How To Get Involved In Archaeology:from School age toRetirement and fromHobby to Career

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BAJR Practical GuidebyDavid Connolly June 2009

How to get involved in Archaeology

This short guide is designed to help answer some of the basic questions that are asked about gettingstarted in archaeology, whether as an interested amateur a determined schoolchild or a studentgetting ready to leave university or college. It can’t be completely comprehensive, without beinghundreds of pages long, but hopefully adds enough detail, and links to other resources to satisfymost questions.Whatever your reason for reading this, please remember that archaeology is supposed to be enjoyable,it’s why you should do it. It won’t make you rich, and probably won’t make you famous, but it might just give you something diﬀerent in your life.“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

Confucius (551-479BC).

This guide was produced byDavid Connolly, BAJR (http://www.bajr.org)

How to get involved in Archaeology

ContentsIntroduction 3 At School 4 As a hobby 6 An education in Archaeology 9 Applying for work in archaeology 12 What jobs can I do in Archaeology? 14Read More 16