Introduction
Shovel Bums is a comic book by Trent de Boer, which gives an excellent introduction to the live events of an archaeological field technician. The author’s choice of words creates a perception that this field is grimy, with several challenges. Not only does the shovel bum travel working for low wages, he does all types of jobs available in archaeological sites, in different weather conditions. De Boer brings out the Shovel bum’s life as being dangerous, difficult and dull (De, 2004). Shovel bums travel carrying their own field kits. The purpose of this paper is to give a review of ...
