Help page has been designed to help you find what you are looking for
(If you get stuck!).
About PCA Ltd
Would you like to find out about Pre-Construct Archaeology? Read about us in our About PCA page. View what Services we offer and why PCA would be right for you. If you are finding our terms difficult to interpret, then see our guide on Technical Terms Explained.
Contacts
Do you have a general enquiry or would you like to contact a specific person or department?
Our main contact details - telephone, fax and email are viewable on every page. Our specific contact details like our address are just one click away on the page Contact. If you want to contact one of our Directors or Project Managers or find out more about them, our useful contact details are listed in the right column of this page. If you are really not sure, who you need to contact, then use our general enquiries number.
Media
Are you trying to find out about press releases or other news?
Our Media Centre contains our latest press releases with links to News.
If you have a specific question, or if you cannot find what you looking for then email our press officer on press@pre-construct.com
Monographs & Publications
Are you interested in our Monographs or would like to find out about our publications?
Find out about our Monographs available to buy, and read extracts from them. All our present and forthcoming Monographs are listed in the Monographs Directory. Browse by author or publication date.
We actively publish all our sites in local journals. See our publications directory where you can browse our publications by author, date, Borough/County, or publisher. If you cannot find a particular publication, then try our Search facility.
Research
Are you a researcher or student? Do you want to find out about a particular aspect of archaeology?
Your best resource on the PCA website is our Sites Directory. Browse our sites and read about them in their summaries. Alternatively try using our Search facility.
Sites
Are you looking for a particular site or project? Try browsing our Sites Directory which contains listings and summaries of all our sites. You can browse by Site name, Date, or the Borough or County that site resides in. If you are not sure about any of these browse options, then enter some keywords on our Search facility.
If you are looking for special reports or you know one might be listed, view our Highlights section that can be found under the Sites page.
Finds
Are you looking for a find or artefact mentioned in the news or media?
Or have you heard about something important we may have found? We don't have a specific Finds category, however you can find out about special finds in our Highlights Section (See Sites above), or see if there has been a press release in our Media Centre.
Jobs
Are you looking for work experience, job or career with PCA.
See our Careers page for more information, otherwise see our Links page on useful job resources. For specific careers questions email: careers@pre-construct.com
The PCA Website
The PCA Website is designed and maintained by Graham Sherwood. If have any comments about our website then contact Graham at: webmaster@pre-construct.com
Photography by Cheryl Blundy.
Accessability
Our website has been built to be accessable 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 black text on grey backgrounds for menus and sub menus. Links retain the standard blue text in bold and underlined. |
Selecting Larger Text |
The text for all pages can be enlarged 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" were neccessary. 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 feauture useful for screen readers. |
Use of HTML and CSS |
Our website is written in HTML 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. |
Our Access Keys are as follows:
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Home Page |
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ALT + I |
Help Page |
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ALT + H |
Search Page |
S |
ALT + S |
Sitemap Page |
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ALT + M |
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About |
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ALT + 1 |
Contact |
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ALT + 2 |
Services |
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ALT + 3 |
Departents |
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ALT + 4 |
Sites |
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ALT + 5 |
News |
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ALT + 6 |
Publications |
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ALT + 7 |
Media |
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ALT + 8 |
Careers |
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Links |
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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 800x600 or above
Home Page
You can go back to the Home Page at anytime by clicking on the Home link at the top of the title bar or by clicking on the PCA logo. The navigation has been designed, so that this is not necessary, but the option is there for you.
Navigational Aids
To help you navigate our website you can use our Sitemap if you don't want to search through all the sections. We also have a useful Search Facility, where you can perform advanced searches to find what you are looking for.
Page Structure
All the main sections (E.g. About, Contact, Services etc.) are available as word links on every page. When you enter a section it is highlighted to show that you have entered it. You will also have a graphic image enhancing the section, however if you have difficulty viewing the images, then the word links are there to fall back on. Each section has its own defining image at the end (Right side) of the titlebar, if you are unable to see it, don't worry as they are only abstract images and are not detrimental to the navigation.
In some sections a menu will appear. Main menu's appear on the left (Grey) column, whereas Sub-menu's appear on the right column. When you click on a section within a menu its heading will change to bold black. This is to indicate which menu selection you have taken. Thus when you select a sub-menu heading, it too will turn bold black. The main menu's selection will remain bold black to indicate the main section you are in. Confused? Browse through Departments for an example.
Pages with sub-sections can only be accessed from their own Sections. However you can easily access the main section page or any of the main pages.
On some pages like the Site Summaries you may need to use the "Back" link provided, or your browser's "Back Button" to view the previous page.
Use of Images
Some pages contain photographic or CAD images. If you see your curser change to a little hand (Or change to the theme you have set), then that image can be enlarged. Very large images are indicated in brackets by its size, e.g. (1.1mb). Click to enlarge on those images. To go back the page you were looking at you will need to use your browsers' "Back Button".
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
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