7.2: The Archaeology Skills Passport


A very useful website for anyone intending to engeage responsibly in fieldwork is the Archaeology Skills Passport run by BAJR British Archaeological Jobs Resource (David Connolly, Dunbar, Scotland ) this has the following sections:


Core Skills: Handtools (Trowel etc)Handtools (Spade, Mattock etc)Site Formation ProcessesStratigraphic ExcavationContext Sheet RecordingSite PhotographySite Grid and Trench LayoutDumpy Level and StaffPlanningSection DrawingCollection of Samples,  Artefact Recovery, Recording & StorageSite Safety

Secondary Skills: Survey (Total Station)GeophysicsLandscape Walkover SurveyField WalkingEnvironmental ProcessingFinds ProcessingGIS & Data ManagementData Entry/ArchivingExcavation and Lifting Skeleton.

Tertiary Skills:  Report and Article WritingIllustration and GraphicsPublic OutreachHeritage Legislation,Transferable Skills.

Personally, I would see the surface survey/fieldwalking as a core skill.


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