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Philip A. Rahtz, ed.
Rescue Archaeology.
Published Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974.
Series: Pelican Originals.
ISBN 0140214860.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Size: 129x197x18mm.
Page count: xii,299pp inc. 8 figures & diagrams, plus 24 pages of plates, all monochrome.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: a heavy crease on the spine, with corresponding splits in the binding glue at pp. 108 and 115, though no pages are detached; pages yellowed with age.

This item £2.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 268g.

How to order this book

No medieval emphasis.

Contents:
Thomas, Archaeology in Britain in 1973;
Alexander, The world situation;
Barker, Scale of the problem;
Hogarth, Survival & archaeology;
Rahtz, Rescue digging past & present;
Philp, Kent, Dover & the CIB Corps;
Musson, Rescue digging all the time;
Biddle, Future of the urban past;
Fowler, Motorways & archaeology;
Jones & Lewis, Ancient mining & the environment;
Addyman, York — anatomy of a crisis in urban archaeology;
St. Joseph, Changing historical landscape seen from the air;
Crawford, Destruction in the highlands & islands of Scotland;
Barton, Rescuing museums;
Leigh, Rescuing finds;
Webter, Training the new archaeologist;
Thomas & Arnold, Rescue archaeology & the public;
Kiln, Archaeology as a hobby & how to start;
Rahtz, Volunteers;
Barker, Origins & development of RESCUE.

See also | Archaeology |
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