Field Archaeologists work on excavations – they dig, record and monitor evidence for the past. But not all archaeologists dig holes. There are many different areas of archaeology in which people work and roughly 5000 people work as archaeologists in the UK today. Click through the images below to get an idea of the different jobs people have:

roman, 442 Photos

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Burial (2120) Context (2104) Burial (2106) Context (1930) The far North East end of site Zone 4, facing Prescot Street Zone 4 Far East end of site Far East end of site in Zone 4 of the excavation Context (1930) A Georgian wishing well (1920) Remains of heavily truncated skeleton (1918) Anies defining the cut of tomb foundation (1839) Anies & Tomasz and tomb burial (1839) Post-medieval drainage feature in Zone 4 Across site looking north west North East corner of Zone 4 Pitland in Zone 4 Looking South West across Zone 4 South east end of site in Zone 4 Zone 4 South East (1901) Burial (1890) (1898) Roman quarry pit (1894) Roman quarry pit (1873) Roman quarry pit (1887) Roman quarry pit Roman coffin stain with skeleton (1891) Tomasz in grave cut (1910) Roman grave (1859) Grave cut [1910] - the deepest one on site so far (1863) Roman quarry pit (1909) Oval-shaped Roman quarry pit (1907) The basement of one of the houses on Prescot Street [1910] Grave cut Liz's current project - a skull Anies and some well-placed advertising Adrian, Ashley & Tomasz discuss the basement area in Zone 4 Fergal taking samples from soak-away (1555) Across Zone 4 looking south west Liz cleaning a skull North East corner of Zone 4 [1915] Roman pit Cist Cremation (1805) Double Cremation Opposite view of Double Cremation (1812) GeoPhoto Burial (1812) Rich Cremation (1801) Detail of Cremation (1801) Detail of Cremation 1801 Detail of offerings associated with 1801 Three flagons laid outide wooden container (1801) GeoPhoto Burial 1810 (legs only) Burial (1810) Early stages of (1801) Pit [1873] Cremations 1805 and 1820 with lids on Will and Jon tackle a double cremation Double Cremation Aerial View Aerial View of Zone 3 eastern end East End of the Site The Whole Site Zone 3 Working Shot Zone 3 Working Shot Chalk Burial 1834 GeoPhoto Stone Lined Tomb 1839 Stone Lined Tomb (1839) Digger Bliss (1801) after partial lifting of the grave goods (1801) after partial lifting of the grave goods Looking back over zone 2 Western end of Zone 3 looking north Remnants of the Ring Ditch [1770] Zone 3 border with Zone 4 Fergal and Ruth Double Cremation 1805/1820 looking south (1831) after excavation (1831) GeoPhoto (1831) GeoPhoto (1831) Upturned skull Burial (1831) Wide shallow pit [1829] (1824) GeoPhoto Burial (1824) Liz looking so happy to be lifting the feet of (1812) Detail of Burial (1812) Greg excavating burial 1812 Ruth lifting cremation (1801) Clearing a large pit Cut of Cremation Burial [1856] Cremation 1851 Grave Cut [1835] Cut [1801] of Cremation Burial Tile Cist 1805 After Opening (GeoPhoto) Grave Cut [1832] Shallow Pit [1844] Burial 1813 - Grave Cut Context (1796) Zone 3b on a miserable drizzly morning Across site looking North West Zone 3b looking North View across Zone 3b looking South-East Ashley & Gary recording View East across Zone 3b View across site looking East Ceri in his pit [1783] Ceri in pit [1783] that contains a disturbed cremation Site shot looking south east Ashley & Fergal in their ring ditch [1770] Jon with a glass jar Chaz in ditch [1350] Liz has hoeing skills Zone 3b Liz cleaning Zone 3b Jon & Adrian and pit [302] Adrian in pit [302] Fergal and Ashley loading up the samples for Steve David entering data onto ARK David Context (1762) - a pit Liz Gary & Fergal Anies Ceri Will & Liz Ruth & Will Anies and Ashley Gary, Fergal and a soak away Ceri Anies and Ashley Looking south-west across site Linear feature or beam slot??? [1759] Pit [1732] Gary at work Pit cut [1755] Inhumation (1751) Grave cut [1750] Context (1747) Grave cut [1734] Cremation urn (1745) Grave cut [1727] Adrian excavating grave cut [1727] Liz planning grave cut [1720] Grave cut [1720] Fergal posing with his shovel Adrian and Liz Large pit Large pit Greg Skeleton (1723) Skull of (1723) Skull & vertebrae of (1723) Skeleton (1723) Skeleton (1723) Skeleton (1723) excavated by Ruth Flexed prone skeleton (1723) Skeleton (1733), excavated by Will & Tomasz Skeleton (1733) with votive Samian vase (1736) at feet Grave cut [1711] of Ruth's skeleton (1723) Disarticulated skeleton (1728), excavated by Adrian Skeleton (1728) (1719) geophoto Skeleton (1719) Adrian's grave cut (1727) Will & Tomasz excavating (1733) Adrian excavating skeleton (1728) Liz recording grave cut (1720) Ruth, Tomasz and Will recording Context (1720) Anies & Adrian looking for a grave cut Fergal and (1698) Fergal doesn't want to leave Ruth's skeleton Across site looking North East Working shot looking North Ruth, Will and Fergal at work A somewhat busy corner of site Ruth, Will and Fergal Ruth working on the ribs Ruth excavating skeleton Votive (?) vessel (1707) (1666) Skeleton (1708) Skeleton (1708) Ruth and skeleton Dave and skeleton (1708) Liz and skeleton Ceri and skeleton (L - R) David, Skeleton (1698) Fergal and Anies Anies interviews Fergal for a future feature Ruth doing a spot of trowelling Fergal's skeleton (1698) (1698) geophoto Skull of (1698) Skeleton (1698) Fergal excavating the pelvic area of (1698) Close up of (1698) Ruth & Will packing up skeleton (1665) Skeleton (1698) Fergal excavating skeleton (1698) (1665) geophoto Skeleton (1665) Skeleton (1665) from above Fergal excavating a grave Tomasz digging grave cut of 1668, with Dave's cremation pit (1675) in foreground Jon & Ruth Cremation (1675) Tomasz and 1668 Tomasz Will cleaning the top of a skeleton 1665 Tomasz working on a skeleton - no context number yet Tomasz, our newest member of staff (1617) geophoto Skeleton (1617) Skeleton (1601) geophoto Skeleton (1601) Adrian and his skeleton (1617) Ruth working on the feet of (1561) Context 1613 Context 1455 - possibly a Roman construction cut The joy of work Will recording [1455] - a linear structure David clearing a layer Ruth working her way down to [1601] - a skeleton Context [1587] - another horn core pit! Shot across site looking south east Shot north west Shot facing south across site from viewing platform Shot across site southwards from the viewing platform From viewing platform looking south across site Working shot looking south west Ruth's beam slot/drainage feature Context 1558 - Roman pit Two Roman pot bases A mandible from a sheep/goat Will Will in a small pit Context 1574 - Roman pit Context 1566 - shallow linear cut Context 1561 - large posthole/small pit Context 1570 - Pit Anies, pretty in pink. Context 1581 - Gary's Roman pit Placed stones within a linear feature Working shot north east Roman building materials (?) from context 1455 Greg at work Fergal cleaning 1443 Greg in 1503 Greg in 1503 David protects his hearing Gary and Ionut Adrian digging pit 1469 Looking north Adrian admires Anies' techniques Ruth and Will digging a drainage feature 1406 1406 again If you're not on the list, you're not coming in Will in 1478 - possibly a Roman robbed out wall foundation Liz in a ditch - 1471 & 1473 Fergal cleaning something or other Gary sorting out some levels Gary is working out his line of collimation Never underestimate the comedy value of an auto level Across site looking south west 1406 - drainage feature 1443 gravel surface 1443 gravel surface 1458 Pit cut [1421] excavated by Ruth Three of the most handsome workers on site. And Anies. Context [1383] - Dave's pit Working shot with Ionut in foreground Gregory Mudlark Jim Will filling in a context sheet Ruth excavating a small pit cut [1421] in a section created by a foundation trench The closest I like to get to all that nasty mud and sweaty dirty diggers. David considering his pit [1383] Context [1442] - a disturbed cremation (1436) ready for the geophoto (1436) Skeleton (1436) (1436) Will, Dave and Greg excavating a series of intercutting Roman quarry pits Gary and prism, looking east across site Anies and Fergal digging out a post-medieval ditch [1318] Serpantinesque drain run from the other end Drainage feature at the southern end of the serpantinesque drain run [1318] Serpantinesque post- medieval drain Anies mattocking technique #1 Anies mattocking technique #2 Anies mattocking technique #3 [1292] Roman pit contained placed human skulls [1250] base of a soak-away Looking south across Zone 2 [1265] Roman pit Working shot looking south east across site [1258] Domed brick lined soak-away Site looking east along southern limit of excavation [1252] Yet another soak-away [1222] Pit with votive offering [1222] being dug by Liz [1222] and Liz [1222] and Liz Top part of an amphora, from Greg's big pit Greg doesn't look too pleased about his amphora Across Zone 2 looking south Adrian Fergal and Liz working on a soak-away Ruth working on her horncore-lined soakaway (1098) 18th century horncore-lined soakaway (1098) 18th century horncore-lined soakaway (1098) looking west Liz and site facing west across what was Zone 1 The latest horn core pit Ruth recording the latest horn core pit Ashley Working shot Liz Liz excavating a cremation burial Site looking north north east Gary trying to catch up on his paperwork...about time too Anies trying to work out an edge David pauses..reflects. Liz sampling an unurned cremation Greg taking a 1 metre box sample through cultivation soil Ruth working on another horn core pit Site shot looking east across Zone 2 Fergal's soakaway (1095) Cremation burial (1051) being excavated by Paula Paula's cremation (1051) ready for its geo-photo Close up of Paula's cremation (1051) Lukasz at work Ruth recording a scatter of cremated bone David sampling a possible cremation Site shot west south west Fergal & Iancu pausing to ponder the meaning of it all... The site office The side of my head Inhumation (1083) with the head resting on a tile Inhumation (1083) (1083) Second big quarry pit (1064) Ashley working on (1083) Tom's poorly preserved Roman burial with only long bones present Gary's inhumation waiting to be geo-photographed Votive deposit (1083) with flagon and black burnished platter Liz's inhumation (1006) Lukasz's inhumation (1032) with pot at feet David's cremation (1087) see journal for further details Paula's cremation (1051) David's cremation (1087) A sample bucket full of sampled goodness Sample 36 ready for delivery to L - P : Environmental A sample bucket (1032) Łukasz's current project Gary excavating another skeleton (1039) Cremation? Skeleton (1032) Liz excavating skeleton (1006) Łukasz excavating Roman skeleton (1032) Ancillary vessel within cremation burial, probably an offering of some kind Ancillary vessel within cremation burial, probably an offering of some kind Site shot looking south west Reducing the ground level in Zone 2, looking west Looking north across Zone 2; Tom in a soak-away, Lukasz clearing modern drains View north; David digging a Roman linear feature Anies carefully supervising Fergal's shovelling techniques Paula digging a post-medieval brick-lined pit Evaluation trench 2 from 2006 - view north View north - post holes - possible Roman graves and evaluation trench View west - see the lovely site hut... Working shot across site Ashley removing backfill from 2006 evaluation trench 2 An upended cremation urn Paula and her cremation burial. Liz grinning with joy at her most interesting discovery at Prescot Street so far Zone 2 looking North West Zone 2 looking North Zone 2 looking North East Zone 2 North Zone 2 South Zone 2 looking East Zone 1 being backfilled Zone 2 looking North Cremation urn (961) being excavated expertly by the Cheese Greg working on the cremation urn (961) Cremation urn (961) IMG_3578.JPG IMG_3578.JPG A big shiny digger Lucasz cleaning up Work starting in Zone 2 South end of site Zone 1 completed Site looking east CIMG2913.JPG Some work in education and outreach Some analyse finds from excavations Some work for the police or army as forensic archaeologists Some work for the local council or national agencies such as English Heritage Some work as researchers and lecturers Some specialise in underwater archaeology Some archaeologists work in museums Some manage archaeological sites Some are field archaeologists like Greg. Brick Lined Soakaway 08042008683 Half Moon Passage / Alie Street Half Moon Passage / Alie Street Rear of Half Moon Passage Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons Trench 3 Trench 2 Pits in Trench 2 Trench 2 Trench 3 Trench 2 Trench 2 Trench 1 Roman burials from 2006 evaluation Last remaining building on site - now demolished Last building Prescot Street Site Hut Medieval leather shoe sole and vamp Leather shoe Diggers at work CIMG0425.JPG