The context and practice of gathering field archaeology data

ARC00020M

Module leader: Steve Roskams

Aims

to give students a thorough knowledge of how, and why, archaeological fieldwork has developed over time
to acquaint students with the major concepts and methodologies employed within modern fieldwork and understand their impact on data gathering

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this module students should:

be aware of the organisational and legislative context within which fieldwork operates
have an understanding of how the skills needed in reconnaissance, evaluation and full scale fieldwork might be best deployed
have been provided with an understanding of the practicalities, and problems, of implementing archaeological projects
understand the implications of the above for strategy and project design

Survey at field school 2006