Demystifying Field Archaeology

11th-12th September, University of Sheffield

Programme:

Saturday, 11th September

Registration

10.00 - 11.00 am (Coffee available)

10.30 - AGM (Members only)

Session 1: introduction

Andrew Selkirk: The Mystique of archaeology: Professional standards and amateur standards

Neil Faulkner: Building the independent research tradition

Coffee

Session 2: some successful independent projects

Peter Bartle and Kate Dennett: Vanishing datums: a survey undertaken by the Field

Studies Group of the East Riding Archaeological Society

Garland Grylls: The Hough on the Hill Priory Project

Eric Houlder. The St Aidans Ship Project

Discussion

Session 3: finding a site

Ruth Richardson: Studying field names

Jim Pickering: Using air-photos

Discussion

Lunch: 1.00 - 2.15

Peter Alexander-Fitzgerald: Law for the independent archaeologist: where do we stand?

Session 4: do-it-yourself geophysics

Tony Gist: An introduction to geophysics

Richard Strathy: Building your own resistivity meter

Peter Carnell: Doing a survey and analysing the results

Discussion

Tea

Session 5: the art of excavation

Tony Rook: Working at the trowel-face

Neil Faulkner: Recording archaeological stratification

5.30 - 5.45 Discussion

7.30: Conference Dinner

Sunday, 12th September

Session 6: dealing with the finds

Barry Horne: Analysing the pottery

Keith Dobney: Getting to grips with the animal bone

Parallel lectures: Liz Somerville: Analysing molluscs

Melanie van Twest: Excavating and recording human remains

Discussion

Coffee

Session 7: Site Photography and building an archive

Parallel lectures: Keith Robinson: Site photography for the beginner

Eric Houlder: Advanced site photography

Roy Friendship-Taylor: Setting up a post-excavation project

John Hooker: Expert systems for cataloguing finds

Discussion

Lunch

1.00-2.15pm

Session 8: towards publication

Peter Clayton and Beth Bishop: Archiving and publication: the Frocester experience

Andrew Selkirk: Publishing: ‘facts' or interpretations? Hard copy or the internet?

Discussion

Closing remarks

3.30 - 3.45

Neil Faulkner and Andrew Selkirk

Conference ends at 3.45, and will be followed by Tea

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