(and a warning about tasting the archaeological record!) ‘Bog bodies’ are some of the most familiar finds associated with peatland archaeology. However, they are in fact comparatively rare. In this blog Benjamin Gearey, co-author of[…]
Category: Author Post
The Archaeology of Egypt’s Western Desert
Searching for a Needle in a Sand Dune RICHARD J. LONG, author of The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II, has worked with the Dakhleh Oasis Project since 2004. In this blog, he takes us on[…]
Running an 18th Century Landscaping Business
Having unearthed the previously unpublished work of Britain’s greatest landscape designer, Thomas White, two experts provide insight into how this infamous designer ran his landscaping business…in the 1700s. Although I have been researching historic designed[…]
Searching for Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology: A Fascinating Story
Margarita Díaz-Andreu tells us how her personal journey inspired her most ambitious project yet: Interdisciplinarity and Archaeology, the first book to explore the relationship between archaeology and other branches of knowledge. Universities’ greed for external funds[…]
Stitching it Together – The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery
How does a book on a “Lost Art” come into being? DR. ALEXANDRA LESTER-MAKIN shares how her research into medieval embroidery began, and evolved into the book The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred[…]
Behind the Scenes of TV archaeology with Dr Simon Elliott
From Time Team to Digging for Britain, we’ve always loved to watch archaeology on the small screen. But what’s it really like? DR SIMON ELLIOTT takes us behind the scenes of Great British Dig: History in Your Back[…]
A Rare Ancient Egyptian Shroud in Norwich
Author FAYE KALLONIATIS delves into the story of one of the many fascinating objects from the Egyptian collection at Norwich Castle Museum – a crumpled textile shroud which turned out to have a captivating story[…]
Embracing the Provinces: Studying Romans outside of Rome
TATIANA IVLEVA researches and teaches Roman archaeology – but not in the Mediterranean. How do we study Romans and their lives outside of Rome? What can we learn from the provinces, and from the people[…]
Discover a new world: Landscape Beneath the Waves
Why does underwater archaeology matter? Is it relevant to non-specialists, other archaeologists, and even to the interested public? CAROLINE WICKHAM-JONES tells us why landscapes beneath the waves can be important to us all. You are[…]