Season 2: Day 4 DAy 4 and what a mixed bag of weather. This did not put off the keen and hardy volunteers who made great progress today.
Season 2: Day 5 Day 5 and work is well underway to reveal the secrets of the longhouse at the Little Asby community dig.
Season 2: Day 6 Day 6 and the northern weather decided to not play fair. Regardless, the volunteers worked hard and made great progress. Trench A looks fantastic!
Season 2: Day 3 Day 3 at Little Asby and the excavations are well underway. We were blessed with sunshine all day!
Season 2: Day 7 Day 7 already of Season 2 at Little Asby community dig. Today brought us sun, rainbows and rain.
Season 2: Day 9 Day 9 and the sun has got his hat on. The volunteers were busy recording, cleaning and sampling.
Season 2: Day 14 Day 14 and we were joined by Year 10 and Sixth Form History students from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School.
Our Research Work From the natural landscape of prehistoric Britain to First World War graves, our research into the past has a positive impact on the world today. See how our team contribute to national and international research.
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Season 2: Day 4 DAy 4 and what a mixed bag of weather. This did not put off the keen and hardy volunteers who made great progress today.
Season 2: Day 5 Day 5 and work is well underway to reveal the secrets of the longhouse at the Little Asby community dig.
Season 2: Day 6 Day 6 and the northern weather decided to not play fair. Regardless, the volunteers worked hard and made great progress. Trench A looks fantastic!
Season 2: Day 3 Day 3 at Little Asby and the excavations are well underway. We were blessed with sunshine all day!
Season 2: Day 7 Day 7 already of Season 2 at Little Asby community dig. Today brought us sun, rainbows and rain.
Season 2: Day 9 Day 9 and the sun has got his hat on. The volunteers were busy recording, cleaning and sampling.
Season 2: Day 14 Day 14 and we were joined by Year 10 and Sixth Form History students from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School.
Our Research Work From the natural landscape of prehistoric Britain to First World War graves, our research into the past has a positive impact on the world today. See how our team contribute to national and international research.
The Oxford Archaeology Library We strive to make all our research available to all. Through our Library you can freely access over 5000 items, among publications, reports, and archives.
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#OAat50 Highlights August's #OAat50 highlights From a medieval murder mystery in Workington to the birthplace of William the Conqueror
#OAat50 Highlights July's #OAat50 highlights We celebrated Tynwald Day and Bastille Day with outstanding finds and stories from OA's work
#OAat50 Highlights June's #OAat50 highlights We started the June highlights with a special Iron Age figurine fromt he Wimpole Estate, which currently features in the "Beneath our feet" exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge.
Community Digging into Archaeological Science Oxford Archaeology have recently attended two STEM events, sharing exciting findings from our sites and showcasing the science that made them possible.
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire Read about works at Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton spanning prehistory to the Roman occupation.
Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire Grange Farm is surrounded by a large number of archaeological sites, read the blog to learn what we discovered.
Hinxton Barrowing to the Bronze Age Our archaeologist Ollie provides an update on the Bronze Age findings at Hinxton.
Wintringham Update 8: Soggy Bottoms Read about the conditions the Wintringham team have been battling with as excavations come to a close for the winter.
Aston End? No the journey doesn't end here... It is exciting to think about what will be discovered further.
Hinxton Trackways to the past In the latest post from our team at Hinxton, they start to find answers to some of the questions we have about a major trackway across the site.