Free standard shipping on all orders
  • Visa
  • Master Card
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB

Surveying for Archaeologists and Other Fieldworkers book cover

1st Edition

Surveying for Archaeologists and Other Fieldworkers

By A.H.A. Hogg Copyright 1980
334 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

The object of this book is to enable archaeologists, even without relevant training, to deal with any problem in surveying. The book is arranged by technique for ease of reference. Thus one part is devoted to Chain Surveying, which has evolved over centuries into the simplest and quickest way of making accurate plans for most types of site; but methods of reconnaissance and of rough survey are... Read more

Preface  Part 1: Introduction  1. General Discussion  2. The Basic Principles  Part 2: Chain Surveying  3. Equipment  4. The Elements of Chain Survey  5. An Imaginary Survet  6. Plotting and Finishing the Plan  7. Problems and Precautions  8. Single-handed Chain Surveying  Part 3: The Level  9. The Level: General Description  10. The Level: Observation and Booking  11. The Level: Applications  Part 4: The Theodolite or Tacheometer  12. The Theodolite: Essential Details  13. The Theodolite: Observation and Booking  14. Tacheometry  15. Setting Out a Rectangle  Part 5: Numerical and Semi-graphical Methods  16. Introduction and Basic Formulae  17. Applications, Including Semi-graphical Methods  18. Miscellaneous Calculation  19. The Traverse  20. The Polygonal Network  Part 6: Miscellaneous Techniques  21. Plotting from Oblique Aerial Photographs  22. Other Applications of Photography  23. The Plane Table  24. Underground Surveying  Part 7: Reconnaissance and Rough Surveys  25. The Ordnance Survey and Reconnaissance  26. Rough Surveys  Part 8: Recapitulation  27. Excavation 28. Part-time Fieldwork. Appendices

Biography

A.H.A. Hogg

Add to Cart