Chapter 2
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This chapter deals with the strategies and techniques archaeologists use to recover archaeological remains from land and sea.
2.1 Types of excavation
- Extremely useful guides to many aspects of excavation and surveying from British Archaeology
- http://www.bajr.org/BAJRRead/BAJRGuides.asp
- The site of Rescue can be found at:
- http://www.rescue-archaeology.freeserve.co.uk/
- Sites for the excavations at Castell Henlys are at:
- http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/castellhenllys/web/
2.2 Excavation strategies and the process of excavation
The following provide good coverage of a range of excavations. Most are research excavations.
- Pompeii (Italy)
- http://www.bradford.ac.uk/archsci/field_proj/anampomp/index.html
- Boxgrove (England)
- http://matt.pope.users.btopenworld.com/boxgrove/boxhome.htm
- Ballynahatty (Northern Ireland)
- http://www.qub.ac.uk/arcpal/ballynahatty.htm
- Chester Amphitheatre
- Dunragit (Scotland)
- http://orgs.man.ac.uk/research/dunragit/
- Flixborough (England)
- http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/archaeology/flixboro.htm
- Scatness (Shetland)
- http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/field_proj/scat/
- Raunds (England)
- http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/raunds/index.htm
- Avebury (England)
- http://www.arch.soton.ac.uk/Research/Avebury/
- White Cairn (Scotland)
- http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/archaeology/multimedia/whitecairn.html
Many archaeological units have websites of their projects. A high proportion of these are rescue excavations.
- Excellent examples can be found at:
- http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/
- http://www.framearch.co.uk/index.html (Heathrow Airport – Rescue)
- http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/
- English Heritage produce a number of useful guides including one on environmental sampling:
- http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/media/Media,64419,en.pdf
2.3 What records do archaeologists create?
- The Harris matrix is explained at:
- http://www.harrismatrix.com/
- Recording contexts:
- http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/archy/exploration
2.4 Special cases: excavating human remains
- An interactive tutorial on excavating human remains is on the Patois site at:
- http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/patois/module4/index.html
- Also:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/excavations_techniques/
2.5 Special cases: urban excavation
- New York:
- http://r2.gsa.gov/fivept/fphome.htm
- Ireland:
- http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/publications/archresearch/6.html
2.6 Special cases: wet sites and underwater archaeology
The following are sites which deal with aspects of underwater archaeology. They are particularly useful given the low profile of this aspect in many textbooks.
- The Museum of Underwater Archaeology:
- http://www.uri.edu/mua/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/excavations_techniques/marine_01.shtml
- Nordic underwater archaeology:
- http://www.abc.se/%7Em10354/uwa/
- Dutch maritime archaeology:
- http://www.marinemuseum.nl/uk/default.htm
- Turkish maritime archaeology:
- http://www.diveturkey.com/inaturkey/projects.htm
- Scottish Trust for underwater archaeology (includes Crannogs):
- http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/underwater/stua.htm
- Maritime archaeology lists:
- http://ina.tamu.edu/
- Scottish Crannog Centre:
- http://www.crannog.co.uk/
- A Mesolithic fireplace (Denmark):
- http://dendro.de/Unterwasserarchaeologie/NAU 9/Dal.pdf
- D Day beaches:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/excavations_techniques/
- The Mary Rose
- http://www.maryrose.org/
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