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 show more 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. show lessTags
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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.
Good introduction to creating your own archaeological dig, what to expect and how to record anything you do find.
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- Genres
- Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 930.10283 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Ancient History: China, Egypt, Rome, Greece Archaeology Methodology
- LCC
- CC75 .R625 — Auxiliary Sciences of History Archaeology Archaeology Philosophy. Theory Methodology
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- Languages
- English
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