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The Great British Dig brings history and archaeology closer to home than ever before.Each week a team of archaeologists (led by presenter Hugh Dennis) descend on streets and gardens the length and breadth of the country to discover the treasures we have been living right on top of without realising. In this official tie-in book, on-screen expert Dr Chloë Duckworth digs deeper into the sites the show visited, as well as giving practical tips and advice for anyone who wants to have a go themselves.
Uncovering a lost world of human stories just a few shovelfuls beneath our feet, Chloë explores the team's techniques in fascinating detail, offering new insights and explanations about the discoveries made. As well as revealing the actual frontier of the Roman Empire in Britain, the Tudor palace of an Elizabethan spymaster, a revolutionary Victorian prison, a Second World War military base, and a prehistoric village under a school playing field, Chloë includes lots of information for anyone wanting to give it a go themselves.
The book is packed with features, tip boxes and practical advice about digging in your own back garden, researching your local area for clues about what might have been there centuries ago, and dating things you may find. Highly illustrated, the book includes images never seen on screen, as well as archive photos and illustrations that bring history to life, and identification guides to bones, pottery, tools, coins and other things you might come across yourself.
Foreword by Hugh Dennis, presenter of
The Great British Dig.
List of contents
Foreword by Hugh Dennis
Introduction
DIG 1: Cosmopolitan Romans (Benwell, Newcastle Upon Tyne)
Identification guide: Roman and prehistoric ceramics
Practical guide 1: Gathering your tools
DIG 2: Medieval Life and Death (Masham, Yorkshire)
Practical guide 2: Researching your local area
DIG 3: Rebellious Monks (Lenton, Nottingham)
DIG 4: War and Peace (Trow Point, South Shields)
Identification guide: Coins
Practical guide 3: Digging legally and safely
DIG 5: From Mill to POW Camp (Oldham, Greater Manchester)
Identification guide: Porcelain and its imitations
DIG 6: The Final Frontier (Falkirk, Stirlingshire)
Identification guide: Glass bottles
Practical guide 4: Laying out your trench
DIG 7: The Conquerors' Castle (West Derby, Liverpool)
Identification guide: Medieval ceramics
Practical guide 5: All about soil
DIG 8: Gardens of Power (Beningbrough, York)
Identification guide: Metal small finds
Practical guide 6: Excavating finds and features
DIG 9: Poverty and Redemption (Oswestry, Shropshire)
Identification guide: Clay pipes
DIG 10: Out on the Grange (Biggin Hall, Coventry)
DIG 11: Crime and Punishment (Devizes, Wiltshire)
Practical guide 7: Recording your findings
DIG 12: Royalists and Parliamentarians (King's Lynn, Norfolk)
Identification guide: Animal bones
DIG 13: The Spymaster's House (Odiham, Hampshire)
Practical guide 8: Caring for finds
DIG 14: Prehistoric Mysteries (Stretton, East Staffordshire)
Practical guide 9: Carry on digging!
About the author
Chloë Duckworth
Summary
The Great British Dig brings history and archaeology closer to home than ever before.
Each week a team of archaeologists (led by presenter Hugh Dennis) descend on streets and gardens the length and breadth of the country to discover the treasures we have been living right on top of without realising. In this official tie-in book, on-screen expert Dr Chloë Duckworth digs deeper into the sites the show visited, as well as giving practical tips and advice for anyone who wants to have a go themselves.
Uncovering a lost world of human stories just a few shovelfuls beneath our feet, Chloë explores the team's techniques in fascinating detail, offering new insights and explanations about the discoveries made. As well as revealing the actual frontier of the Roman Empire in Britain, the Tudor palace of an Elizabethan spymaster, a revolutionary Victorian prison, a Second World War military base, and a prehistoric village under a school playing field, Chloë includes lots of information for anyone wanting to give it a go themselves.
The book is packed with features, tip boxes and practical advice about digging in your own back garden, researching your local area for clues about what might have been there centuries ago, and dating things you may find. Highly illustrated, the book includes images never seen on screen, as well as archive photos and illustrations that bring history to life, and identification guides to bones, pottery, tools, coins and other things you might come across yourself.
Foreword by Hugh Dennis, presenter of The Great British Dig.
Foreword
In this official tie-in book, The Great British Dig's on-screen expert Dr Chlo� Duckworth digs deeper into the sites the show visited, as well as giving practical advice for anyone who wants to have a go themselves.
Additional text
This book acts as a great reminder of why many of us fall for archaeology in the first place.an accessible and engaging introductory handbook
