Archaeology with Barker (Techniques of Archeological Excavation - Philip Barker)

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Product:	Techniques of Archeological Excavation - Philip Barker
Date:	22/08/00 (109 review reads)
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Advantages: Great diagrams and explanations

Disadvantages: bit heavy to have in your bag when on the move

Philip Barker's rather dully-entitled "Techniques of Archaeological Excavation" is in fact worth far more than its name might suggest.

It is the ideal textbook for underpinning the A-Level course and contains numerous useful diagrams, pictures and illustrations which help to get across the more difficult bits of archaeological practice. It also contains handy accounts of individual digs and uses examples taken from research done in other European countries.

Barker's introduction is particularly handy because it sketches the history of Archaeology itself, which is a relatively young area of research. His language is accessible and clear, and a beginner can ease themselves into the subject this way without feeling like a complete idiot. I found many other textbooks instantly made me feel ignorant by introducing highly technical jargon straightaway - they might as well have been written in Sanskrit, to be honest.

Go and buy this if you are taking A-Level, particularly as an independent student. It cost £18 but was well worth it and I sold it secondhand for £10 at the end of the course too, as it's still a current text. Cool or what?

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