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...
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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 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...
Nancy Detchon
- Oct 6, 2015
The Celts – who were they and why are they in the spotlight?
This month could well be called ‘Celt month’ as a new exhibition, documentary series and book all aim to re-paint a picture of what we...
Nancy Detchon
- Sep 21, 2015
Archaeology news in Staffordshire!
It’s about time we had more news from Staffordshire. So, first things first – over 50 skeletons have been found on the site of a medieval...
Nancy Detchon
- Sep 15, 2015
KS2 teachers: Comings and goings on TV, museums and more!
Well, while schools are getting settled in and universities are gearing up to the new academic year, here are a few items from the world...
Nancy Detchon
- Sep 7, 2015
More startling Neolithic discoveries!
As if this summer hadn’t given us enough to think about with the excavations we reported on at Marden, Avebury and Dorstone Hill in our...
Nancy Detchon
- Aug 24, 2015
Horizon’s First Britons
Last week the BBC aired the latest documentary in the Horizon franchise – First Britons. Since then there has been a lot of to-ing and...
Nancy Detchon
- Aug 4, 2015
KS2 British prehistory – summer of action pt 4
The busy summer of activity continues, and while some projects such as those at Dorstone, Marden and the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project...
Nancy Detchon
- Jul 28, 2015
KS2 British prehistory – summer of action pt3
This weekend saw me visit to 3 excavations of some importance in the story of our past. In terms of British prehistory the Neolithic is...
Nancy Detchon
- Jul 27, 2015
KS2 British Prehistory – Dorstone Hill weeks 3 and 4
As promised Ian visited a number of excavations last week including Dorstone Hill – here’s his report. Hi everyone! Nice to be back after...
Nancy Detchon
- Jul 20, 2015
KS2 British Prehistory – a summer of action pt2!
The summer of fantastic excavations on some of the most interesting sites from British Prehistory continues and now you can see some of...
Nancy Detchon
- Jul 16, 2015
KS2 British prehistory – Dorstone Hill week 2
Things are going nicely on top of Dorstone Hill. The second week of the excavation has revealed more of the structure and is looking...
Nancy Detchon
- Jul 8, 2015
KS2 British Prehistory – Dorstone Hill excavations
Hello again! Now, as I blogged briefly the other day, a team from the University of Manchester led by our friend Prof Julian Thomas, has...
Nancy Detchon
- Jul 6, 2015
KS2 British prehistory – a summer of action!
If you are a Key Stage 2 history teacher/co-ordinator, this summer sees some really important excavations on famous and less famous...
Nancy Detchon
- Jun 22, 2015
Archaeology in Anglesey – there’s so much! (Pt 1)
Well, it was good to get home after a weekend away in Anglesey and North Wales. We were so busy and saw so much I’m going to have to do...
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