Meets on Saturday mornings monthly during school terms. Craft, talks, visits, surveying, handling finds etc.
Young Archaeologists Club, Colchester Branch
March 1, 2000 By Filed Under: Young Archaeologists
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Richard III
Richard III: found?
University of Leicester archaeologists have found a 'prime candidate' for the remains of Richard … [Read More...]
Found: the lost church where Richard III was buried
University of Leicester archaeologists have found the lost church where Richard III was buried over … [Read More...]
Face to face with Richard III
More than 500 years after his death, members of the public can look King Richard III in the eye once … [Read More...]
Mick’s Dig Diary
A green and pleasant parish
In CA 274, Mick explained how his local research project examining the origins of Winscombe in … [Read More...]
An unexpected project
In his new bi-monthly column, Mick Aston guides us through the trials and triumphs of local … [Read More...]
Recent News
After the Ice: exhibiting life at Star Carr
11,000-year-old artefacts from Star Carr, Britain's largest-known Mesolithic settlement, will go on … [Read More...]
Digging London’s past: Syon Park excavation
This summer the Museum of London will return to Syon Park, Hounslow, with digging opportunities for … [Read More...]
Peasant houses in Midland England: How the Black Death prompted a building boom
It used to be thought that only high-class houses had survived from the Medieval period. Radiocarbon … [Read More...]
Current Archaeology 279
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as … [Read More...]
Timeline of Britain
AD 1300 – Conwy Castle
The medieval castle is one of the great glories of British archaeology. The finest are those in … [Read More...]
AD 700 – Sutton Hoo
In the 7th century AD, a King - it was surely no less - received a magnificent burial at Sutton Hoo, … [Read More...]
Advice
Industrial Archaeology
The archaeology of the industrialised world is gaining popularity. Although its roots can been seen … [Read More...]
A Growing Field – Environmental Archaeology
Environmental archaeology provides a landscape context for the archaeological activities on sites. … [Read More...]
Latest Issue
Current Archaeology 279
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...]
Reasons to subscribe
Benefits of Current Archaeology
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...]
World Archaeology Magazine
World Archaeology
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...]
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