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In Pictures: An Archaeological Biopsy!

If geophysics is like an x-ray, then here’s why digging test pits is the archaeological equivalent of a biopsy. Out in the West Country, right on the banks of the River Severn, lies Oldbury…

In Pictures: Archaeologists Visit Santa Trega

We went to visit archaeologists excavating a 2,500 year old hillfort in northwest Spain. What we saw completely blew us away. Unknown to many, northwest Spain is absolutely chock full of Iron Age archaeology….

In Pictures: Dirty Weekend at Marden Henge

What happens when you take a group people who have never done archaeology before to excavate the biggest Neolithic monument ever discovered in the UK? Marden Henge is an extraordinary site. Halfway between Stonehenge…

In Pictures: Liquid History – a Dirty Weekend on the Thames

Down on the foreshore with Steve 'Mud God' Brooker

In Pictures: Poulton Dirty Weekend 2016

This past weekend we returned to Poulton for another incredible Dirty Weekend. We started off in the Pub for a very important meeting… The next morning, the site was as muddy as we remembered… But the…

In Pictures: A Dirty Weekend in April

Let’s just start by saying it wouldn’t be a dirty weekend without a bit of mud… Or some unconventional positions… Or someone showing off the size of their tool (sorrynotsorry) Puns aside… the Dirty…

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