Vindolanda
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From a Vindolanda Trust press release: Finding something that you can relate to is always a special moment on an archaeological dig. At Vindolanda this is a common occurrence, a site where the special qualities lie not only in the discovery of gold and silver or artefacts which relate to the military might of the…
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Some of the coverage of the recent AIA/APA shindig in the popular press is starting to trickle to the e-waves, including a very interesting account of a talk by Elizabeth Greene of the University of Western Ontario on the ‘status’ seen in Roman children’s footwear. Here’s the incipit: Even on the farthest-flung frontiers of the…
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Forgot to mention this one from the BBC last week: An archaeologist in Northumberland has uncovered more of a Roman water system first found by his grandfather. Dr Andrew Birley and a team of volunteers have been excavating land surrounding Vindolanda fort just south of Hadrian’s Wall. The project to discover and record the pipework…
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