Drawing its numerous examples from Britain and beyond,
Archaeological Investigation explores the procedures used in field
archaeology travelling over the whole process from discovery to
publication.
Divided into four parts, it argues for a set of principles in
part one, describes work in the field in part two and how to write
up in part three. Part four describes the modern world in which all
types of archaeologist operate, academic and professional. The
central chapter Projects Galore takes the reader on a whirlwind
tour through different kinds of investigation including in caves,
gravel quarries, towns, historic buildings and underwater.
Archaeological Investigation intends to be a companion for a
newcomer to professional archaeology from a student introduction
(part one), to first practical work (part two) to the first
responsibilities for producing reports (part three) and, in part
four, to the tasks of project design and heritage curation that
provide the meat and drink of the fully fledged professional.
The book also proposes new ways of doing things, tried out over
the author s thirty years in the field and brought together here
for the first time. This is no plodding manual but an inspiring,
provocative, informative and entertaining book, urging that
archaeological investigation is one of the most important things
society does.
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