20.500.12556/RUL-167170 Surveying along the slopes evaluating the impact of geomorphic processes on field survey’s site discovery effectiveness 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 Članek v reviji 2025-02-11 13:46:22 2025-02-11 13:46:23 2025-08-21 14:51:48 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 106–131 no. 2 Vol. 50 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 902.3:66 2042-4582 10.1080/00934690.2024.2402112 208421123 Gruskovnjak_L_2024_Surveying_along_the_Slopes.pdf Gruskovnjak_L_2024_Surveying_along_the_Slopes.pdf 1 A58FC8B43554256F49C340CF7BF0015A 3585a4d0323a0de99fbf338902005f3ed6155a47d40924e2c4529358cde7a2a6 467e1ee0-f827-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200268 https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2024.2402112 0 7810de0f-7e8d-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=214480 Filozofska fakulteta Surveying along the slopes: evaluating the impact of geomorphic processes on field survey’s site discovery effectiveness Surveying along the slopes: evaluating the impact of geomorphic processes on field survey’s site discovery effectiveness 0 0 0