Project Panormos: Fieldwalker Handbook

Author: Toby C. Wilkinson

Fieldwalker duties

Each team member will have a walker number, e.g. 003, to record the data they collect, as well as to indicate who picked up the finds.

Duties as field walker:-

• Pack ready for field: find bags, hand tally, ?compass, own supplies (own water bottle, food, ID/kimlik)
• Stay alert to archaeological material, fellow team members and the environment (human and natural)!
• Take care of personal and team safety, look out for each other.
• Be ready on time to leave for field!

Team duties (one person may be selected to be in charge):-

• Daily log/diary
• Team backup water bottle
• First aid kit
• ?Team camera, and photograph notebook
• Team lunchbox

Tract Leader & Tract Assistant duties:-

• Decide where tracts will be, find starting line, guide walkers in right direction
• Pack ready for field: gps, data-logger, tract satellite map & clipboard, spare batteries
• Maintain tract number list; record tracts on satellite map; enter tract data into data-logger

Working day

MONDAY TO FRIDAY

The rough working day:

    06:30 – assemble at meeting point and leave for field with car(s)
        on arrival at destination, set up and start tract-walking (2hrs)

    09:00-09:30 – 2nd breakfast
        continue tract-walking (2hrs)

    11:30-12:30 – lunch break
        continue tract-walking (2hrs)

    14:30 – tract-walking finishes, return to base
        sort finds, upload photos, sherd washing, type up field log/diary

    17:00 – day finishes

SATURDAY

The rough working day:

    07:00 – assemble at meeting point and leaving for excavation house
        sherd washing, drawing, data entry (for finds), gis digitization of tract drawings, scanning forms 

    09:30-10:00 – 2nd breakfast
        etc.

    12:30 – day finishes

Fieldwalker conduct

See document on Fieldwalker conduct

Fieldwalker equipment

See document on Fieldwalker equipment