Archaeology, School of History Classics and Archaeology
Certification of Practical Archaeological work
All Single and Joint Honours students in Archaeology are required to undertake practical
archaeological work as part of their curriculum. This currently consists of a minimum of three weeks
approved fieldwork in first year and a total of ten further weeks field- or other practical archaeological
work in the summer vacation of second year and the Easter and Summer Vacations of third year for
students intending to take the fourth year honours option course Archaeological Fieldwork.
Students are responsible for asking their project supervisors to complete a Certification of Practical
Archaeological Work Form for each project they attend, whether this project forms part of their
compulsory fieldwork or is in addition to it. (This enables Archaeology staff both to check that the
requirement has been fulfilled and to write references for students at a future date in the full
knowledge of their practical work experience.) Forms should reach the Archaeology Secretary no
later than the first day of the Autumn Semester.
First Year students are required to submit a written report of c.1000 words on the fieldwork project
they attend. This report should be handed in to the Archaeology Secretary no later than the first day
of the Autumn Semester. Students taking the final year option, Archaeological Fieldwork, are
required to hand in two portfolios in final year based on the practical work they have undertaken in
the vacations of their second and third years.
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from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012
He/she undertook the following activities (please tick and add any relevant additional information):Field Work
excavation
archaeological field survey
standing monument/building survey
environmental survey
environmental sampling (on- or off-site)
non-invasive investigation (e.g. resistivity and magnetometry)
site recording
planning and section drawing
finds processing
photography
trench or site supervision (management experience)
Laboratory Work
post-excavation work
artefact analysis
environmental analysis
laboratory supervision (management experience)
Museum and
Archive Work
curation /cataloguing of archaeological records (e.g. SMR)
curation/cataloguing of archaeological materials (artefacts or ecofacts)
archival research for nominated projects (give details)
preparation of displays
preparation of publication materials
Public Archaeology planning and heritage management (e.g. with HS, Local Authorities, etc)
design of interpretative displays or materials
public understanding of archaeology (e.g. work as guide/interpretation officer)
Other (e.g., experimental archaeology) (please complete section overleaf as specifically as possible)
Please add any general comments you may have overleaf.
Supervisor's Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supervisor’s Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thank you for completing this form, which may either be returned to the student or forwarded direct
to: The Secretary, Archaeology, S.H.C.A., William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot
Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG. Email: archaeology@ed.ac.uk
Other work undertaken:
General Comments by Supervisor:
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Report received by Archaeology on . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Read by: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brief comments on the report should be noted below by the reader (for Archaeology’s
information). Full comments should be written on the report for the information of the student
to whom the report will be returned.