Department of Classics and Archaeology

Archaeology news archive 2011

Follow the Caistor Dig

Description
Dr Will Bowden reports from this season's archaeological dig in the Roman town of Caistor. You can also follow him on Twitter @willbowden1 or #caistor.
Date:
24/02/2018

Fallow Deer project awarded ARHC grant

Description
The AHRC has just awarded the University of Nottingham through the Standard Grant Scheme to lead an international and multidisciplinary investigation into the circumstances and cultural significance of the European Fallow Deer (Dama dama dama).
Date:
09/11/2011

City Beneath the Waves

Description
BBC 2 documentary, Sunday 9 October at 8pm - underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson and team use the latest technology to investigate the oldest submerged city in the world.
Date:
04/10/2011

Revolutionising our understanding of Southwell's past

Description
They came expecting to find Romans but what they discovered could revolutionise our understanding of the historic Cathedral town of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
Date:
30/09/2011

The Death of Archaeological Theory?

Description
A new book, edited by John Bintliff (Leiden) and Mark Pearce (Nottingham), has just been published by Oxbow Books. The Death of Archaeological Theory? addresses the provocative subject of whether it is time to discount the burden of somewhat dogmatic theory and ideology that has defined archaeological debate and shaped archaeology over the last 25 years.
Date:
21/09/2011

Southwell garden dig unearths Saxon remains

Description
Hundreds of Roman and Saxon relics have been unearthed during an excavation of 25 gardens in Southwell.
Date:
21/06/2011

Digging for Romans at the bottom of the garden

Description
Homeowners in Southwell have lent their gardens to archaeologists from the University of Nottingham in search of evidence of the town's Roman past.
Date:
26/05/2011

Nottingham Caves Surveyed in 3D

Description
The Nottingham Caves Survey, run by Trent and Peak Archaeology, is taking a fresh look at over 400 caves in order to help highlight the city's unique historical resource.
Date:
24/05/2011

Time Team at Kings Clipstone

Description
Time Team consult Dr Naomi Sykes on deer finds in Sherwood Forest.
Date:
08/04/2011

Students attend Open Workshop at the University of Kiel

Description
Students from the Department of Archaeology have returned from the University of Kiel, Germany, where they attended an open workshop on Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes II.
Date:
17/03/2011

Forensics session with Nottinghamshire CSI

Description
Martina Gagin, Liz Farebrother and Chelsea Wright teach a group from the Nottinghamshire CSI about methods of identifying and analysing human remains.
Date:
17/03/2011

Major BBC documentary on ancient underwater city

Description
The excavation of an ancient underwater city — dating back to 3500 BC — is to be the subject of a major new BBC Two television documentary featuring the research of underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson from the Department of Archaeology.
Date:
06/01/2011
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