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[…]
Category: Author Post
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[…]
Relentlessly Plain: Early Pottery in Western Asia
It might seem that the large quantities of plain pottery found at Neolithic sites can’t tell us all that much. But as OLIVIER NIEUWENHUYSE, editor of ‘Relentlessly Plain: Seventh Millennium Ceramics at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria’ explains,[…]
The Times of Their Lives: The Future of Studying the Past
Do authors set out intending to write a benchmark book that may well change the face of their subject area forever, or does it simply evolve along the way? Professor ALASDAIR WHITTLE, author of the[…]
Game of Thorns: A Medieval Farming Conundrum
Author MARK MCKERRACHER explores the problems and pitfalls of Medieval farming – and how we can hope study farming, farms, livestock and crops through archaeology. Every year, the medieval farmer faced a stark warning: winter[…]
More Than Meets the Eye – Palmyra After Zenobia
Even after damage and destruction when in the hands of ISIL, the site of Palmyra in Syria is made of famously recognisable ruins. But these monumental remains of the Roman period hide another story –[…]
The Unrepentant Editor and Archaeological Legacies
Who volunteers to ‘herd cats’ to edit academic collective volumes – and why? MARIA RELAKI, editor of From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology, examines the struggles and the benefits of acting as an[…]