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- 1. Upcoming Events - May 2019
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- ... y and then archaeology since his undergraduate days. He has worked in the UK since 1993 and is now Professor of Zooarchaeology at the University of Sheffield. All welcome. Non-members pay £2 https://www.cambridgebirdclub.org.u ...
- Created on 30 April 2019
- 2. Upcoming Events - March 2019
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- ... rom excavations in advance of gravel extraction which then removes all traces. Find out about the most recent research.Andrew Hatton was involved with the 1990s excavation at Stowe Farm near Greatford ...
- Created on 25 February 2019
- 3. Upcoming Events - February 2019
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- ... ding King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell being played by amateur actors. Performances will be staged during the daytime on Friday 8 February for schools who are studying the period, then on Friday evenin ...
- Created on 25 January 2019
- 4. Upcoming Events - November 2018
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- ... edge scientific analysis of his human remains. These insights will then be set in the wider context of recent DNA studies that suggest the Barnack man belonged to a period of dramatic change that trans ...
- Created on 26 October 2018
- 5. Upcoming Events - October 2018
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- ... ome a valiant knight or fine noble lady? Now's your opportunity with this very special event at Longthorpe Tower. You'll be dressed in authentic medieval costume before getting to sample medieval food ...
- Created on 28 September 2018
- 6. Upcoming Events - March 2018
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- ... his talk will then give a broad overview of the current status of faunal record we have for the region, by discussing a range of environmental, socio-economic and cultural changes that were taking pla ...
- Created on 22 February 2018
- 7. Upcoming Events - February 2018
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- ... vation analysis and publication work, mainly in London. He was at the Museum of London for 20 years, as curator of the Grimes London archive then manager of the London Archaeological Archive and research ...
- Created on 29 January 2018
- 8. Oakington and Westwick History Society
- (Jigsaw Groups)
- ... areas were test-pitted first at the level of a preserved early soil, Area A then saw full excavation to the level of the underlying natural subsoil while no further excavation was undertaken on Area B ...
- Created on 28 April 2017
- 9. An Introduction to Neolithic to Mid Bronze Age Prehistoric Pottery by Sarah Percival of Cambridgeshire
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- ... have simple, rounded bodies, vase forms curve inwards below the rim to a deep concave neck or ‘cavetto zone’ widening at the girth then tapering again to the base. The exterior of Food Vessels is decorated, ...
- Created on 06 March 2017
- 10. All the best-laid plans...
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- ... satisfied that I knew where everything was in true OCD style. Everyone was getting on nicely. At lunch, Chris gave us a short talk on Environmental Archaeology. Then everyone else went back out...and ...
- Created on 12 July 2015
- 11. Making progress
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- ... marks on the side of churches, then working from a Temporary Bench Mark in the field, and then up to the individual trenches, but for most of our groups who don't have access to state-of-the-art GPSs, ...
- Created on 10 July 2015
- 12. Medieval pottery - new and old
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- ... into new areas as population grew, and then contraction and abandonment of these new areas after the Black Death decimated the population. Caoption has to be: 'ooooh, pretty pot!' And more pretty p ...
- Created on 08 July 2015
- 13. Of cabbages and kings
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- ... t, but need to get it formally identified. I couldn't resist hoiking the mandible out while Josephine's back was turned, and then posing with it... And here's Alfie, our budding SHARP archaeologist, posin ...
- Created on 07 July 2015
- 14. And we're off!
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- ... quantities of Medieval pottery and bone. We now have a large ditch exposed here, plus possibly several other features. We then moved to our third trench area, and dug two small trenches where we suspec ...
- Created on 04 July 2015
- 15. Final call for dig bookings
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- ... re the training dig. We can't guarantee places to people after this date, unless you've mentioned special circumstances to us before. Priority bookings go to Jigsaw Cambridgeshire members, then people w ...
- Created on 17 June 2015
- 16. Upcoming Human Bone course (and others)
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- ... ses on 6th June at Ramsey Heights Countryside Classroom. Participants will have the chance to have some hands-on experience of dipping vessels into slip and then trail Nene Valley barbotine decoration on ...
- Created on 16 April 2015
- 17. Highly Commended at British Archaeological Awards
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- ... Archaeology Project category at this year's British Archaeological Awards. The awards ceremony, presented by Loyd Grossman, Chair of The Heritage Alliance, Ed Vaizey, then Minister for Culture, Communicatio ...
- Created on 17 July 2014
- 18. North Cambridge Group now called CamDig
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- ... St Ives Archaeology Group (STAG) about how he and others set up STAG this time last year, what paperwork was required, and what archaeological activities they have conducted since then. It's impressi ...
- Created on 10 April 2014
- 19. The Missing Piece Forum now live!
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- ... in the yellow 'Portal to The Missing Piece' box, please click on 'Create an account' and enter your details. Your application will need to be approved by Jo or Jemima, and then you are free to participa ...
- Created on 12 September 2013
- 20. Warboys Archaeology Project
- (Jigsaw Groups)
- ... of Neolithic south-west Fen Edge. The model will be used to then collate Cambridgeshire's HER information for the area, and will act as a foundation stone to move forward from! We meet on the first Monda ...
- Created on 11 December 2012