Potshards by the thousand
I would like to take the opportunity of this ‘Day of Archaeology’ to present to you my area of specialisation, ceramology; the study of ceramics and of pottery. To define the universe of the...
View Article2013 Day of Archaeology Festival Thank You!
The D.C. Historic Preservation Office (DC HPO) would like to thank everyone who came out and supported the 2013 Day of Archaeology Festival! Thank you for stopping by our table and participating in...
View ArticleUncovering Pollentia as Aspiring Archaeologists
Our names are Kiana and Addie, and we are high school volunteers helping to excavate a forum in the ancient Roman town of Pollentia. We are there through a program called Archaeospain, one of the few...
View ArticleA day in the life of an archaeologist: Sharing clay pottery
A day in the life of an archaeology curator at The State Museum of Pennsylvania can vary greatly. On this day, Jim Herbstritt and Kim Sebestyen hosted a public outreach program in the museum’s...
View ArticleCrafting Stories of the Past: Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF)...
Two weeks today the Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF) project was packing up and leaving Perthshire, Scotland. Trenches in various locations around the small village of Dunning had been...
View ArticleDirty pots reveal cooking practices of early farmers in Neolithic Poland
Today, like most Fridays, is the culmination of a week’s work in the lab. I am a PhD student in the Organic Geochemistry Unit (OGU) at the University of Bristol working on the European Research...
View ArticleCooking with Vikings
At the Hearth with Helga (Maude Hirst) I’m a Viking-Age archaeologist, interested in the everyday lives of people in early-medieval England, Scotland, and Scandinavia, which I try to understand...
View ArticleArcheologia e ceramiche: non solo storie dalla terra ma anche storie “di terra”
Ceramica ingobbiata e graffita prodotta a Pisa nel XVI secolo (Cinquecento) con al centro un decoro con viso femminile e capelli raccolti in una rete. Il lavoro di un’archeologa può essere vario e...
View ArticleA history of the pot in 5000 years
I’m Rob Hedge, and I work for Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service in The Hive, Worcester. I’m a Community Project Officer, and I spend some of my time doing outreach and education work for...
View ArticleOld pots, new technology
‘Day of Archaeology 2017’ finds me working on the final stages of a finds project with a difference. Instead of working my way through boxes of pottery sherds, I’m sat in front of my computer, updating...
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