Archaeology is rubbish : a beginner's guide / Tony Robinson and Mick Aston.
By: Robinson, Tony
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Contributor(s): Aston, Michael.
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BookPublisher: London : Channel 4, 2003Description: 216 p. : ill. (col.) ; 26cm.ISBN: 0752215302 (pbk) :; 9780752215303.Subject(s): Archaeology -- History | Archaeology -- Methodology | History | Archaeological science, methodology & techniques | Active outdoor pursuits | Hobbies, quizzes & games | HistoryDDC classification: 930.10283 ROB Summary: Written in an entertaining fashion this volume combines an overview of how archaeology is carried out with a history of the subject. It features the story of a fantasy dig in a reader's back garden, and also explores areas like tree-dating, DNA testing, environmental technology and geophysics.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This new offering from the Time Team duo of Robinson and Aston brings another entertaining and light-hearted book to our shelves. This is the story of a fantasy dig readers undertake in their back gardens to find out what bits of rubbish are buried there'. What starts out as a small hole grows into a full-scale excavation involving mechanical diggers, and reveals the remains of a Roman villa under a proposed supermarket. In amongst this story, the authors answer many of the frequently asked questions about archaeology and archaeologists, about the history of the discipline and about how a dig works. Robinson and Aston are entertaining and amusing as always.
Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written in an entertaining fashion this volume combines an overview of how archaeology is carried out with a history of the subject. It features the story of a fantasy dig in a reader's back garden, and also explores areas like tree-dating, DNA testing, environmental technology and geophysics.