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Bronze Age Daggers
Research finally answers what Bronze Age daggers were used for
Last modified: Wed, 11 May 2022 16:36:22 BST
NeMCAS AHRC grant success
Awards from the AHRC Capability for Collections Fund and UKRI World Class Laboratories
Last modified: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:17:04 GMT
Post-disciplinary and experimental glass group launched
The growing community of glass researchers recently launched a Post-disciplinary and Experimental Glass Group.
Last modified: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:18:40 BST
Archaeologists date earliest known occupation of North America
Archaeologists have confirmed the timing of the earliest known human occupation of North America
Last modified: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:17:35 BST
New AHRC grant to study terraces
TerraSAgE: Terraces as Sustainable Agricultural Environments is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) from 2020 - 2022.
Last modified: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:19:59 GMT
Stonehenge may have been built using lard
Pig fat could have been used to grease the sledges used to transport the massive stones of Stonehenge into position, new analysis by archaeologists at Newcastle University has suggested.
Last modified: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:15:20 GMT
Prehistoric faeces reveals evidence of infection among early farmers
Analysis of prehistoric poo has helped uncover evidence that some of the earliest farmers were infected by an intestinal parasite.
Last modified: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:17:01 BST
New website
The Wolfson Archaeology Lab has a new website
Last modified: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:31:25 BST
Metalwork wear analysis for beginners
- Venue: Wolfson Archaeology Laboratory
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:00:00 BST
A two-day training course on use wear analysis of metalwork.
Last modified: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:32:03 BST
PGR-led Experimental Archaeology research group established
EXARN promotes the study of material culture, archaeo-materials and ancient technologies
Last modified: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:21:48 GMT
£10,000 grant awarded to Dr Annie Tindley
An overview of the history of small landholdings (1911-present) in Scotland
Last modified: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:32:23 BST
DIG2017 Conference
- Venue: Newcastle University
- Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2017 09:33:00 BST
The 7th Developing International Geoarchaeology conference will be held at Newcastle in 2017
Last modified: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:13:44 GMT