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Pt. 1. |t Theory and practice. |g Introduction : constructing education and knowledge in the field ; The pedagogic value of field schools : some frameworks / Harold Mytum ; Field schools, transferable skills and enhancing employability / Hannah Cobb and Karina Croucher ; Archeology for all? : inclusive policies for field schools / Amanda Clarke and Tim Phillips ; Archaeological field schools and fieldwork practice in an Australian context / Sarah Colley ; The UCLA archaeology field schools program : global reach, local focus / Ran Boytner -- pt. 2. Teaching and researching. Two-centre field schools : combining survey and excavation in Ireland and Wales or the Isle of man / Harold Mytum ; Constructing new knowledge in industrial archaeology / Timothy James Scarlett and Sam R. Sweitz -- pt. 3. Underwater. The university of West Florida's maritime field school experience / John R. Bratten ; Frashwater underwater archaeology field school, good practice, good science / Anne Corscadden Knox and Sheli O. Smith -- pt. 4. Non-excavation. Pompeii food and drink project / Betty Jo Mayeske, Robert I. Curtis, and Benedict Lowe ; Historical archaeology artifact training in field schools : three international case studies / Alasdair Brooks -- pt. 5. Fieldwork and people. From graduate to professor : changing perspectives on field schools / Bonnie J. Clark ; Suvoyuki means joint effort : archaeologists, the Hopi tribe, and the public at Homol'ovi / Lisa C. Young ; Field schools : people, places, and things in the present / Harold Mytum.