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Description: Write here only if you have personal experience of working as a field excavator archaeologist. Why did you decide to ... more
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Newest Review: ... going on a dig. At the beginning, there is this wonderful sense of anticipation in the air, as all the diggers turn up eager to find out what we are going to be doing - but nobody exactly knows what you are going to find, or when. Underneath the muddy field you are staring at, there could be beautiful Roman mosaics, a palace, a type of metalwork never seen before or something that could ... more

 ... rewrite the history of the area you are working in. Equally, there could be bugger all. But you just don't know until you get started! As you work, you get to know y...more

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Premium Review My Experiences and Advice: A Favourite Thing: "I dig therefore I am" (1069 words)
by collingwood21 - written on 15/07/02 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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I would like to begin this opinion by making an apology. Well, two apologies really - firstly for being so utterly predictable that I have found yet another opportunity to witter on at you about archaeology, and secondly for posting this in what is not strictly the correct category (I've already written a review in the "archaeology in general" bit, I'm afraid). But when prompted to write about "a favourite thing" as part of Jill Murphy's celebration of life, what else could I think of that brought me as much pleasure (and that I could post before the watershed)? You should all hopefully know what archaeology is by now - it's ...

 
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