The standardized pricking probe surveying and its use in Archaeology

The merits of the standardized pricking probe technique are as follows: its field procedure and data processing are simple, it is cheap and relatively quick; it does not need any electronic instrument, therefore there are no investment costs and there is no risk of technical failures; the technique can be applied even among the most unfavourable field conditions like e.g. bad weather, extreme topography, dense undergrowth, etc. At the same time, the standardized pricking probe method should be applied only in areas, where the possible damaging of the buried structures is excluded.