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… but our environmental specialist, Jane Wheeler, is one of the winners of the British Association for Local History Research and Publication Awards for 2022!
During excavation of a Roman settlement-edge site in the Fens in Cambridgeshire, we discovered approximately 13 sheep skeletons in a ditch.
This year’s conference will be held on Saturday, 19th March 2022, 10.45am to 5pm via zoom.
We’re pleased to announce our latest publication, which is available as a free open-access download, with hard copies also available for sale on our publications page.
Our Roman pottery specialist Eniko has written a fascinating article on this rare and significant find, just published in Britannia.
The Bronze Age vessel we found in April at Cholsey has now been micro-excavated, with potentially fascinating results. The beautifully decorated cremation urn was found deliberately buried in the centre of a droveway running through the site in Oxfordshire as an apparent votive offering. Scans confirmed it held a cremation, and the precise 3-dimensional model…
This conference will be held from 18-20 November in Groningen as a hybrid event, where participants can attend in person or online; click here for more details.
CBA London will be hosting the London Archaeological Forum online this year, on Monday 8th November at 6pm.
A wonderful find from one of our sites yesterday! This complete German Frechen stoneware Bartmann (or Bellarmine) jug has a benign face and a medallion with an unknown coat of arms. It dates from c. 1580-90 and was used for serving alcohol (probably ale). Complete examples of these jugs are more frequent finds than other…
Dr James Gerrard will be giving a talk in the Ballroom at Bedale Hall, on Friday 29th October 2021 at 7pm, on the results of our excavations ahead of the Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar bypass in North Yorkshire. A selection of artefacts will be on display.