Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Experimental pig husbandry: soil studies from West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village, Suffolk, UK

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Introduction Pig husbandry is practised across the world and often identified in the archaeological record from bones, sometimes also s...
Saturday, 17 December 2011

University of Oxford Online Archaeology Courses

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Enrolment is now open for the following University of Oxford online courses in archaeology: Archaeology of the Bible Lands (Online) Explorin...
Thursday, 8 December 2011

Skeletons under patio

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A COUPLE were shocked to discover a number of bodies under their patio during construction work at their home in Ratley last week. ...

Archaeologists unearth 7th-century house in Yorkshire Dales

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Humanity's long attachment to Yorkshire has notched up another piece of early evidence with the discovery of the first 7th-century ho...
Thursday, 24 November 2011

Saxon burial ground under Warwickshire couple's home

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A Warwickshire man has described the moment builders found human bones under his patio. Stephen and Nicky West were having their home r...
Sunday, 23 October 2011

Archaeology Courses at the Oxford Experience 2012

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1 July to 11 August 2012 The 2012 Oxford Experience Programme is now online. The Oxford Experience is a residential summer scho...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Staffordshire Gold Hoard

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One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut across an uninhab...
Sunday, 9 October 2011

Bicester Anglo-Saxon skeletons re-interred

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Fifteen Anglo-Saxon skeletons unearthed in Oxfordshire last year have been re-interred in a church memorial garden. A requiem mass w...
Friday, 7 October 2011

Converting the Isles

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On Friday and Saturday 23 - 24 September 2011, the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (University of Cambridge) hosted a two-day ...
Monday, 3 October 2011

Loftus royal treasure attracts 28,000 to Redcar museum

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A collection of 7th Century treasure found in Loftus has attracted more than 28,000 visitors after being put on display in Redcar. T...
Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Das »Internationale Sachsensymposion« lockt rund 100 Experten ins Landesmuseum Hannover

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Das »Internationale Sachsensymposion« lockt rund 100 Experten ins Landesmuseum Hannover   Archäologen, Historiker und Anthropologen a...
Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Historic Leper Hospital

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Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of one of the country's earliest hospitals, built specifically for people with leprosy. ...
Sunday, 11 September 2011

Life in a Saxon hall

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The re-enactment society Regia Anglorum is reconstructing an early medieval Saxon hall in Kent using materials and construction methods of ...
Sunday, 4 September 2011

Amateur treasure-hunter's haul

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We take a look at what amateur treasure-hunter David Booth found... An ANGLO-SAXON STRAP-END and three ANGLO-SAXON COINS, found near Dumfr...
Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Sapphire ring 'belonged to Anglo-Saxon or Viking royalty'

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A unique gold and sapphire finger ring, found by a metal detectorist and just purchased by the Yorkshire Museum, almost certainly belonged...

More 'medieval' skeletons found in Kempsey

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Another 16 graves have been found in a Worcestershire village where new flood defences are being built. The 16 are in addition to the 12 unc...
Friday, 29 July 2011

Yorkshire Museum buys rare sapphire ring

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A rare sapphire ring, discovered by a metal detector enthusiast, has been bought by the Yorkshire Museum. The museum has raised £35,000 to p...
Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Langstone Harbour Saxon logboat in Portsmouth display

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A 1,500-year-old logboat found buried in the mudflats of a harbour in Hampshire has gone on display. The Saxon boat excavated from Langstone...
Sunday, 24 July 2011

Sad News

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I am sad to report the death of our former colleague Dr David Hill yesterday, less than a year after his marriage to (another former colleag...
Thursday, 7 July 2011

Weymouth Relief Road dig reveals dental discovery

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A GRUESOME dental discovery has been unearthed during analysis of the Viking burial pit remains found during construction of the Weymouth Re...