Abbey Archaeology

Seen on Facebook; absolutely grizzly stuff - Is this ethnographic evidence to explain partial (or single) human presence in pre-historic contexts. Probably not, but definitely food for thought! 💀🙀🐜

Gaulish head embalming. Very grissly stuff - glad I'm not there enemy

It's happened again !

Gary finds his first ever coin and a tradition is made :P

You know it's almost Halloween when you start finding Warerabbits in your features!

While not wall related; we've worked on some very exciting Roman sites in East Anglia and the Midlands recently. More interesting finds have included; Brooches, Quern Stone, Flint objects and coins ... lets not forget the epic #coindance

The Antonine Wall, a World Heritage site, but not as well known (or as stoney) as Hadrian's Wall. The website below contains lots of information on the Wall, finds from the wall and visiting the wall. Well worth a gander 🤓
#raisingawareness

Recent finds from Hadrian's Wall include 'The Hand of God', pictured below. It was beloved to be a votive offering to celebrate the victory of Septimus Severus over the Pics following their uprising/reneging on a peace agreement.
👩‍🎓 I am currently reading 'Septimus Severus in Scotland' by Simon Elliott and would recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about his Scottish campaigns.

£2m Lottery Grant will see the rebuilding of parts of Hadrian's Wall and address the 'lack of awareness' over the Antonine Wall.
🤔 Hmmmnn, I wonder if they'll find any skeletons?

Historic Royal Palaces are recreating Henry VIII's opulent tent. and I thought glamping was something new 🤔😎

Peckham Rock by Banksy Back on display after being discovered and removed from British Museum 13 years ago Exhibit runs until 20th January.
I wonder how they noticed it was a fake???

Archaeologists have now discovered that Aboriginals lived in Australia for 18,000 years longer than previously believed

The epic heatwave has one benefit for archaeologists; it help reveal cropmarks in aerial photography ...... that and site ice-cream 🍡🍦😛

Rhys finds his first ever coin ... Spoliers - There's dancing!

As a osteoarchaeologist, I'm all for the study of past human remains. As a person I believe that if peoples views on their body after death are known, this should be honored. I'm glad that after 200 years on display, this person may finally be given the burial they had asked for in life.

Dinosaurs had Dandruff, who knew? 😛

Soo cool, not for him though, obviously 😍😎

Add on BAJR for some new site staff. If you work freelance - DON'T BE SHY : APPLY :P