International Children’s Day: Children and the Past
June 1, 2017
This International Children’s Day, we take a quick look into the archaeology of childhood, and the study of childhood in the past. The study of children in the past Children… READ MORE
Category: Archaeology
Art’s Greatest Hits in One Room: the Value of a Cast Gallery
May 19, 2017
What is the merit of a room full of plaster-cast reproductions in a museum full of genuine artefacts and antiques? Guest blogger ALICE PARKIN, who runs tours of the Cast… READ MORE
Faking It: What do Museums do with Forged Artifacts?
May 11, 2017
What does a museum do when it discovers that an artifact is a forgery? What should a museum do? Oxbow marketing executive BECCA WATSON explores fakes and forgeries of antiquities and… READ MORE
Hidden in Plain Sight: Archaeology, Rediscovered
May 4, 2017
We often hear of important new excavations and finds in the world of archaeology. But what about the archaeological artefacts which have been forgotten – how much archaeology is hiding… READ MORE
Murder, Money and Academic Mayhem: the power of the archaeological hoax
April 1, 2017
Written by guest blogger Alice Parkin From practical jokes to proving the existence of Jesus Christ himself, archaeological forgeries and fakes come in all shapes and sizes; and a well-timed… READ MORE
Secrets of Life in Tudor London
March 22, 2017
CROSSRAIL EXCAVATIONS AT CHARTERHOUSE COVER IMAGE: CROSSRAIL © Since Crossrail began construction in 2009, huge swathes of London’s hidden past have been uncovered. More than 200 archaeologists have unearthed over 10,000… READ MORE
Following a Trail of Potsherds to the Landscape
February 16, 2017
How can pottery help to explore an archaeological landscape? Guest blogger DR. PHILIP MILLS, co-editor of Forms of Dwelling along with ULLA RAJALA, explains. Landscape archaeology is something that I, as a Roman ceramic… READ MORE
Why did Samuel Pepys bury his cheese, and other pressing questions
February 8, 2017
From Blue Peter time capsules to Samuel Pepys burying his cheese during the Great Fire of London, humanity has a long history of burying or depositing material goods. What sort… READ MORE
Offa’s Dyke: The Brexit Dimension?
January 17, 2017
BY GUEST WRITER AND AUTHOR KEITH RAY Cover image: Raymond Perry via Wikimedia Commons, CC by SA 2.0 In January 2017, there are stirrings along the border between England and Wales…. READ MORE
Secrets of Orkney
December 29, 2016
BY GUEST WRITER AND AUTHOR CAROLINE WICKHAM-JONES Cover image © Robert Beharie and licensed for reuse (CC BY-SA 2.0) Finally, after much anticipation, BBC Two’s series on Neolithic Orkney starts this… READ MORE
