Welcome to the archived Urban Archaeology weblog, where you can read about some of the projects undertaken during two years as a freelance archaeologist, and see examples of recent illustration work. Clicking on most images will open enlarged versions.

Chiz Harward joined Cotswold Archaeology in April 2010 as a Senior Project Officer and this blog is now archived -although given time it may be ressurected in some form!

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Urban Archaeology has developed a series of handouts covering excavation and post-excavation processes, and basic finds information (click on examples to enlarge). These are similar to 'crib sheets' used by some archaeological units but are not confined to basic archaeological techniques.

The handouts can be posted in site huts, handed out to staff, or used in training or seminar sessions or as the focus for weekly archaeological 'toolbox talks'. They have proved to be very useful on sites as both training tools and as an aide memoire and complement the basic technical information in the site manual.