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Active group with projects throughout the year on various sites in the Grantham area and further afield. Activities include fieldwalking, surveying and occasional excavation. Geophysical surveys also undertaken for ourselves and for other groups. Monthly group meetings with occasional speakers. Occasional group trips and visits. Please write or call for details.
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Such were Richard the III's last words according to … [Read More...]
Two days after unveiling a reconstruction of the face of Richard III, Leicester experts have now … [Read More...]
Following questions about the validity of using a genetic sample from a modern day relative of … [Read More...]
In CA 274, Mick explained how his local research project examining the origins of Winscombe in … [Read More...]
In his new bi-monthly column, Mick Aston guides us through the trials and triumphs of local … [Read More...]
This summer the Museum of London will return to Syon Park, Hounslow, with digging opportunities for … [Read More...]
It used to be thought that only high-class houses had survived from the Medieval period. Radiocarbon … [Read More...]
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as … [Read More...]
In September 2012, archaeologists from the University of Leicester announced a significant … [Read More...]
Has King Arthur been discovered at Tintagel? Tintagel, on the North coast of Cornwall, is famed … [Read More...]
Perhaps the biggest disruption in the Hebrides was the advent of the Vikings. But what remained of … [Read More...]
Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, Head of Communications, Wessex Archaeology tells us his 5 top tips for … [Read More...]
Ethnoarchaeology is the study of past societies, focusing on material remains, rather than culture. … [Read More...]
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as stock images performing hard manual labour in the margins of illustrated manuscripts. With the squalor they faced memorably lampooned by Monty Python, among others, it has always been assumed that the ramshackle hovels they called home have long … [Read More...]
The past is constantly being re-written. Across the country there are hundreds of excavations going on. It’s back-breaking work in often tough conditions, but the findings are essential for our understanding of our past. Yet who has the time to visit them all and put their findings into context? We do! For 40 years Current Archaeology has been … [Read More...]
Current Archaeology has a sister magazine - Current WORLD Archaeology Current World Archaeology covers the world from the first emergence of man up to yesterday: from Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Near East, to Anatolia, Classical Greece and Rome, as well as Asia and the Far East. Launched in 2003 as the sister magazine to Current Archaeology, we report on … [Read More...]
