The invisible diggers: a study of British commercial archaeology

The book has its origins in a doctoral dissertation examining the lives and perspectives of professional field archaeologists toiling in die challenging world of commercial archaeology. Here he presents some concrete proposals for improving the situation, although he also espouses an unattractively...

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Published inAntiquity Vol. 84; no. 323; p. 256
Main Author Burrow, Ian
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.03.2010
Subjects
Archaeology
Celts
Trade
United Kingdom
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
New Jersey
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Summary:The book has its origins in a doctoral dissertation examining the lives and perspectives of professional field archaeologists toiling in die challenging world of commercial archaeology. Here he presents some concrete proposals for improving the situation, although he also espouses an unattractively self-defeating pessimism about die extent to which they will be acted upon (p, 207)- His suggestions for improved university-, work-based-, and management-training programmes are well considered (and even include a role for IFA).
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ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00099944