17th February 2015, 03:55 PM
It's encouraging that there are more jobs going, finally! I might actually have a chance of getting outside once in a while.
Anyway, after asking here (ask first, research later?) I did some poking around on Amazon and came up with the following possibilities:
Any opinions on any of these? Apparently the Philip Barker book is, or was, the "bible" on the subject but as far as I can tell it hasn't been updated for 12 years or so. Not that your basic shovelling will have changed much in that time but I don't know how much modern techniques might have changed.
Anyway, after asking here (ask first, research later?) I did some poking around on Amazon and came up with the following possibilities:
- The Archaeology Coursebook: An Introduction to Themes, Sites, Methods and Skills by Jim Grant, Sam Gorin, Neil Fleming (aimed at A level students)
- Techniques of Archaeological Excavation by Philip Barker
- Digging Up the Past by John Collis
- Excavation (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology) by Steve Roskams
Any opinions on any of these? Apparently the Philip Barker book is, or was, the "bible" on the subject but as far as I can tell it hasn't been updated for 12 years or so. Not that your basic shovelling will have changed much in that time but I don't know how much modern techniques might have changed.