A 'Reflexive' Multi-Stage Survey Methodology for Historical Landscape Research in Central India: Field-Walking, Local Knowledge, and Satellite Imagery as Archaeological Site Prospection and Mapping Tools in the Sanchi Survey Project
The present article evaluates the relative usefulness of systematic versus unsystematic field-walking, local knowledge frameworks and satellite imagery as archaeological prospection and mapping tools for the Sanchi Survey Project (SSP) in central India. While the satellite imagery proved helpful as a supplementary site prospection and mapping tool during later phases of the project, initial site identification was more effectively facilitated through ground-based explorations, and a 'reflexive' approach that included a sensitivity to local memory and the continued currency of archaeological sites in today's socio-ritual landscape. Set within discussions of the role of local traditions in 'reflexive' field methodologies, as well as broader public archaeology discourse, the article stresses the importance of local perceptions of place and history in the development of a regionally specific research design.
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Introduction 1918 Development of European survey methodologies: a one-way tract? 1919 Survey archaeology in the Indian subcontinent 1919 Extensive versus intensive survey 1920 Towards a 'reflexive' survey methodology 1921 The Sanchi Survey Project: a multi-stage landscape methodology 1921 Satellite imagery: overview 1922 Satellite imagery as a reconnaissance and mapping tool 1923 Site documentation and mapping 1924 Database structure 1925 Geological zones and geographical sectors: a 'stratified' survey methodology 1927 'Sites' in the landscape 1927 Buddhist monastic sites 1928 Dams and other water-resource structures 1928 Settlements 1928 Temple sites and sculpture fragments 1928 'Non-monumental ' sites 1929 Local memory and archaeological survey methodology 1929 Conclusion 1931
