Figure 1: Development-led excavations, evaluations, watching briefs in England 1990-2007 as recorded in the Historic England Excavation Index. Data from the Excavation Index hosted by the Archaeology Data Service [Last accessed: 1 Sept 2014].
Figure 2: All excavations in England 1967-2007 as recorded in the Historic England Excavation Index. Data from the Excavation Index hosted by the Archaeology Data Service [Last accessed: 1 Sept 2014].
Figure 3: Perception of quality of information within fieldwork reports as reported in the 2010 GLADE survey (after Hardman and Evans 2010, fig. 4.6.3).
Figure 4: Development-led rural and urban excavations, evaluations and watching briefs in England 1990-2010. Rural investigations displayed as kernel density (20km); urban investigations displayed as a proportional symbol for each urban Middle Super Output Area (MSOA). Rural/urban definition provided by the 'Rural-urban classification (2011) of middle layer super output areas (2011)' (.zip file) available for use under Open Government Licence terms and conditions. [Last accessed: 23 Oct 2014].
Figure 5: Kernel density (20km) of development-led excavations 1990-2010. Data from the Excavation Index hosted by the Archaeology Data Service [Last accessed: 1 Sept 2014].
Figure 6: Kernel density (20km) of development-led excavations 1990-2010 encountering deposits of 'Iron Age' date. Data from the Excavation Index hosted by the Archaeology Data Service [Last accessed: 1 Sept 2014].
Figure 7: Development-led intrusive investigations 1990-2007 compared to all intrusive investigations 1972-1989 in Staffordshire. Data from the Excavation Index hosted by the Archaeology Data Service [Last accessed: 1 Sept 2014]. Height data derived from OS Terrain 50 DTM © Crown Copyright and Database Right Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence).
Figure 8: Development-led intrusive investigations 1990-2007 compared to all intrusive investigations 1972-1989 in North Yorkshire. Data from the Excavation Index hosted by the Archaeology Data Service [Last accessed: 1 Sept 2014]. Height data derived from OS Terrain 50 DTM © Crown Copyright and Database Right Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence).
Figure 9: University (n=322) and Community Group (n=1126) intrusive investigations in England 1990-2010, overlying a kernel density (20km) of development-led excavations 1990-2010. Data from the Excavation Index hosted by the Archaeology Data Service [Last accessed 1 Sept 2014].
Figure 10: Reports for excavations, evaluations and watching briefs recorded in OASIS and disseminated via the Archaeology Data Service: for planning-led events (n=13978), investigations by community groups (n=169) and other 'research' projects (n=61). All records also displayed as kernel density (20km). Data from http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/greylit/ [Last accessed 22 Oct 2014].
Table 1: Planning applications in England 2003-2011. Data from ALGAO: England