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As some of you might know, Catherine and I are working closely with a local group who are exploring the history and archaeology of a...
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Nancy Detchon
- Apr 12, 2016
Excavating Roman Derby
You know you’re getting close when you see the sign! Last week I was despatched on a mission – to see how Trent & Peak Archaeology had...
Nancy Detchon
- Mar 30, 2016
Local study, social history and archaeology in one place – pt 2 .
Sometimes churches can hold surprises and on occasion be the surprise itself. When Catherine ran a workshop in Surrey recently, I took...
Nancy Detchon
- Mar 2, 2016
More Must Farm findings!
Back in December I visited the excavations at a site called Must Farm near Peterborough. It is a fantastically preserved Bronze Age house...
Nancy Detchon
- Feb 17, 2016
Local study, social history and archaeology in one place.
St Peter’s, Titchfield, Hampshire. Churches are just one of our ritual sites. To paraphrase that Fast Show character “Aren’t churches...
Nancy Detchon
- Feb 11, 2016
Excavating Roman Derby.
Like many towns and cities, Derby has a long history and a surprisingly rich heritage. The story of Derby, or Derventio as it was once...
Nancy Detchon
- Jan 27, 2016
Stonehenge on the TV: can we ever have enough?
Members of the 2009 Stonehenge Riverside Project photographing the joints on the top of one of the uprights. Once again the nation’s...
Nancy Detchon
- Jan 14, 2016
A tale of two exhibitions. Part 1- The Celts: art & identity
Catherine and I recently had the chance to visit the British Museum to catch two of their featured exhibitions – The Celts: Art &...
Nancy Detchon
- Jan 7, 2016
If you called us on the 17th Decemeber, read on . . .
We have just received a voicemail message from someone enquiring about a workshop. It is not clear, even after several attempts, to make...
Nancy Detchon
- Jan 5, 2016
Archaeology on Television: Missing that je ne sais quoi?
The arrival of 2016 has brought more archaeology programmes to our television screens with two new series airing this week. The BBC...
Nancy Detchon
- Dec 21, 2015
Must Farm – A Bronze Age house and more!
Last week I have the opportunity of visiting Must Farm, a Bronze Age settlement site, with members of the Prehistoric Society. Right...
Nancy Detchon
- Dec 10, 2015
A Stonehenge round-up!
As ever, there’s always something happening with Britain’s number one archaeological site, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to...
Nancy Detchon
- Dec 7, 2015
Manchester Archaeology Day – a postcript
I recently posted a review of the Manchester Archaeology Day conference which was held at the University of Salford. One of the things I...
Nancy Detchon
- Dec 1, 2015
Neolithic Britain – Part 1
Introduction As with our earlier posts on the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, we are going to break down the Neolithic in Britain to more...
Nancy Detchon
- Nov 30, 2015
Manchester Archaeology Day (@DGM_Archaeology)
The Peel Building, University of Salford Saturday saw the 9th Manchester Archaeology Day – and this was an excellent chance to catch up...
Nancy Detchon
- Nov 27, 2015
Ancient Mesopotamia in Whaley Bridge!
It has been really busy of late, but we thought we’d share with you the fantastic time we had with the children of Class 5 at Taxal &...
Nancy Detchon
- Nov 16, 2015
What to do when the excavation is ‘over’!
For most people, archaeology is excavation. It’s what comes to mind when you ask them what they think archaeologists do. Well, as with...
Nancy Detchon
- Oct 22, 2015
Update on email problems…
All should be back up and running within 24 hours! There is also trouble with the enrichmentthrougharchaeology.co.uk domain, but the...
Nancy Detchon
- Oct 22, 2015
We’re having trouble with our email!
We are having a spot of bother with our info@enrichmenthrougharchaeology.co.uk email address. If you want to contact us about a workshop...
Nancy Detchon
- Oct 21, 2015
Didn’t we mention archaeology on Anglesey?
Back in June we visited Anglesey with our children to see some of the archaeology of the island. Our weekend was packed full of...
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