Oxford Archaeology researchers to lead ambitious interdisciplinary study of archaeological wildlife June 2022
Week 1 Update Our excavation has started in the north-west corner of the site, with supervised machine removal of the soil.
Weeks 2 and 3 Update Over the past two weeks, the team have been digging prehistoric pits and Roman ditches.
Weeks 4 and 5 Update The team are now supervising the mechanical removal of topsoil across the excavation area in Barrack Field.
Week 2 - The First Finds Week 2 saw the continuation of the site strip, the excavation of our first archaeological feature and the recovery of our first artefact.
Weeks 7 and 8 Update We have revealed the whole site and we're starting to investigate the remains of the Napoleonic camp.
Week 3 - Steady Progress Despite a rather wet start to the week, the team continue to make good progress on site.
Weeks 4 and 5 - It's all making sense. Despite the weather taking a turn for the cold and wet, progress on site has been fantastic.
Week 10 Update This week the team spent most of their time finding archaeology which we weren’t expecting to find!
Oxford Archaeology researchers to lead ambitious interdisciplinary study of archaeological wildlife June 2022
Week 1 Update Our excavation has started in the north-west corner of the site, with supervised machine removal of the soil.
Weeks 2 and 3 Update Over the past two weeks, the team have been digging prehistoric pits and Roman ditches.
Weeks 4 and 5 Update The team are now supervising the mechanical removal of topsoil across the excavation area in Barrack Field.
Week 2 - The First Finds Week 2 saw the continuation of the site strip, the excavation of our first archaeological feature and the recovery of our first artefact.
Weeks 7 and 8 Update We have revealed the whole site and we're starting to investigate the remains of the Napoleonic camp.
Week 3 - Steady Progress Despite a rather wet start to the week, the team continue to make good progress on site.
Weeks 4 and 5 - It's all making sense. Despite the weather taking a turn for the cold and wet, progress on site has been fantastic.
Week 10 Update This week the team spent most of their time finding archaeology which we weren’t expecting to find!
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Abbot's Vale Update 6: There is No Such Thing as a Self-Bailing Oven! This week sees Will tell us all about what he’s been up to on site.
Abbot's Vale Update 5: A day in the life of… To give you a feel of what it's really like to be an archaeologist, we've invited Laura to give us an insight into her daily life.
It's not all about digging... There's a lot more to archaeology than digging...This blog showcases the work OA specialists do to ensure our heritage is understood and preserved for future generations.
Hinxton In the Pits - Coming to the End of our Excavation At the end of March 2023, waterlogged and weary, but triumphal, the team concluded our excavations at Hinxton with a flurry of interesting finds at the heart of the site.
#OAat50 Highlights March's #OAat50 highlights March highlights took us all the way to the Mesolithic with the first confirmed cremation from the period , then to Heathrow T5 and Stansted.
#OAat50 Highlights February's #OAat50 highlights In February, we celebrated World Wetlands Day with one of OA North's historic projects, the North West Wetlands Survey and looked at an egg-cellent find from Roman Buckinghamshire.
Hinxton An unexpected (but welcome) surprise Area 7 appeared to be a quiet area in terms of archaeology. Turns out it was hiding something special...