Archaeological Practice in Great Britain A Heritage Handbook
The heritage sector is now one of Britain’s bigger industries, in terms of income generation and jobs (over 460,000 at the last count). It is also a popular industry to work in, attracting prospective employees from the home countries and from overseas. Y
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Some readers comments ‘An entertaining and useful introduction to practices, processes and peculiarities of British archaeology’. (Peter Hinton, Institute for Archaeologists) ‘Here is an interesting book – it’s a Rough Guide to British field archaeology, written in an informal way but packed with information for those wishing to come to Britain to work in archaeology and also helpful for a younger generation of Brits making up their minds whether archaeology is for them. And a source of entertainment for old lags...’ (Jane Grenville, University of York) ‘An accessible and readable introduction to aspects of archaeology in Britain, aimed primarily at audiences outside the UK’. (Dr Mike Heyworth MBE, Council for British Archaeology)
John Schofield John Carman Paul Belford ●
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Archaeological Practice in Great Britain A Heritage Handbook
John Schofield Department of Archaeology University of York King’s Manor, York, UK [email protected]
Paul Belford Nexus Heritage Unit 6, Coppice House, Halesfield 7 Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5AX, UK [email protected]
John Carman Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity University of Birmingham Edgbaston, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK [email protected]
ISBN 978-0-387-09452-6 e-ISBN 978-0-387-09453-3 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-09453-3 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011928681 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book is one of the series of cultural heritage manuals which, by providing overview and ‘key-facts’, is intended to help people work as archaeologists around the world. Many people associate archaeology with travel and adventure – not surprisingly given its image in popular culture – and many people come to Britain to learn about and ‘do’ archaeology. Wherever you are, archaeology has certain universal core principles. Archaeology is about exploring society and culture through its material traces, learning about the influence the past has had on the present, and using that knowledge to help shape the future. But despite our networked modern world, many aspects of archaeological methodology and practice are still very local
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