768 5335548c-8c92-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=194496 FInal_Folder_Surveying_along_the_slopes._Open_data.zip FInal_Folder_Surveying_along_the_slopes._Open_data.zip 1 8C3F9CC24C2E8879DEC0C4D7B24AE87B d25ff14aeb646ad08c6473addd8234c2401fdf6bc108d510b8624a8c098eea2a 1dc9fa70-8c92-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=194495 Filozofska fakulteta Meritve in testi Surveying along the slopes Surveying along the slopes 0 0 0