You can watch the whole Award ceremony here
Prehistoric Rock Art in Scotland – new booklet published
Coppergate: the dig that turned York Viking
On a personal note, I missed teh end of teh dig by a year, but here was the start of my career, and the start of modern developer led archaeology ( other sites as well!)
READ the Story here: Coppergate: the dig that turned York Viking… | York Press
CIfA and UAUK announce degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Christ Church Canterbury to receive accreditation
Crucifixion in Cambridgeshire
Exclusively for British Archaeology, David Ingham & Corinne Duhig report on the excavations by Albion Archaeology in 2016 , and what they believe to be extremely rare evidence for ancient crucifixion – and the first from northern Europe.
Free Access to Crucifixion in the Fens: Life and Death in Roman Fenstanton Council for British Archaeology (archaeologyuk.org)
Nether Largie North Cairn reopens at Kilmartin Glen?
Early Medieval Blair Atholl Man may have been Irish
Instead, Blair Atholl Man likely spent his childhood on the western coast of Scotland, perhaps on one of the islands of the western Hebrides, such as Mull, Iona or Tiree, or maybe he grew up farther away, in Ireland, a chemical analysis of his remains revealed.
Medieval Scot with strong jawbone wasn’t a local | Live Science
A Viking sword found at a burial site in Orkney is a rare, exciting and complex artefact, say archaeologists.
Archaeologists examining the weapon said it had “many stories to tell”.
The remains of a scabbard, a sheath for the blade, was also found.
AOC Archaeology’s Andrew Morrison, Caroline Paterson and Dr Stephen Harrison suggested there was more information still to be gleaned from the finds.
Orkney’s rare Viking sword has ‘many stories to tell’ – BBC News
Revealing the prehistoric origins of Scotland
An array of brochs, duns, crannogs and souterrains are found widely across Scotland but are not evident in northern England or further south. Surprisingly, that various types of Iron Age settlement do not breach the Anglo-Scottish border is something that has not been examined in detail, until now.
Revealing the prehistoric origins of Scotland | (guard-archaeology.co.uk)
Oxford now in the British Historic Towns Atlas series
The latest volume of the British Historic Towns Atlas covers the internationally-renowned city of Oxford. Famed for its university and its many outstanding historic buildings, the volume presents in mapped form the history of its topographical development. From its prehistoric setting, through its contentious Anglo-Saxon foundation, the medieval establishment of its university, and its sporadic growth after that, the atlas charts how it became a nineteenth-century city dominated by colleges, churches, university buildings, and its associated publishing industry.
The atlas is presented as a large-format portfolio containing a series of maps showing the city at key points in its history, many illustrations of its buildings and streets, maps to show its setting, and reproduction early maps of the city. A readable text introduces and explains the maps, giving the reader a thorough grounding in how and why Oxford developed, and an explanation of its changing fortunes. A supplementary chapter brings the situation up to date.
ORDER HERE: £56
British Historic Towns Atlas Volume VII: Oxford (oxbowbooks.com)
