A readable introduction to the methodology of archaeological digs. Granted it's quite old now but, as Woolley comments, the principles are the same and those principles are largely what he's trying to get across.

The book is written for the layperson - of which I am one. There are lots of examples given, hardly any jargon, and the text is simple and clear. I found particularly interesting Woolley's comments on the logistics of managing an archaeological dig. I imagine things have changed in that regard in the intervening decades but it gives the feeling of what archaeology was like in Woolley's day - the book was first published in 1930 (although updated some decades later) so one has to sift out the lasting observations from those that are a product of the time.