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Techniques of Archaeological Excavation
Author(s): Philip Barker (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2015
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 1138130273
- ISBN-13: 9781138130272
Book Description
Immediately 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘A guide to the better practice of excavation.’ – New Scientist
‘Essential to all would-be excavators.’ – Minerva
‘A magnificent achievement.’ – Current Archaeology
About the Author
Philip Barker is one of Britain’s leading excavators. Formerly reader in Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, he is now an archaeological consultant.
