 The five seasons of the excavations were widely reported, making Alcock into one of the better known British archaeologists of the time.His methodology made headlines within the archaeological community with his use of geophysical survey, which in at the time before its prominent use by archaeological television programme "Time Team" was an unusual and experimental process; while he also preferred the use of open-area excavation to the Wheeler method that held sway at the time.This methodology was to become the standard technique for British archaeology from the start of large scale rescue work in the 1970s, and shows that Alcock was at the cutting edge of archaeology.