Pioneering Women in Archaeology

Explore Spain’s Celtic Connection And Help Dig An Iron Age Hillfort

A Spanish community is crowdfunding help to excavate an impressive Iron Age hillfort in Galicia, on the Atlantic coast of Spain. Archaeologists are inviting adventurous travellers to join a field school for a week…

10 Cakes Every Archaeologist Will Want to Stick Their Trowel Into

DigVentures announces new Advisory Board

Sir Tony Robinson, David Gilbert and Carole Souter CBE join DigVentures advisory board DigVentures – the archaeological social enterprise – announces today, 1 March, a new advisory board to provide strategic consultancy and high-level…

How To… Celebrate Like An Archaeologist

Archaeologists know a thing or two about celebrating; after all, no dig is complete without an ‘End Of Site Party’. If you think a beer feels good after a hard day’s work, then just…

Archaeologists Unearth the First Thing They Ever Dug Up

As archaeologists, we spend our time looking at things that happened a very long time ago. But not much feels like it was as long ago as when we first became archaeologists! Four years…

Global Archaeology: First Stop, New Zealand

What’s it like to travel around the world as an archaeologist? This year, Dr Kate is off to find out as she embarks on an incredible archaeological adventure; 12 digs, in 12 countries, in…

How To… Pack For An Overseas Excavation

Imagine you’re heading off on an international archaeological adventure. What would you take? More importantly, what would you leave behind? Globe-trotting archaeologist Dr Kate takes a break from her journey to give us her…

Is The Easter Island Warfare Theory Wrong?

A fresh look at Rapa Nui spearpoints is causing archaeologists to rethink what really led to the island’s societal collapse. First settled between AD700-1200, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) was the site of a thriving…

How To… Tell What Type of Pot You’ve Got – the Medieval Dig Edition!

From so-called ‘sparkly-ware’ to the early-modern equivalent of ‘ironic’ hipster crockery, here’s how to identify 12 types of pot you’d expect to turn up at a medieval dig. Leiston Abbey is one of Suffolk’s…

Why Having Viking Ancestry Could Be Bad For Your Health

Archaeologists excavating Viking latrines have found that genes adapted to fight internal parasites could be harmful for their modern day descendants. Vikings have always had a pretty notorious reputation, but new research suggests that…

4 Things You Lose When You Start Dating An Archaeologist

So you’ve fallen for a rugged, outdoorsy archaeology-loving type, well done you! Cue a life filled with adventure, travel and… mud all over the house. Yes, dating an archaeologist is a many-splendoured thing. Sure,…