Immediately hailed as the standard work and one of the most widely used archaeological field manuals, Philip Barker's survey of current excavation techniques, now in its third edition, remains an indispensible guide for archaeologists.
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'A guide to the better practice of excavation.' - New Scientist
'Essential to all would-be excavators.' - Minerva
'A magnificent achievement.' - Current Archaeology
'Essential to all would-be excavators.' - Minerva
'A magnificent achievement.' - Current Archaeology
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One of Britain's leading excavators, Philip Barker is now an archaeological consultant, having retired as Reader in Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. He has directed many excavations, including the long-term ones at the Roman city of Wroxeter and the timber castle at Hen Domen. He was one of the founder members of RESCUE and of the Institute of Field Archaeologists.
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baths basilica, archaeological sites are formed, planum method, ideal excavation, cumulative section, robber trenches, cropmark sites, pottery and small finds, undisturbed subsoil, contour survey, total excavation, excavated evidence, horizontal excavation, excavated surface, occupation layers, trial trenches, salvage excavation, oblique photographs, bedding layer, rescue excavation, context recording, archaeological layers, excavation techniques, partial excavation, magnetometer survey Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hen Domen, Iron Age, Worcester Cathedral, Dominic Powlesland, Wharram Percy, English Heritage, Offa's Dyke, Pitt Rivers, Sidney Renow, Philip Rahtz, Store Valby, Description Phase, Bronze Age, Norman Conquest, West Heslerton, Earl of Shrewsbury, Domesday Book, Martin Carver, Norre Fjand, Roman Britain, Scientific Aids Browse Sample Pages:
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baths basilica, archaeological sites are formed, planum method, ideal excavation, cumulative section, robber trenches, cropmark sites, pottery and small finds, undisturbed subsoil, contour survey, total excavation, excavated evidence, horizontal excavation, excavated surface, occupation layers, trial trenches, salvage excavation, oblique photographs, bedding layer, rescue excavation, context recording, archaeological layers, excavation techniques, partial excavation, magnetometer survey Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hen Domen, Iron Age, Worcester Cathedral, Dominic Powlesland, Wharram Percy, English Heritage, Offa's Dyke, Pitt Rivers, Sidney Renow, Philip Rahtz, Store Valby, Description Phase, Bronze Age, Norman Conquest, West Heslerton, Earl of Shrewsbury, Domesday Book, Martin Carver, Norre Fjand, Roman Britain, Scientific Aids Browse Sample Pages:
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