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Welcome to the MOLA blog. Explore our latest news, discoveries, stories and content. Our blog posts are created by archaeologists and specialists from across the organisation and cover a range of fascinating and informative topics. Browse our posts using the tags, join in the discussion and share with your network.

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CHATmethod call for papers: practical ways to engage with the contemporary and historical past

MOLA team
17.04.2019

We’re delighted to be hosting the CHAT conference this year and are seeking proposals for papers. CHATmethod will venture beyond theory to directly address the basics of what we do and how we do it.

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What should you do if you find a 17th–century ‘witch bottle’?

Nigel Jeffries
16.04.2019

How can 'witch bottles' be identified, and what should you do if one (quite literally) falls down your chimney?

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Drapers’ Hall dig to reveal the mercantile heart of medieval Coventry

MOLA team
12.04.2019

Excavation and historic building recording has begun at Drapers’ Hall which will reveal the commercial heart of medieval Coventry.

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MAAST in Motion: New knowledge from old things

MOLA team
10.04.2019

In this blog we hear from Hazel, who has recently completed the first ever MAAST course here at

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The Anglo-Saxon ‘Pioneer’ burial: Who was the ‘Wollaston warrior’?

MOLA team
01.04.2019

In 1997 we uncovered a remarkable 7th century ‘warrior’ burial featuring the best preserved Anglo-Saxon helmet ever found in a burial

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