Archaeology is a fascinating subject, but unfortunately not always easily accessible. This site is deliberately aimed at those who have an interest in prehistory, but have previously been put off by jargon, technical terms, and boring text books.

THE MYTH:

• labourers do all the work


• archaeologists find gold all the time


• archaeologists are rich


• digs are financed by selling finds

• the archaeologists themselves dig ... often under very bad weather conditions


• the most common finds tend to be fragments of pottery and flints


• archaeologists are poorly paid - and they are not allowed to keep/sell finds


• digs are financed by developers (rescue archaeology) or academic bodies. Very rarely government funding is made available.