Saturday, January 23, 2021
New Stone Age: Discovery of massive island ritual site where people gathered 5,500 years ago
Rare 5,000-year-old crystal dagger is uncovered in Prehistoric Iberian megalithic tomb that may have been used by a high-ranking person to gain 'magical powers'
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Friday, January 22, 2021
Burial practices point to an interconnected early Medieval Europe
Georadar Reveals 15 Burial Mounds And 32 Viking Age Mysteries In Northern Norway
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Perfectly Preserved Roman-Era Wine Barrels Found In Reims Reveal Ancient Coopers' Art
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Objects suggest Europeans used standardized money 4,000 years ago
Photo by M.H.G. Kuijpers
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Monday, January 18, 2021
Iron Age Village Discovered In Essex
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Birka: The Mysterious Demise of a Majestic Viking Trading Center
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Sunday, January 17, 2021
New Insights From Original Domesday Survey Revealed
Iron Age skeletons uncovered during Navenby dig
Two Iron Age skeletons have been discovered during excavation works in Lincolnshire.
The bones were uncovered at separate archaeological sites near Navenby, as part of preparation work for a water pipeline project.
Other finds included parts of small buildings and fragments of pottery.
Anglian Water's heritage assessor Jo Everitt said the finds would help archaeologists understand more about the region's past.
The ancient Orkney site where Picts and Vikings settled now under threat from pandemic
The rich 5,500-year-old site at Swandro on the Orkney Island of Rousay holds remains from the Neolithic, Iron Age, Pictish and Viking periods but is under constant attack from storm surges, rising tides and now lockdown which is preventing archaeologists returning to the site to retrieve valuable material. PIC: Contributed.
The pandemic has stopped the race to save archaelogical remains at Knowe of Swandro on the island of Rousay, Orkney, which are being eaten away by rising tides and storm surges.
The site holds a timeline of thousands of years of history and houses a 5,500-year-old Neolithic burial chamber, the remains of a large and unusual high-status Iron Age roundhouse, Pictish dwellings, a smithy, and a grand Norse Hall.
Hidden secrets revealed in microscopic images of ancient artifacts
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Grave goods including weapons found at large Anglo-Saxon cemetery uncovered in Northamptonshire
Jahrhundertdürre im Mittelalter – mit Parallelen zum Klimawandel heute?
Searching for the people of Doggerland
Mysterious Cornwall shipwrecks re-emerge for first time in decades
Caligula’s Gardens, Long Hidden Beneath Italian Apartment Building, to Go on View
A warty pig painted on a cave wall 45,500 years ago is the world's oldest depiction of an animal
Tuesday, January 05, 2021
NEW VISUALISATIONS, SAME DATA
Data are at the core of what we do as archaeologists, so facilitating the effective interrogation, interpretation and understanding of those data is vital. As part of a new digital strategy, Oxford Archaeology has overhauled core internal workflow systems by developing a series of digital modules designed to enhance the value of is large range of field data.
OA WebMap
The OA WebMap module was envisaged as a means of providing a modern yet familiar interface to the spatial and contextual data collected within our fieldwork projects. A web-based approach was chosen to reduce the need for specialist software.
In the field our survey methodology was adapted to a more attribute-driven approach, allowing more consistency in data capture and quality control. The underlying data schemas are more tightly defined as the data moves from GPS to GIS to WebMap. This means that survey data sent back from the field can be uploaded into the WebMap database as soon as it is processed and checked, often before the surveyor is back in the office.
There are many benefits once a site is uploaded into the OA WebMap system. Current site survey and related information can be easily viewed on any internet-enabled device by any member of staff. Site information is presented as categories of styled layers which can be turned on and off as desired to allow the user to visualise just the data they need.
Read more at In Touch Issue 54 pp 14-15
Archaeologists discover ancient snack bar in Pompeii in ‘extraordinary’ find
Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved snack bar from the ancient city of Pompeii which was destroyed in a volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.
Roman road remains uncovered in Northumberland
Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
Iron Age Settlement With Large Roundhouses and Roman Trinkets Found in the UK
Monday, December 21, 2020
£1m grant to investigate secrets of Viking-age Galloway hoard uncovered by metal detectorist
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A mystery woman dressed in silk and gold found buried under the London streets was from the elite of the Roman Empire, researchers say
Museum of London Archaeology
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Early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating
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Researchers win £1m grant to unlock secrets of Viking-era treasure trove
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