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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

Jobs

Opportunities in the Wolfson Archaeology Lab

Last modified: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:13:45 GMT

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