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Archaeology Is Rubbish : A Beginner's Guide

by Tony Robinson, Mick Aston

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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.… (more)
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8/10 (very good): Easy to read and surprisingly practical, Archaeology Is Rubbish treads exactly the right line between too much and too little detail. A great read for all serious fans of Time Team. ( )
  mark_read | Aug 13, 2020 |
Good introduction to creating your own archaeological dig, what to expect and how to record anything you do find. ( )
1 vote soliloquies | Oct 14, 2008 |
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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.

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