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Community archaeology is easy to define - archaeology by
the people for the people. It is empowered by the reality that
within a locality there will be many people interested and excited
by the material evidence for the past which lies beneath their
streets, houses, gardens, workplaces and is scattered across fields
and woods. Although fascinated by the discoveries of professional
archaeologists, these people want passionately to be directly
involved in the actual process of discovery themselves and in the
research and imaginative reconstruction that flows from these
discoveries.
This website is dedicated to an attempt to realise such ambitions,
to give local people whatever their age, skill level, family and
work obligations, the chance to participate in real archaeology.
This involves not just practical investigations - excavation,
surveying, field walking and so on - but also doing detailed
recording, identifying finds, developing specialist knowledge, and
carrying out documentary investigations. Most enjoyable of all, it
involves working in a team to define research objectives in the
first place, offer interpretations of findings and disseminate these
to a wider audience through displays, workshops and a variety of
publications.
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