How do you find your way around archaeology in Britain, and how do you participate?

Archaeology today has many facets, and in this section of the website we survey these aspects and provide details of all the many organisations that exist and societies that you can join. If this section is not exactly the Who's Who of archaeology, it is certainly the What's What of archaeology in Britain today.

There is the educational side: do you wish to study archaeology? Here we list not only those universities that provide archaeology, but also the numerous further education organisations where the subject can be studied part-time or in the evenings - with advice on the various options available.
There are sections on Re-enactment - how to join a re-enactment society, and another section on the Portable Antiquities Scheme, and what to with any finds you make.

But at the heart of this section are the two major sections on joining and digging. Here in Britain we are blessed with many hundreds of organisations which you can join, either specialised societies dealing with the various aspects of archaeology on a national basis, or the local societies which cover a specific area. They are arranged by region from north to south, so it should be easy to track down the society that most appeals to you.
And then there is the section that provides the answer to that most basic of all archaeological questions: where can I dig? We have tracked down excavations from all over the country which are looking for volunteers, so here you can find the opportunity you have been looking for. 

This website is published by Current Archaeology and its sister magazine Current World Archaeology and is provided free. Despite the labour of assembling so much information, it is always a privilege to survey the resources of British archaeology that are encapsulated in these pages. We hope that you will enjoy dipping into some of the pleasures that it contains, find the details that can help you in your pursuit of archaeology - and marvel with us at the riches of British archaeology both here and around the world.