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Current Archaeology’s October Listings: exhibitions, events, and heritage from home

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There are lots of great ways to get involved with history and archaeology over the next few months, including exhibitions, lectures, and conferences exploring a wide range of subjects. If you would prefer to get your heritage fix from the comfort of your sofa, though, there is a variety of resources on offer online, too, from virtual site tours and digital offerings by museums to podcasts, TV shows, and more. Kathryn Krakowka has put together a selection from the options available.

Museum news

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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

The Bayeux Tapestry

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Britain has been overcome by Bayeux Tapestry fever (as has CA: see our feature on here and more in Sherds on here) with the famous embroidery returning to British soil for the

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The Social Context of Technology: non-ferrous metalworking in later prehistoric Britain and Ireland

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2021

Although a little heavy on detail, this is a thorough study of the subject which presents, in a chronological fashion, the archaeological evidence for (mostly copper and bronze) metalworking from sites across

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Landscape and Settlement in the Vale of York: archaeological excavations at Heslington East, York, 2003-2013

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March 5, 2021

York is well-known for the archaeology of its Roman, Anglian, Viking, and medieval periods of occupation, but the prehistoric and Roman archaeology of its rural hinterland is much less visible, despite an

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The Tale of the Axe: how the Neolithic revolution transformed Britain

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2021

Around 12,000 years ago, the course of human history changed forever when hunter-gatherer communities in western Asia made a dramatic lifestyle change, switching from foraging to farming. It was the beginning of

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Life, Death, and Rubbish Disposal in Roman Norton, North Yorkshire: excavations at Brooklyn House, 2015-2016

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2021

Detailing excavations at Brooklyn House in Norton-on-Derwent, carried out by JB Archaeological Services between 2015 and 2016, this comprehensive site report sheds new light on this area of Roman Britain. Lying north-west

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Worcester Magistrates Court: excavation of Romano-British homes and industry at Castle Street

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2021

Worcester, like many historic cities, has had its share of undistinguished 20th-century development. As this has come up for redevelopment, it has afforded numerous opportunities for archaeological investigations, which have revealed the

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The Horse Butchery Site: a high-resolution record of Lower Palaeolithic hominin behaviour at Boxgrove, UK

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2021

As a first-year undergraduate at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology in London, I spent seven weeks during the summer of 1991 at Boxgrove, enjoying stints working at several sites there, including GTP17, Q2/D,

TV & Film

The Dig: ‘poetic licence aside’

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2021

This is no high-octane adventure romp, but a slow, almost meditative period piece that focuses more on the people involved in the investigation and on the looming threat of the Second World War than it does on the astonishing artefacts that were recovered from Suffolk’s sandy soil.

TV & Film

A Riveting Tale

Minerva Magazine

February 17, 2021

Netflix has just released The Dig, a major film about the Sutton Hoo excavation. Lindsay Fulcher unearths the story of how Basil Brown uncovered the splendid Anglo-Saxon ship burial and illuminated the so-called ‘Dark Ages’.

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On Show – Exhibitions from around the world

Minerva Magazine

February 17, 2021

Details of the latest and most interesting exhibitions.

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The Aeneid: A New Translation

Minerva Magazine

February 17, 2021

The great epic by Roman poet Virgil (or Vergil; 70-19 BC) became an instant classic. His Aeneid was celebrated by other poets and the imperial family, and taught in schools in antiquity

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The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates

Minerva Magazine

February 17, 2021

Disease tearing through a community; mass fatalities; and no apparent end in sight: the pestilences plaguing Greeks at Troy at the start of Homer’s Iliad or Thebes in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King

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Voyagers: The settlement of the Pacific

Minerva Magazine

February 17, 2021

When the many islands that are scattered across the waters of Oceania were first settled, how, and by whom are questions that have generated much discussion over the centuries. It is such

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Heritage from home: March

Current Archaeology

February 5, 2021

Last March, museums and heritage sites across the world closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, we created ‘Heritage from Home’ to share the many wonderful ways that you can get your fix of archaeology, history, and culture without leaving the house. Amy Brunskill has put together a roundup of highlights featured so far.

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Heritage from home: February

Current Archaeology

February 4, 2021

As we find ourselves back in lockdown, the vast quantity of resources available online seems more valuable than ever. Amy Brunskill has put together a selection of some of the many ways you can get involved in archaeology, history, and heritage from home, to help you explore the past until museums and heritage sites are able to open once more.

Classical Caledonia: Roman history and myth in 18th-century Scotland

Current Archaeology

February 4, 2021

Classical Caledonia explores the antiquarian rediscovery of Scotland’s Roman remains, and how these have influenced and continue to influence Scottish identity, impacting on our interpretation of Roman Scotland today. Various populist and

Leprosy: past and present

Current Archaeology

February 4, 2021

More than a decade in the making, this book was well worth the wait. It is a thorough compendium of knowledge on not only the history and (bio)archaeology of leprosy, but also

The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur

Current Archaeology

February 4, 2021

‘The past lies in fragments… one might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or an ocean wave from a dripping tap.’ So writes Max

Burying the Dead: an archaeological history of burial grounds, graveyards, and cemeteries

Current Archaeology

February 4, 2021

This book provides a brief history of how humans have dealt with their dead over the centuries – mainly focusing on the early medieval period through to the modern day. It is,

50 Finds of Roman Coinage: objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

Current Archaeology

February 4, 2021

This latest book in the ’50 Finds’ series from the Portable Antiquities Scheme is the first to focus on a specific artefact type rather than on a region or period. Roman coinage

Sheffield Castle: archaeology, archives, regeneration, 1927-2018

Current Archaeology

February 4, 2021

Sheffield Castle is a rare archaeological treat put together by a university team working with local authorities and professional archaeologists. It is about a place that has topographical and historical meaning thanks

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