- Philip Barker
Philip Arthur Barker (
August 22 ,1920 – 2001) [cite linked authority file|id=nr89-18074|accessdate=2008-05-26] was a British archaeologist most famous for his work onexcavation methodology.He left school with no qualifications and served in the RAF during the
Second World War before training as a teacher. He became interested in archaeology and later became an academic at theUniversity of Birmingham . For many years he was the archaeologist atWorcester Cathedral .During the 1970s and 80s he worked to help establish Rescue and the
Institute of Field Archaeologists and undertook excavation work atWroxeter andHen Domen .He wrote the comprehensive guide to field archaeology, "Techniques of Archaeological Excavation" in 1977 and it remains in print.
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* Chris Musson and Charles Hill. "Philip Barker 1920–2001." Council for British Archaeology, Wales. [http://web.archive.org/web/20021107101837/http://pages.britishlibrary.net/cba.wales/Newsletters/newsletter21/newsletter21.html Online Information for Archaeology in Wales, Newsletter No. 21] , Spring 2001. (Via Wayback.)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011130220429/http://192.167.112.135/NewPages/SAMI/SEGNAL8.html Philip Barker: An archaeologist inspired by art] by Robert Higham.External links
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