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Archaeologists reveal hidden history of Birmingham to the public, as HS2 Park Street excavation ends
September 19, 2019A team of 70 of our archaeologists has completed the main archaeological excavations at Park Street for the new Birmingham terminus of the HS2 railway and will be sharing initial finding with the public at a Heritage Open Days event on 21 September 2019. The extraordinary dig, the biggest of…
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Assessing human remains during an archaeological excavation: What can we learn?
May 29, 2019Don Walker is one of the Senior Osteologists undertaking archaeological excavation and research at Park Street burial ground on behalf of LM for HS2. In this blog he explores what happens on site and what we can learn from excavating and assessing human remains. Archaeologists undertaking burial ground excavations take…
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Archaeological excavation at Park Street burial ground underway
November 22, 2018Archaeological excavations at the site of the 19th century Park Street burial ground in Birmingham are up and running. Part of wider archaeological investigations taking place along the Phase One stretch of the HS2 rail route, the Park Street site is located on what will be the Birmingham Curzon Street…
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New book and digital interactive reveal fascinating finds from Cambridgeshire
April 11, 2024Our new book Unearthing the A14: 50 objects from one of Britain’s biggest digs explores some of the most interesting and intriguing finds from the National Highways A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme excavations and the sometimes-unexpected stories they tell of the ancient communities, animals, and landscapes connected by today’s A14. Based on…
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Top 5 things you need to know about archaeological archives
August 8, 2023On the National Highways A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement scheme, we excavated hundreds of acres of land, recovered thousands of artefacts, and took over 100,000 photographs – but where does all the information go? In the last blog we dug into the A14 Digital Archive, today we’re taking a look…
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Digging into the Digital A14
June 5, 2023On the National Highways A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement scheme, we excavated hundreds of acres of land, recovered thousands of artefacts, and took over 100,000 photographs – but where does all the information go? The answer is archives! A site archive is one of the most important parts of any…
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Geoarchaeology and environmental archaeology in action: the story of the A14 landscape and vegetation from the Bronze Age to the Early Medieval
March 21, 2023Archaeology isn’t just about people, it’s also about places. In fact, one thing that makes archaeology so important is that it can tell us about how entire landscapes looked in the past. It helps us understand why people lived where they did, the food they were eating, the materials they…
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Free talk: Forget thee? No!: Commemorative Finds at St James’s Burial Ground
March 16, 2023Date: Sunday 16th April, 1:30-2:30pm Location: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL Cost: Free (booking essential) Book your place HERE From clay pipes to pocket watches, hair combs to slippers, hundreds of personal items were found during HS2 excavations at St James’s Burial Ground, near Euston. These…
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Free workshop: Forget thee? No!: Commemorative Finds at St James’s Burial Ground
March 16, 2023Date: Sunday 16th April (various times) Location: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL Cost: Free (booking essential) Book your place HERE From clay pipes to pocket watches, hair combs to slippers, hundreds of personal items were found during HS2 excavations at St James’s Burial Ground, near Euston….
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Free workshop: Fittings for the dead: The coffin furniture of St James’s Burial Ground
March 16, 2023Date: Tuesday 11th April (various times) Location: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL Cost: Free (booking essential) Book your place HERE In the 18th and 19th centuries, Londoners had a number of options for their burials, based on what they could afford. From plain cheap coffin for paupers,…
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