DV was born from a mission: to connect people who love archaeology with opportunities to do archaeology.
We organise archaeological projects that people can be involved in, online and in the field.
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“I have very recently taken voluntary redundancy after 17 years in the public sector and at 53 was looking for something different to occupy myself with.
“I have been an interested spectator of archaeology from the fringes since I was very young. However, over the last few years I’ve been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to become involved in…
I’m a fifty year-old lab assistant working at Southampton University in the Life Sciences department.
Fiona and Isla Boyd I am the wrong side of fifty, but still have the enthusiasm of a 16 yr old in most things. I love walking in the peaks or my native Scotland,…
I’ll be turning 32 on 13th of August, and my fiancé Duncan paid for the day at the dig as an early birthday present!
Matt Law I’m an archaeologist working in Somerset and also a part-time PhD student at Cardiff University, where I study past environmental conditions in the Outer Hebrides. I wanted to support Dig Ventures and…
Mike Bamforth started his archaeological career in the mid-1990’s at Flag Fen, and has recently joined DigVentures as one of our key staff members on the Flag Fen Lives project. We thought it would…
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