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The Class Ceiling and Archaeology: What archaeology can learn from working-class exclusion in the arts

DigVentures' Founder and co-CEO Lisa Westcott Wilkins reflects on why archaeology’s workforce challenges are better understood as a national infrastructure risk, and why the sector may be better placed than most to reshape its own future...

Why Learning About Archaeology Could Be the Best Thing You Do for Your Wellbeing

Learning archaeology builds curiosity, reduces stress, and deepens your connection to the places you live. DigVentures' Founder and co-CEO Lisa Westcott Wilkins explores how digging into the past can transform your present.

Don’t Give Up: Burnout in the Cultural Sectors

There’s a growing conversation about burnout in values-driven sectors, and archaeology is part of it. DigVentures' Founder and co-CEO Lisa Westcott Wilkins explores this, arguing that burnout stems from structural pressures, not personal weakness - and calling for a rethink of how we value and support meaningful work.

Funding the Work, Not the Paperwork

DigVentures' Founder and co-CEO Lisa Westcott Wilkins explores some of the key ideas fed into the process of writing The New Cultural Entrepreneur with colleagues across the creative and cultural sector, including how moving away from compliance-based models could enable a surge in creativity and innovation for the culture sector in general - and, of course, archaeology.

Have I Just Found a Stone Tool? How to Tell if Your “Worked Stone” Is the Real Deal

Stone tools are among the most insightful links to our prehistoric past. Pick up a piece of worked flint, and you're holding something someone shaped with their own hands thousands of years ago. But how can you be sure that what you've found is a tool, and not just a bit of broken stone that looks like one?

The Lives that Shaped Lytham Hall

This July marks our first season of crowdfunded digging at Lytham Hall in Lancashire to see what secrets may lie buried beneath this remarkable estate. Before we dust off our trowels, join us as we explore the people and events that shaped Lytham Hall's past - and why they make its archaeology so promising...

Unearthing Sacrewell’s Lost Roman Villa

This autumn, we're heading to the heart of the Nene Valley to uncover what a site in Cambridgeshire (last touched by archaeologists in the 1970s) still has to tell us about life in Roman Britain. But why here? Read on to find out!

Monumental Moments from the Boyne Valley

Before we set off for our fourth season of discovery in the extraordinary ancient landscape of the Boyne Valley, let's revisit some of the fascinating discoveries helping us explore the mystery of Ireland's prehistory...

8 Early Medieval burial types we’ve found on Lindisfarne

Over the past decade, DigVentures, Durham University and our crowdfunders have explored Lindisfarne’s Viking‑raided monastery. How were its people buried, and what could their graves reveal about their identities, beliefs and life on the island over time?

A Decade of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire

Ahead of our 10th season digging at East Yorkshire, join us as we stroll down memory lane (by way of a Roman road, perhaps?) to explore the most extraordinary discoveries from past seasons at this fascinating site...

The Trends Reshaping Archaeology in 2026

DigVentures' Founder and co-CEO Lisa Westcott Wilkins explores the trends reshaping archaeology in 2026. From participatory infrastructure to immersive experiences, Lisa dives into how the field can embrace change that is often moving faster outside archaeology than within it.

People, Pets and Pits: Insights into the Iron Age at Earth Trust

Since 2018, our work at Earth Trust has unearthed a wealth of evidence that helps us understand life in ancient Oxfordshire - particularly the influence of Roman occupation. But what have we found that takes us even further back in time...?

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