DAVE COWLEY
Historic Environment Scotland, Heritage Recording & Archaeology, Deputy Head of Heritage Recording (Archaeological Survey)
Began working in archaeological field survey across Scotland in 1989. Took over the management of Aerial Survey in 2005, the Rapid Archaeological Mapping Programme from 2019 to 2021, and Deputy Head of Survey & Recording (Archaeological Survey) in 2021. Research interests and publications focus on the development of the landscape and approaches to survey, reflected in edited books on aerial archaeology, historic aerial photographs, remote sensing for heritage management and 3D data for archaeology. Co-author of the popular Above Scotland aerial photograph book, with many of his aerial photographs included in Scotland’s Landscapes, and published extensively on prehistoric settlement, on aerial survey methodology and on applications of historic aerial imagery. Co-chair of the European Archaeological Council working party on Remote Sensing for Archaeological Heritage Management, and an honorary member of staff in the Department of Archaeology, Glasgow University. PhD at University of Ghent on 'From points to pattern, and pattern to population: long term settlement patterns and demography in East Lothian, Scotland' awarded September 2021.
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The editorial for this volume suggests that many aspects of archaeological practice can be characterised as ‘beg, borrow and steal’. This collection provides the reader with thoughtful papers that contribute to the development of archaeological remote sensing as a mature interdisciplinary field characterised by explicit and theoretically engaged approaches to understanding the past.
This book is a contribution to the study of rural life in Iron Age Europe, collating case studies extending from southern Spain to northern Scotland and from Denmark to the Balkans. Papers are grouped thematically to open up cross-regional comparisons, ranging across studies of buildings, farms – the basic unit of Iron Age life consisting of its inhabitants, its livestock and associated agricultural lands – to wider settlement patterns and land use strategies.
The 29 papers in this volume discuss the disposition, form and organisation of rural settlements, as well as underlying social and economic networks, illustrating both the variability between regions, and also common themes in cultural, economic and social interactions. This volume provides an up-to-date overview of current research, presenting new results for the Iron Age specialist as well as a wider audience interested in the rich tapestry of rural settlement in Europe.
Case studies, written by leading experts in their fields, illustrate the applications of this imagery across a wide range of heritage issues, from prehistoric cultivation and settlement patterns, to the impact of recent landscape change. Contemporary environmental and land use issues are also dealt with, in a volume that will be of interest to archaeologists, historians, geographers and those in related disciplines.