Commentary

Abstract

Fieldwork is at the heart of archaeological endeavour. Periodically archaeological theorists remember this and consider the questions of how and why we do fieldwork (e.g. Andrews et al. 2000; Chadwick 1998, 2003; Hodder 1997, 2000). And fieldwork changes, occasionally in response to these thoughts, but more commonly as result of changes in the structure of the discipline, funding, technology. These papers provide a welcome exploration of where these two things meet: theoretical consideration and the experience of changing practice.