Archaeology Guides & Research

Practical Archaeology

• Archaeological Recording Practices (copyright CBA/English Heritage/Northumberland National Park)
• How to Excavate an Archaeological Test Pit (copyright Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service)
• Pre-Industrial Ironworks (copyright English Heritage)
• Using the Theodolite (by M R Holland)
• Using the EDM (by M R Holland)
• How to do a Geophysics Survey (by M R Holland)
• How to use GEOPHYS, the Geophysics Data Analyser (by M R Holland)
• How to do a Gradiometry Survey (by M R Holland)
• How to do a Resistivity Survey (by M R Holland)

Identification Guides

• Pottery Identification Guide (copyright Access Cambridge Archaeology/Cambridge University)
• The National Slag Collection (link to Historical Metallurgy Society file)
• Field Drainage Tiles and Pipes (copyright unknown)
• Flint Identification Guide (copyright Leicester Fieldworkers/Brian Burningham)
• Roman Pottery Identification (copyright Jigsaw Cambridgeshire/Alice Lyons)

Calculators

• Easting & Northing Calculator
• Horizontal & Vertical Offsets Calculator
• Estimation of Stature from Bones
• Dating Clay Pipes from Stem Bore Size

Useful Links

General Archaeology

• The Council for British Archaeology
• Current Archaeology

Industrial Archaeology

• The Association for Industrial Archaeology
• Historical Metallurgy Society
• Limekiln Database

Local History

• Wolverhampton History & Heritage
• Staffordshire Past Track
• Black Country History

Research

• Historic England Research Reports
• Archaeology Data Service

Maps, Aerial & Satellite Photography, LiDAR

• National Library of Scotland
• Old Maps Online
• Britain From Above
• LiDAR Finder

Artefacts

• The Portable Antiquities Scheme
• National Pipe Archive

Built Environment

• British Listed Buildings Online
• Turnpike Roads in England and Wales

Geology

• British Geological Survey (Staffordshire)
• Geology of Britain Viewer

Wolverhampton Archaeology Group Documents

• Constitution
• Standard Operating Procedure for Archaeological Activities