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From Playtime to Wartime: How Children Experienced WW1

It’s easy to forget that children all over the world are raised in periods of war. In our series on the archaeology of WW1, we’ve discussed the impact of war on men, women, landscapes…

How Anglo-Saxon Glassmakers Brought Colour To The Dark Ages

The Staffordshire Hoard and the treasures of Sutton Hoo have made Early Saxon metal-workers famous even today. But there’s more to Saxon finery than silver and gold; glass-makers brought a riot of colour to…

Death, Disgust and the Dead Man’s Penny

Every archaeologist will know that objects can rarely be taken at face value. Here’s how an object that was intended to bestow honour upon its recipients was for many a source of offence and…

Christmas Cards from WW1

A certain supermarket’s Christmas advert (cough, Sainsbury’s, cough) which depicts the Christmas Truce of 1914 has had us all talking about representations of war, but there’s much more to Christmas on the front line…

Soldiers at Stonehenge

What on earth does a prehistoric monument have to do with WW1? Well, after digging through some archives, it turns out… quite a lot. Here’s the story of how one of Britain’s most iconic…

Why Archaeologists Should Always Remember to Wash Their Hands

Archaeologists face all sorts of hazards – from extreme weather to raging bulls. But none presents as big a hazard as the archaeology itself, as this discovery just goes to show… Pottery can tell…

How the Gurkhas Joined the British Army

Gurkhas have been part of the British Army for almost 200 years, with thousands serving during WW1. But who are they and how did they end up fighting for the British? The Gurkhas trace…

Pixels and Postholes: How I Got Into Archaeological Photography

Sometimes we just have to boggle at how people end up doing things that are so very… well, niche. Not this time. We spoke to seasoned Venturer Hugh Fiske about how, over the course…

In Conversation with Martin Cuthbert, Community Archaeologist

Martin Cuthbert is the Community Archaeologist for the Eighth in the East. His aim? To enable local communities to engage with and learn about the Eighth US Air Force Squadron, who set up just…

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Crowdsourcing Archaeology: An Interview with MicroPasts

If like us you’re interested (or even obsessed!) with all things innovative and archaeological, you’ll probably have noticed the new MicroPasts project making a huge impact over the past few months. DV have been…

Community Archaeology in Focus: The Eighth in the East

Love hearing about archaeology projects that are really pushing the boundaries to get people involved? So do we, which is why we just had to tell you about The Eighth in the East… During WW2,…

Light in Dark Places: The Role of the Padre in WW1

“My job as a padre – as the Army refers to its priests, chaplains and so on – is not to oil the wheels of war, but to help the humanity caught up in…

Prisoners of War in Yorkshire

When a small team of archaeologists went looking for prehistoric remains near Hickleton Hall in South Yorkshire, what they found took them totally by surprise: instead of an ancient site, they unearthed a previously…

F is for… Forensic Archaeology

So you’re interested in Forensic Archaeology? No doubt you’ve seen one of those crime scene TV shows where people who examine murder victims and attempt to piece together the story of how they died…

Finishing School Gone Wrong! How To Be a Nazi Wife

The Nazi’s oppressive policies against anyone who didn’t fit their Aryan ideal are well known, but to what lengths did they go to uphold these standards within their culture? Women living under the Third…
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20 Striking Photos of Women at Work in WW1

During World War One, more than a million women  went to work in factories, mines, laboratories and offices across the country. So what was it like? Conditions were often poor, the work arduous and…

The Industrialisation of War

Industry and warfare have always been connected; since the earliest battles it took specialised craftsmen to make weapons, and populations to feed armies. But it wasn’t until World War One that a belligerent power…

The Chemist’s War

Whether made at home from plastic water bottles or of hi-spec military grade, gas masks are today as symbolic an image of conflict as they were in WW1 when chemicals, used to irritate, immobilise…

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