Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)

The Burdale digital archive (Richards and Roskams 2013) comprises a broad range of primary and secondary data derived from fieldwork and post-excavation analysis. It complements the summary report published as Richards and Roskams (2012). Full stratigraphic reports are downloadable for each season o...

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Main Authors: Julian D. Richards, Steve Roskams
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Language:English
Published: University of York 2013-11-01
Series:Internet Archaeology
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Online Access:http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue35/richards-roskams.html
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description The Burdale digital archive (Richards and Roskams 2013) comprises a broad range of primary and secondary data derived from fieldwork and post-excavation analysis. It complements the summary report published as Richards and Roskams (2012). Full stratigraphic reports are downloadable for each season of excavation and can be related to the sequence of CAD plans also available. These can, in turn, be set within the wider site map derived from aerial photography and geophysical survey. Final reports are available for the pottery, spindlewhorls, and worked bone and antler (Ashby 2013). Other finds are simply listed in the finds databases, split by excavation year, with some preliminary notes on the ironwork included in the investigative conservation reports. The non-ferrous finds assemblage was largely missing, apart from a small number of topsoil finds recovered during metal detector surveys. Given the alleged wealth of the site, and the interest in it from 'nighthawks' we have to assume that unfortunately, most of the coinage and copper alloy metalwork has been collected from the ploughsoil over many years and is in private hands or has been sold for profit. In common with other Yorkshire sites Burdale produced very little early medieval pottery but this is likely to be a real absence rather than a product of recovery bias. The animal bone assemblage (Richardson 2010) is one of the most important elements of the archive. Over 300 images are also presented, split by year of excavation. The file downloads are organised in 3 groups: those relating to the whole project and those specifically related to excavations in 2006 (BUR06) or 2007 (BUR07). Referee statement by Gabor Thomas
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spelling doaj.art-bb6313ff821c488e8ddc60c3adc97feb2024-04-03T11:06:18ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872013-11-013510.11141/ia.35.8Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)Julian D. Richards0Steve Roskams1University of YorkUniversity of YorkThe Burdale digital archive (Richards and Roskams 2013) comprises a broad range of primary and secondary data derived from fieldwork and post-excavation analysis. It complements the summary report published as Richards and Roskams (2012). Full stratigraphic reports are downloadable for each season of excavation and can be related to the sequence of CAD plans also available. These can, in turn, be set within the wider site map derived from aerial photography and geophysical survey. Final reports are available for the pottery, spindlewhorls, and worked bone and antler (Ashby 2013). Other finds are simply listed in the finds databases, split by excavation year, with some preliminary notes on the ironwork included in the investigative conservation reports. The non-ferrous finds assemblage was largely missing, apart from a small number of topsoil finds recovered during metal detector surveys. Given the alleged wealth of the site, and the interest in it from 'nighthawks' we have to assume that unfortunately, most of the coinage and copper alloy metalwork has been collected from the ploughsoil over many years and is in private hands or has been sold for profit. In common with other Yorkshire sites Burdale produced very little early medieval pottery but this is likely to be a real absence rather than a product of recovery bias. The animal bone assemblage (Richardson 2010) is one of the most important elements of the archive. Over 300 images are also presented, split by year of excavation. The file downloads are organised in 3 groups: those relating to the whole project and those specifically related to excavations in 2006 (BUR06) or 2007 (BUR07). Referee statement by Gabor Thomashttp://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue35/richards-roskams.htmlBurdaleAnglian settlementYorkshire woldsdigital archivedatabasefieldworkdatasetdownloadsarchaeology
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Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)
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Yorkshire wolds
digital archive
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fieldwork
dataset
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archaeology
title Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)
title_full Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)
title_fullStr Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)
title_full_unstemmed Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)
title_short Burdale: An Anglian Settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds (Data Paper)
title_sort burdale an anglian settlement in the yorkshire wolds data paper
topic Burdale
Anglian settlement
Yorkshire wolds
digital archive
database
fieldwork
dataset
downloads
archaeology
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