The Archaeology of Washing Floors: Problems, Potentials, and Priorities

Abstract

The author had directed excavations on three washing floor sites, all predominantly of nineteenth century date and all in northern England. He argues that published discussions of ore-dressing have drawn heavily on a limited number of contemporary written sources, and that recording and excavation of sites would aid the understanding of these complex processes. His paper concludes with a discussion of the problems encountered in the excavation of washing floors, together with a survey of their archaeological potential. He suggests that excavation of sites should form part of a research strategy concerned with the broader mining landscape in all regions of Britain.

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