field investigation

English

Noun

field investigation (plural field investigations)

1. (sciences) The systematic process of collecting data in order to answer a scientific question.
2. (law, archaeology) The study of the traces of human culture at any site by means of surveying, sampling, excavating, or removing the surface or subsurface.
   • 1952, G.H. Dury, Map Interpretation:

     Field investigation is required..to prove that these valley-bottom villages are, in fact, sited on patches of low terrace.