Thesaurus Term/Concept: BOX TRENCHING

Identifier 145114
Class EVENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A system of excavation, developed by Mortimer Wheeler, whereby a site was uncovered by means of a grid of square trenches with baulks between them to aid the recording of the stratification of all four sides of each trench.

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Context Record
Event Type ECC4220 Excavation at Castle House, Castle Bailey, Colchester, 2015 (Event - Intervention)