Archaeology Careers Week by Peter Barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch en-us 2016-10-31 09:29:09 UTC 2025-11-12 19:18:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Should excavation only ever be the last option for an archaeologist? p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134159903 2016-10-31 09:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134159903 Statement 1 p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134159995 “Excavation is, more than anything, destructive, and evidence not seen and recorded when first uncovered will be destroyed forever when digging proceeds.”

Academic Book by Professor Richard Atkinson (Cardiff University)

Atkinson, R.J.C. (1946). Field archaeology. London: Methuen
]]> 2016-10-31 09:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134159995 Statement 2 p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160136 “Excavation for all it’s limitations... remains the core of our discipline.”

Journal Article by Prof. Paul Everill (University of Winchester)

Everill, P. (2007). A day in the life of a training excavation: Teaching archaeological fieldwork in the UK. World Archaeology, 39(4), 483-498. 
]]> 2016-10-31 09:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160136 Statement 3 p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160280 “Some archaeological guidance such as PPG 16 [UK Govt. archaeological planning document] has established a strong ethical argument for only excavating sites threatened with destruction.”

Wikipedia Entry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_ethics 
]]> 2016-10-31 09:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160280 Statement 4 p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160516 “Activist archaeologists wrestle with the dilemma of negotiating between our preservation ethics and the desire to use [excavations]... to benefit and advocate for present-day communities”

Blogpost by Dr. Jay Stottman (University of Kentucky)

Stottman, M. J. (2016) Beyond Preservation: expanding the ethical responsibilities of archaeologists.  AAA Ethics Blog (available at: http://ethics.americananthro.org/beyond-preservation-expanding-the-ethical-responsibilities-of-archaeologists/) [accessed 28/10/16]
]]> 2016-10-31 09:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160516 Statement 5 p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160646 “Pottery is the most commonly found artefact at Chakeluka - as at all Iron Age sites in Zambia. This is because the pottery  made and used by Iron Age peoples was produced and broken easily.”

Journal Article by Dr. Francis Musonda (University of Lusaka)

Musonda, F. (2013). Ethnicity and ethical issues in archaeological interpretation: the case of Chakeluka iron age site, Lusaka, Zambia. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 68(197), 52-62. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23631483


]]> 2016-10-31 09:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160646 Statement 6 p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160771 “You have to excavate to find out new things.  Simple as that.”

Conversation with Dr Janet Rimmer (University of Sheffield)

Rimmer, J. (2016). Personal Conversation. Jessop West Cafe [01.08.2016]


]]> 2016-10-31 09:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134160771 USEFUL or NOT USEFUL? p_barr https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134409414 2016-11-01 09:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p_barr/arch/wish/134409414