Help

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd website is divided into seven sections:

What might you find in each section?

About PCA - Is short an introduction. Read about our company history and a little about our quality control, policies and expertise.

Services - Contains information about the comprehensive range of services we offer to our clients

Projects - Read about some of the many diverse projects we undertake

Publications - We prides ourselves in producing publications which stand up to academic scrutiny as well as reports and Journal articles, which are accessible to a broad spectrum of people. See what publications we have to offer.

News - Our latest News

Outreach - See how we get involved in our local community

Contact PCA - Our main contacts for our three offices. Our staff are very approachable and you can contact any of our directors or managers directly.

About The PCA Website

Credits

Graham Sherwood is the Web Manager and designer for Pre-Construct Archaeology. The PCA Website has been hand-coded and designed in XHTML and CSS, using Macromedia Dreamweaver, Jasc Paint Shop Pro and Serif Page Plus.
Photography on the website is by Streph Duckering, Edwin Baker, Cheryl Blundy and Pete Jones. Illustrations are by Jake Lunt.
Content has been written by Sarah Bradley, Graham Sherwood and others.

If have any comments about our website then contact Graham at: webmaster@pre-construct.com

Accessibility

Our website has been built to be accessible to everyone. We have incorporated the following features to help you read our pages.

Use of Colours

Where text is displayed we use strongly contrasting colours. Black text on white backgrounds on main text areas, and either white on dark blue or dark-grey text on white backgrounds for menus and sub menus. Links retain the standard blue text in bold and underlined and black for sub menus.

Selecting Larger Text

The text for all pages is set to larger than normal, however it can be enlarged further by two sizes. The default is set to medium sized text.
To change the text size: Go to "View" on your browsers menu bar and point to "text size". change the text to either "larger" or "largest".

Use of "ALT TAGS"

All our Images use "ALT Tags" and "Title Tags" where necessary. If a picture does not show you will see the ALT TAG behind it. This is a description of the image. Also if you hover your mouse over the image the description will roll down. This is a feature useful for screen readers.

Use of XHTML and CSS

Our website is written in XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS and is screen reader friendly.

Use of Access Keys

All our pages incorporate "Access Keys" to ease navigation. Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which can be used to send you to all the major areas of our website. Access Keys are activated by pressing and holding ALT and tapping the appropriate linking number or key, and then clicking enter or return on your keyboard.

Our Access Keys are as follows:

Page	Access Key	To activate press
Home Page	I	ALT + I
Help Page	H	ALT + H
Search Page	S	ALT + S
Sitemap Page	M	ALT + M

About PCA	1	ALT + 1
Services	2	ALT + 2
Projects	3	ALT + 3
Publications	4	ALT + 4
News	5	ALT + 5
Outreach	6	ALT + 6
Contact PCA	7	ALT + 7

Site Navigation

Site navigation has been designed to be visually easy to use, however if you have trouble, our navigation elements are explained here.

Note: This site is best viewed at 1024x768 or above

Home Page

You can go back to the Home Page at anytime by clicking on the Home link at the top next to the page title (Home/Help/Search/Sitemap) or by clicking on the PCA logo.

Breadcrumb Navigation

Each page has a breadcrumb navigation aid under the menu bar. This gives the user a way to keep track of their locations within website

Search Facility

We have provided a basic Search Facility powered by Google. It will temporarily take you away from the website whilst the search terms are found and then bring you back to the page you are looking for.

Main Menu

The main menu e.g. About PCA, Services, Projects etc. are available on every page. Within each page there may be a sub menu - usually on the left inviting you to a sub section. Minor links usually titled "further information" are available on the right. You should hopefully be able to find your way back to the start of the section at any point.

Each section has a different find image at the top. These will change from time to time. Do have a look at them closer (click on the image), they will be amazing finds that we have come across on our sites and projects.

Further Help

If you get stuck or need further help, use our search facility or this help page.
If you have any questions about our website or find that something doesn't work, then please feel free to contact our Website Manager - Graham Sherwood, who will be happy to answer any queries you have. Contact: webmaster@pre-construct.com

Disclaimer

Whilst Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd make every effort to ensure that the information on this website is accurate the pre-construct.com website is provided without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility security and accuracy.

Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use, or the loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the pre-construct.com website.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials.

Although we may from time to time monitor or review discussions, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards and alike on this website we are under no obligation to do so and assume no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, omission, defamation, obscenity or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on pre-construct.com.

Links to external websites

This website contains links to other websites that Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd have no control over. Consequently, Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd assumes no responsibility for the content of these sites and will not be liable for any claims by third parties for any damage or injury arising from reliance on the information on these websites.

Listing and linking should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of these websites and will not be liable for any third party claim in respect of these sites.

These terms and condition shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

© Copyright Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd 2004-2012. Pre-construct Archaeology Ltd owns the copyright and all other rights in this site. Permission is only granted for you to download, store and use one or more pages from this site for the following reasons:

Personal use or research
Legitimate criticism or review
Education (Not multiple copies)

Any other use of the material on this website, including reproducing, re-transmitting, republishing, redistributing or permanently storing any of any of the contents in any form is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from Pre-construct Archaeology Ltd.

The Pre-Construct Archaeology website does not store or capture personal information, unless voluntarily offered (for example via feedback forms and e-mail), but merely logs the user's IP address which is automatically recognised by the web server.

We do not use cookies on our website to track visitors.

Notification of changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information will be collected and how we intend on using it.

Terms used

Browser
Used to locate and display web pages via a software application. Popular ones are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Apple Safari.

Cookie
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then generally stored by the browser in a text file. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies may invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.

Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited registered in England: No 3534122
Registered Offices: 67-71 East Street, Epsom Surrey KT17 1BP