Techniques of Archaeological ExcavationImmediately hailed as the standard work and one of the most widely used archaeological field manuals, this survey of current excavation techniques, now in its third edition, remains an in-dispensible guide for archaeologists. his text has been written by an experienced excavator about the inadequacies of excavation techniques and the possible ways of refining them and should serve as a valuable introduction to the subtleties and spirit of modern archaeology. |
Contents
the Unrepeatable Experiment | 1 |
2 How Archaeological Sites are Formed | 3 |
3 The Development of Excavation Techniques | 24 |
4 PreExcavation Research | 32 |
5 Problems and Strategies | 51 |
6 The Processes of Excavation | 71 |
7 Rescue and Salvage Excavation | 99 |
8 Recognizing and Recording the Evidence | 113 |
9 The Recording of Pottery and Small Finds | 141 |
10 The Interpretation of the Evidence | 150 |
11 Scientific Aids | 176 |
the History of the Site | 183 |
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aerial photographs analysis archaeological sites artefacts Barker Basilica at Wroxeter Baths Basilica Britain castle century clay coins colour complete context cropmarks datable deposits deserted medieval village detail digging ditch drawing drawn Duncote earlier earth earthworks example excavation field filling finds floor geophysical grid ground Hen Domen Higham holes horizontal important interpretation layers material matrix medieval method motte and bailey objects occupation oven pebble perhaps periods phase pits plotted plough possible post-holes post-pit pottery problems rampart reconstruction recording recovered relationships removed rescue excavation revealed robber trenches Roman rubble salvage excavation sample scale seen sequence settlement sherds shows silt single context recording site’s stereoscopic stone buildings strategy stratified stratigraphic structures subsoil techniques terminus ante quem terminus post terminus post quem timber buildings topsoil town trial trenches trowel vertical walls waterlogged Wharram Percy whole Wroxeter