Working closely with University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), we have produced a number of fieldwork guides to aid community archaeology groups. All our guides are free to download and use. They are all pdfs and will each open in a new tab. If you have comments on these or know of other guides that you would find useful please let us know via our Contact Us page and we’ll see what we can do.
This page is a work in progress, we hope you will bear with us while we update the content.
Leicestershire Fieldworker Guides
Guidance for COVID-secure fieldwork
- COVID-19 and archaeological fieldwork guidance
- COVID-19 risk assessment and method statement template (pdf, 1.3mb)
Setting up an archaeological project
- Fieldwork Guide 1 – How to plan an archaeological project (pdf, 394kb)
- Written Scheme of Investigation template (coming soon)
- Fieldwalking Field Access Form (word, 39kb)
- Test-Pit & Excavation Access Form (word, 39kb)
- Volunteer Agreement Form (word, 49kb)
- Fieldwork Guide 3 – Desk-Based Research (coming soon)
How to carry out archaeological fieldwork
- Fieldwork Guide 4 – How to carry out archaeological field walking (pdf, 735kb)
- Fieldwalking Field Record Form (pdf, 196kb)
- Fieldwalking Analysis Sheets (pdf, 420kb)
- Fieldwalking Layout Sheets (pdf, 323kb)
- Notes on completing fieldwalking recording documents (pdf, 110kb)
- Fieldwalking Digital Recording Sheet (excel, 245kb)
- Notes on completing fieldwalking digital recording sheets (pdf, 222kb)
- Fieldwork Guide 6 – A quick guide to archaeological excavation (pdf, 602kb)
- Fieldwork Guide 7 – How to process archaeological finds (pdf, 378kb)
- Fieldwork Guide 8 – Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry (pdf, 380kb)
- Photogrammetry model recording sheet (coming soon)
How to carry out post-excavation work
- Fieldwork Guide 9 – How to write an archaeological report (coming soon)
- Fieldwork Guide 10 – How to interpret field walking and test-pitting data (coming soon)