Site Diary: It’s The End Of Our Dig In Cornwall!

The team have found all sorts of interesting things inside the roundhouses - here are the highlights.

Site Diary: Mim’s Decorated Iron Age Pottery

Iron Age people obviously had an eye for geometric patterns, as Mim's discovery proves.

Site Diary: Lawrence’s Lovely Pot

It's Lawrence's first day ever on an excavation, and he's just found an entire pot! Beginner's luck, right?

Site Diary: Euan’s Iron Age Honing Stone

The team have been excavating inside the western roundhouse, and Euan's perseverance finally pays off...

Site Diary: Margaret’s Ancient Doorway

Update from the western roundhouse! Margaret has unearthed the most PERFECT stone-lined post-hole. Could it be for a doorway?

Site Diary: Iron Age or Bronze Age?

The team is busy digging a Bronze Age village in Cornwall, but is it actually Bronze Age? Time to investigate...

Site Diary: A Bronze Age Village In Cornwall

The team are in Cornwall to investigate a village of ancient roundhouses. But how ancient? We've got two weeks to find out!

Why American Military Veterans Are Turning To Archaeology

National Geographic came to film our partnership with American Veterans Archaeological Recovery in Darrow, NY. Here's their report on how it's opening up new possibilities for military veterans.

Pictish Coppersmith’s Greasy Handprints Found All Over Ancient Anvil

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient anvil that still bears a greasy handprint from the Pictish coppersmith who used it. Archaeologists on the Isle of Rousay, Orkney, have been carrying out emergency excavations at an…

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