Field Archaeology and Project Management
Fieldwork and excavation research design, desk-based assessments and historiography, logistics planning, readiness and execution.

• Project and team management
• On-site training, supervision and health & safety oversight
• Watching briefs and evaluations
• Post-excavation specialist analysis coordination, including bio/geo-archaeological samples, radiocarbon aging and Bayesian modelling
• Referral-based recommendations for related field specialisations

Recent field projects »

Lithic Assemblage Analysis
Attribute and metrics-based lithics analysis protocols, multi-period characterisation, specialist and public reports, archive preparation.

• In-field and on-site sampling and recovery techniques
• Risk assessment and conservation/mitigation advice for lithic-based archaeological assets, especially Late Glacial, Mesolithic and Neolithic resources
• Rapid, summary-level or in-depth artefact and assemblage characterisation – diagnostics, technology, chaînes opératoires, function, chronology and diachronic trends, spatial distribution, raw materials, local and regional context
  • Sample Commercial Report – Long | Kiplin Hall, North Yorkshire (PDF 1.6Mb) »
  • Sample Commercial Report – Short | Weaverthorpe, North Yorkshire (PDF 0.5Mb) »
• Catalogue creation, photographic recording, report preparation – OASIS, HER, Grey Literature, Specialist Reports
• Interpretation and copy writing for literature, displays, exhibitions, stakeholders
• Assessment of legitimate legacy private collections, including integrity checks for artefacts, provenance and documentary records, digitisation potential, ownership legitimacy, suitability for public archive submission

Useful research and standards resources »

Training and Education
Training and evangelism across all abilities and age groups, including schoolchildren, teachers, students and community volunteers.

• Creative learning activities for schools and advice for teachers on prehistoric lithics, ancient technologies, prehistory, depth-of-time comprehension, and archaeology as a discipline
• Hands-on teaching collection and mock-up lithic assemblages
• Education resource and curriculum development
• Guided site and landscape walks, hands-on finds handling coordination
• On-site training and skills development

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Public Engagement
Public relations and web-based social media presence, archaeological interpretation, display and exhibition, collateral copy writing, editorial guidance, publication and dissemination.

• Integration of website, social media and cloud applications for audience-building, surveys and polling, calls-to-action, news aggregation, content management, analytics, e-publishing, digital archiving, and customer / stakeholder relationship management
• Advice on and implementation of current technologies including WordPress, MailChimp, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey, Eventbrite, Facebook, Twitter, ISSUU, Scoop.it, Dropbox, Salesforce.com
• Writing and editorial assistance, publication readiness (print and online), advice on design and specialist service provider referrals – such as finds and environmental specialists, geophysicists (remote sensing), geochemists, osteo- and bio-archaeologists, 3d scanning experts (site and artefacts), illustrators and visualisation artists

Contact TimeVista to discuss your project or requirements.