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Project Sponsors

English Heritage
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Heritage Lottery Fund

Media Sites
BBC's 'Meet the Ancestors'
A documentary concerning the excavations at Howick was made by the BBC for their series 'Meet the Ancestors'. Moreover, they also supported the reconstruction of the Mesolithic hut which stands at the Maelmin Heritage Trail in Milfield, Northumberland. Click here to be directed to the page dedicated to the Howick excavations.
Antiquity
A scholarly journal concerning archaeology. An online article pertaining to the excavations at Howick is available in the 'project gallery'. Click here to be directed to this article.
Newcastle Journal
The local newspaper wrote an article concerning the excavations at Howick. To find the text of this article, please go to the Newcastle Journal website and then search by the keyword 'Howick'.

Museums
Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The Museum of Antiquities in Newcastle-upon-Tyne has an online display of life in the hunter-gatherer period in the British Isles
The British Museum
The British Museum houses some of the more unique finds from the Mesolithic in the British Isles.
The National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland has displays concerning the Mesolithic settlers of Scotland.
The Danish National Museum
The Danish National Museum has one of the most comprehensive exhibitions in Europe  pertaining the the Mesolithic, with examples of rare tool forms, ornamentation, and burials.

Publications
Waddington, C. A. Bayliss, G. Bailey, I. Boomer, N. Milner, K. Pedersen & R. Shiel. (in press). A Mesolithic Coastal Site at Howick, Northumberland. Archaeologia Aeliana 5th series 32
Milner, N. & Waddington, C. (2001). Evidence for Early Occupation at Howick. Archaeology in Northumberland 2000-2001: 6
Waddington, C., N. Milner et al. (2001). Howick Archaeological Project. Privately circulated report, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Antiquity Project Gallery: http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/Waddington/waddington.html"wadd

If you have any specific queries concerning the Howick Project, please contact us at howick@ncl.ac.uk