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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An upended cremation urn Paula and her cremation burial. Liz grinning with joy at her most interesting discovery at Prescot Street so far Cremation urn (961) being excavated expertly by the Cheese Greg working on the cremation urn (961) Cremation urn (961) Covered disturbed cremation truncated by a soakaway