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The past surveyed tomorrow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J.B. Stevenson
J.B. Stevenson*
Affiliation:
Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland, John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 9NX, Scotland. jacks@rcahms.gov.uk
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The last 25 years has been a period of rapid change in the approach to archaeological fieldwork in Britain and this has been reflected in the development of survey within the Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), the government financed body responsible for maintaining the national record of archaeology and architecture. The monolithic county-based inventory approach of RCAHMS' first 60 years has been replaced by a more broadly-based archaeological strategy founded on programmes of work that range from national overviews and regional surveys to individual site plans. Archaeological mapping has superseded monument planning as the key field objective, and all survey, whether terrestrial, aerial or desk-based, is underpinned by the RCAHMS Geographical Information System (GIs). The radical changes in field data-capture have been mirrored by parallel developments in making that data accessible once it has been collected.

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Special section: Scotland 2002
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 293 , September 2002 , pp. 855 - 862
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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