Saturday, 23 March 2013

Online Viking Course

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Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers University of Oxford  Online and Distance Learning 8 May to 21 July 2013 Ravagers, despoile...
Friday, 15 March 2013

Staffordshire hoard of treasures to be displayed in Birmingham gallery

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The Staffordshire hoard, the UK's largest collection of Anglo Saxon treasure, includes sword mounts and fragments of processional ...

Bronze Age settlement unearthed in SW England

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Wick Barrow beakers [Credit: Somerset County Council] Excavations at the Hinkley C site have revealed the remains of a 3,000-year-old...
Monday, 25 February 2013

Exhibition preview: Capital of the North, Yorkshire Museum, York

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© Gareth Buddo " From the fifth century, for 1,000 years, York was the northern city,” says Natalie McCaul, the curator of archae...

How a distaste for 'pagan food' first put the British off horsemeat

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The paper does not attempt to explain how the fashion for eating horsemeat re-emerged in other European countries, notably France   Phot...
Monday, 18 February 2013

Mick Aston Interview

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Mick Aston, formerly of television’s  Time Team , answers questions submitted by Oxbow Books and David Brown Book Company customers. Cand...

ARCHI The Archaeological Sites Index

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ARCHI, the online searchable archaeological database, has added a new feature that allows users to add sites to their world-wide datab...
Sunday, 17 February 2013

Archaeology Summer Courses at Oxford

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The Oxford Experience is offering a number of archaeology courses this summer. Each course lasts for one week and participants stay...
Saturday, 16 February 2013

EMAS Easter Study Tour to Yorkshire

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There are still a few places available on the Easter archaeological study tour to Yorkshire. The Study Tour is organized by EMAS, the ...
Friday, 8 February 2013

Remarkable new finds below York Minster

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found evidence of a previously-unknown settlement below York Minster, dating back more than 1,000 years. Exper...

York Minster finds shed light on post-Roman period

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The rare Anglo-Saxon coin found at the minster shows that the city had its own mint [Credit: Maev Kennedy/Guardian] The recent excavati...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Escrick sapphire ring's mystery history sparks meeting

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The style and material of the ring makes it hard to date the university said A sapphire ring found in North Yorkshire has sparked a ...
Monday, 14 January 2013

Archeologist who found 1,400-year-old grave of princess signs copies of his new book

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ROYAL FIND: Dr Steve Sherlock, who discovered the Saxon Princess jewellery at Loftus, a piece of which is shown below, signs copies of ...
Friday, 11 January 2013

Staffordshire Hoard grows as 81 further pieces declared treasure trove

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Some of the pieces of gold and silver which have been declared part of the Staffordshire Hoard. Photograph: Staffordshire County Counci...

Staffordshire Hoard duo in fresh windfall from new 'treasure' find

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Terry Herbert from Burntwood, Staffordshire, with some of the pieces which made up  an Anglo-Saxon hoard More than 80 Anglo-Saxon ...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Staffordshire hoard site yields further 90 fragments

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Staffordshire hoard: part of a helmet was among the pieces unearthed in the Hammerwich field last month. Photograph: Staffordshire count...

Staffordshire Hoard: Gold fragments found in Hammerwich

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About 90 more pieces of gold and silver believed to belong to the Staffordshire Hoard have been found. The discovery was ma...
Monday, 17 December 2012

Saxon graves uncovered at St Margaret's

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Five Saxon graves have been discovered by archaeologists at St Margaret’s. The graves were unearthed at The Droveway by Keith Parfitt, of...
Sunday, 16 December 2012

University of Oxford Online Courses in Archaeology

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Now is the time to enrol for Hilary term online courses in Archaeology. Each courses lasts for 10 weeks, with the expectation of ...
Monday, 26 November 2012

Anglo-Saxon treasure reveals west Norfolk cremation

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Fragments of an early Anglo-Saxon silver brooch found in Norfolk has given archaeologists new evidence of a cremation burial in the ...