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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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CITiZAN project awarded Natural Environment Research Council funding to combat coastal erosion in Essex

MOLA team
05.06.2020

We are delighted to announce that CITiZAN project (the Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network) has been awarded funds by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to diversify our efforts to record coastal archaeology.

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Signs of the Times: Archaeologists and Contemporary Collecting During COVID-19

Dr Sara Perry and Lara Band
06.05.2020

Sara Perry and Lara Band explore the various contemporary archaeology collecting initiatives have cropped up in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Peeling back the layers of a Saxon tower in Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire

Lauren Wilson
01.05.2020

Once the situation allows, our Northampton

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Teaching resource: What is archaeology? The history beneath our feet

MOLA team and Our Hut
24.04.2020

Created in collaboration with Our Hut, this video teaching resource aims to inspire school children’s curiosity in the world around them and develop an understanding of how the physical remains of the past can be uncovered through archaeology.

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Largest group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London dated using new technique

MOLA team
08.04.2020

A new radiocarbon dating technique has been used to confirm the age of the most noteworthy group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London.

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