Press Release We have issued a press release about our excavation in Essex which has revealed the remains of a military barracks occupied during the Napoleonic Wars.
Update 1: Wintringham Site 3 so far The initial work on site 3 at Wintringham has taken place over the past few months and now OA Cambridge are starting to investigate the main focus of a large Iron Age and Roman settlement.
Update 2: In which ditches reveal their secrets and Steve strikes lucky The first boots-on-the-ground blog from Harry who introduces readers to the highs and lows of archaeological excavation.
Update 3: Keeping our noses to the grind stone Our team are rewarded in the heat by finding a watering hole containing some 'run-of-the-mill' Roman artefacts.
Update 4: Respecting our finds Harry provides an insight into the care and attention we take to record and analyse our finds.
Update 5: Perplexing fills and features Lizzie fills us in on the confusing dark deposits she's been digging during the heatwave.
Update 6: A terrific lithic A surprising find raises questions about ideas of ancestry and history to the people living at Wintringham in the past.
Season 1, Day 8 Day 8 continues with the excavation of roundhouse and enclosures and opens new trenches.
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 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.
Press Release We have issued a press release about our excavation in Essex which has revealed the remains of a military barracks occupied during the Napoleonic Wars.
Update 1: Wintringham Site 3 so far The initial work on site 3 at Wintringham has taken place over the past few months and now OA Cambridge are starting to investigate the main focus of a large Iron Age and Roman settlement.
Update 2: In which ditches reveal their secrets and Steve strikes lucky The first boots-on-the-ground blog from Harry who introduces readers to the highs and lows of archaeological excavation.
Update 3: Keeping our noses to the grind stone Our team are rewarded in the heat by finding a watering hole containing some 'run-of-the-mill' Roman artefacts.
Update 4: Respecting our finds Harry provides an insight into the care and attention we take to record and analyse our finds.
Update 5: Perplexing fills and features Lizzie fills us in on the confusing dark deposits she's been digging during the heatwave.
Update 6: A terrific lithic A surprising find raises questions about ideas of ancestry and history to the people living at Wintringham in the past.
Season 1, Day 8 Day 8 continues with the excavation of roundhouse and enclosures and opens new trenches.
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 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.
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OA and Cambridge Archaeological Unit work together to refit Early Neolithic pottery from causewayed enclosure in Harlow
