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:

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Greg and Adrian Top part of an amphora, from Greg's big pit Greg doesn't look too pleased about his amphora Cremation urn (961) being excavated expertly by the Cheese Greg working on the cremation urn (961) Cremation urn (961) Tom, Greg, a big steam rolling type machine Greg and Tom digging out another soak-away Tom and Greg just can't get enough good soak-away action