| CHAPTER I |
| The Excavator |
| PAGE |
| Purpose, [1]; Character, [2]; Experience, [3]; Organization, [5]; Acquirements, [5]; Demands of the work, [6] | [1–8] |
| CHAPTER II |
| Discrimination |
| Temples, [9]; Towns, [10]; Cemeteries, [11]; Indications, [12]; Productions, [14]; Pottery, [16]; Style, [17]; Visual memory, [19] | [9–19] |
| CHAPTER III |
| The Labourers |
| Quality, [20]; Education, [21]; Control, [22]; Substitution, [23]; Overseers, [24]; Direct system, [26]; Day pay, [27]; Piecework, [29]; Day and piece work, [30]; Rewards, [33]; Accounts, [35]; Native ways, [37] | [20–40] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| Arrangement of Work |
| Clearances, [41]; Turning over, [43]; Raising earth, [44]; Tracing walls, [46] | [41–47] |
| CHAPTER V |
| Recording in the Field |
| Need of record, [48]; Value of record, [50]; Resulting view, [50]; Marking, [51]; Nature of notes, [52]; Planning, [53]; Plotting, [55] | [48–59] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| Copying |
| Paper squeezes, [60]; Dry squeezes, [61]; Casting, [64]; Drawing, [68]; Restored forms, [71]; Copying inscriptions, [72] | [60–72] |
| CHAPTER VII |
| Photographing |
| The Camera, [73]; Preparing objects, [76]; Lighting, [77]; Arrangement of objects, [79]; Stereographs, [81]; Developing, [82] | [73–84] |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| Preservation of Objects |
| Stone, [86]; Pottery, [88]; Textiles, [89]; Wood, [89]; Ivory, [91]; Papyri, [93]; Bead-work, [95]; Stucco, [96]; Gold, [98]; Silver, [98]; Copper, [99]; Bronze, [100]; Lead, [102]; Iron, [102]; Sorting, [102] | [85–104] |
| CHAPTER IX |
| Packing |
| Blocks, [105]; Long objects, [106]; Heavy stones, [107]; Pottery, [108]; Softening, [109]; Cases, [110]; Unpacking, [111] | [105–113] |
| CHAPTER X |
| Publication |
| Arrangement, [114]; Plates, [115]; Processes, [117]; Editions, [119]; Text, [120]; Publishing, [120] | [114–121] |
| CHAPTER XI |
| Systematic Archaeology |
| Systems of work, [122]; Need of a corpus, [123]; Example of corpus, [124]; Utility, [125]; Successive ages, [126]; Sequences, [127]; Sequence dates, [129]; Conservation, [130]; Buildings, [130]; Lighting, [131]; Grouping, [132]; National Repository, [133] | [122–135] |
| CHAPTER XII |
| Archaeological Evidence |
| Nature of proof, [136]; Legal evidence, [136]; Witnesses, [138]; Material facts, [138]; Exhaustion, [139]; Probabilities, [139]; Legal proof, [140]; Egypt and Europe, [141]; In XXVIth Dynasty, [142]; XVIIIth Dynasty paintings, [144]; Burnt groups, [145]; Rubbish mounds, [147]; Houses, [148]; Scarabs, [149]; Tombs in Egypt, [150]; Tombs in Greece, [152]; Variation with date, [153]; Style, [154]; Recapitulation, [155]; XIIth Dynasty, Kahun, [156]; XIIth Dynasty in Crete, [158]; Pan-graves, [159]; VIth to IIIrd Dynasties, [162]; 1st Dynasty Aegean, [164]; 1st Dynasty Cretan, [166]; Prehistoric, [167] | [136–168] |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| Ethics of Archaeology |
| Individual rights, [169]; Destruction, [170]; Restoration, [172]; Sacrifices, [173]; Responsibility, [174]; Rights of the future, [175]; Rights of the past, [176]; Duties, [178]; Future of museums, [180]; Publications, [182]; State claims, [183]; State rights, [184]; Excavating laws, [187] | [169–188] |
| CHAPTER XIV |
| The Fascination of History | [189–193] |
| INDEX | [195–208] |