Caught in the crossfire: conflict in Syria and Iraq
In 2012, CWA reported on the damage inflicted on Syria’s cultural heritage since the beginning of the civil war. Now we take an updated look at heritage in conflict in Syria and Iraq.
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Keeping your eye on the GOAL
In his final column, Mick leaves us with some tips on how to unpick the evolution of a local parish on the ground. What could you discover in your neighbourhood?
Q&A with Lauren McIntyre – an introduction to human osteology
That's why skeletal remains and mummies are so popular in museum exhibitions - people can relate to them in a way that not everyone can relate to other archaeological finds such as pottery.
Q&A with Vicky Nash – on community archaeology
When I have gone into schools to speak to children about our digs they are normally convinced that when they get on site they will be like Indiana Jones and uncover lots of treasure.
Q&A with Cat Jarma – on encouraging potential archaeology students
Archaeology is a subject with endless topics to specialise in, so a degree in archaeology can be useful in a great number of ways.
Q&A with site supervisor Lisa Westcott Wilkins
We have to move past the idea that building in a youth-focussed programme on a dig site is enough to inspire young people to get involved with archaeology.
The best degree?
In response to Mark Horton’s prediction of an ‘oncoming crisis’ for archaeology in universities (CA 268), John Schofield argues that archaeology degrees are among the best, the most enriching, and the most useful one can take. Dr John Schofield will take over as Head of the Archaeology Department at York University in October.
An oncoming archaeological crisis in universities
What price higher education? Mark Horton, Professor in Archaeology at the University of Bristol, assesses the impact of higher fees on university archaeology departments.
Q&A with site supervisor Jacqui Wood
The most important quality we look for is enthusiasm and a love of all things in the past.
Q&A with site supervisor Graeme Young
A tough and comfortable pair of boots and clothing for all seasons should be on anyone's list when they go digging in the UK.
Q&A with site supervisor Murray Cook
Always be willing to ask questions, no one ever gets it right first time and no one minds, we all did our first dig once!
Personal Dig Checklist
When you are about to embark on a dig, it’s a good idea to double check you have everything you might need – here is a quick checklist with the essentials.
Call it Samhain, All Saints, Guy Fawkes, or Halloween
Dressing up as a ghost or ghoul seems a relatively harmless activity by contrast with the inflammatory implications of burning a religious fanatic, especially to children bought up on a diet of Harry Potter and TV vampires.
London Lives
Though the Trust owns the childhood homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and last year said it would consider buying the Abbey Road studios if EMI put up for sale, it seems not to be interested in Starr’s home. Standing unloved and boarded up, it will share the same fate as a number of other Victorian two-up-two down terraces in the area known as ‘the Welsh Streets’.
The Pilgrimage of Hadrian’s Wall 2009
The event that was subsequently recognised as the first Pilgrimage was held in 1849, when John Collingwood Bruce, a distinguished Newcastle lawyer, led a small group of ‘pilgrims’ to walk the length of Hadrian’s Wall.
Choosing a field: specialisms in archaeology
The field of archaeology covers the full extent of human existence, through time and across the world. Small wonder it has spawned so many sub-disciplines, theoretical and practical. We look at some of the choices.
Where are the children?
There really have been so few instances when Time Team sites have yielded any evidence pertaining to children - despite having dug more than 150 sites over the 13 years the series has been running.