Posts by Cate Davies
Humanities in the Workplace
Cameron and Maisie attended a careers fair last week, at the Humanities Department of the University of Winchester, to speak to prospective trainees studying there. Their career stories, insights and advice were much appreciated and described as inspirational and demonstrative of fabulous graduate outcomes by the Uni’s Faculty Employability Adviser. PCA will be attending the…
Read MoreCambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust Conference
When: Saturday 1st April 2023 Where: The Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Cambridge CB3 9BB This year’s theme will be imagery – wall paintings and screens, and in addition, there will be the usual report on the Trust’s activities. Click here for further details
Read MoreLAMAS 59th Annual Conference of London Archaeologists
This year’s conference takes place on Saturday, 25th March 2022 from 11am to 5pm, via zoom. The morning sessions are, as usual, dedicated to a series of papers covering recent major excavations, including two PCA sites: Fine dining, quarrying, and manufacturing. Medieval and later landuse beyond Aldgate‘ by Dougie Killock Roman London West of the…
Read MoreCurrent Archaeology Live! 2023 – featuring our discovery of Turret 3a
In the summer of 2021 our Durham office was lucky enough to discover Hadrian’s Wall in urban Tyneside. Excitingly, we found Turret 3a, perhaps the largest yet discovered, and the northern defensive ditch and six berm obstacle pits. Scott Vance will present our findings at the forthcoming Current Archaeology Live! conference, which will be held…
Read MoreAncient Greek Day at Waddington
Alex Beeby was ‘one of the highlights’ at Waddington All Saints Academy Ancient Greek Day last week with a talk about archaeology. His visit went so well one of the kids said it was the best day of his life! Well done Alex (although it looks as if you could have tried harder with your…
Read MoreCambridge Antiquarian Society Spring Conference
When: Saturday March 18th 2023 Where: Storey’s Field Centre, Eddington Avenue,Cambridge, CB3 1AA Cost: £10 at door (members, diggers, students) £15 for non-members (all the more reason to join!) . The forthcoming CAS conference will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Sir Cyril Fox’s The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region, covering themes and archaeology relevant…
Read MoreRoman cetacean feast
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Read MoreCrystal Park, Bottisham: The Construction Materials of a Roman Villa Complex – A Cambridgeshire Case Study
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Read MoreWelcome to new Project Officer Stephen Baker!
Originally from York, since 2003 Stephen has been employed by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) on numerous multi-period urban and rural excavations, developing a solid fieldwork and post-excavation speciality in complex multi-period deeply stratified urban excavations in the city of Leicester, and directing urban sites exclusively for the last 10 or so years.…
Read MoreThe Rank Hovis Premier Mill, Silvertown
The Rank Hovis Premier Mill is an important survivor of the now almost vanished industrial history of the London Docklands. Described by the Evening Standard as a ‘decaying industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia’ the complex has become an icon of post-industrial Britain, and has a long and varied past. It…
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