The Archaeologist's Bag: Main tools for the field 

No whip? Or revolver?! Just kidding. Love these. Keep ‘em coming. 😃

I am strongly of the opinion (coming from british archaeology) that for fragile finds one should never use metal tools. I have a lot of wooden sculpting tools for when excavating human remains, this means I don't have any chance of damaging them creating micro scratches. Same with lifting metal finds, something about metal on metal makes me shudder aha. Love the vid btw! really interesting to see the differences between my toolkit.

Thank you! I'm planning a novel and, instead of using flashbacks or just stating how past events happened, I thought archeologist characters would be an interesting take (both for the historical importance of the profession and to show how interesting it can be). Think was really helpful!

Thank you

Very interesting video..Not an archaeologist, but have helped out on a couple of digs,and have a few of my own tools..One thing I would say is a necessity is knee protection. That could be in the form of knee pads, or my preferred option, builders/construction pants with the pockets on the knees to hold foam knee pads. Many of the youngsters on the digs relied of the provided foam kneelers, but IMHO, they are barely adequate on hard stony ground. ,

Excellent video, very informative and enjoyable.

Im about to start digging and looking around here in Mayer az it has many petroglyphs and much much more with a small pop

Those trowels don't look much used. My "standard" trowel (like your middle-sized one) is half its original size after less than 10 years of excavations! I also find a "bucket trowel", which has a rectangular blade, useful for getting really clean sections

Just revisiting this very helpful video while getting ready for another dig...Does anybody know the model number for the 2 1/2" WHS trowel? Or is it simply a customised/ cut down 4" trowel?

Salve, complimenti per il video davvero interessante, . Vi pongo una domanda; gli strumenti per gli scavi archeologici, dove si possono comprare? per esempio, negozio di belle arti?

I also always have my own knife and compass.

Compass 😉

What, no whip? You gotta have a whip. Indiana Jones had a whip, so you gotta have whip!!!

I used to love gadgets like this. Now, after twenty years in archaeology, I say that 75% is unnecessary. One treuel, brush, 3 small tools, including one wooden one. Everything fits into a resource belt designed for archaeology.

Is any certificate needed to be a archeologist sir?

Now am just 14 In future I want to became an archeologist