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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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The case for an archaeology of the ‘Jungle’

Sarah Mallet
02.07.2019

Sarah Mallet, a TORCH Knowledge Exchange Fellow based at the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford reflects on the Dzhangal Archaeology Project.

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Prittlewell princely burial secrets revealed in new research

MOLA team
09.05.2019

Today, we’ve published two new books with research revealing previously hidden insights into the Prittlewell princely burial and the man buried.

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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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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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MAAST in motion: Fragments of the past

Jacqui Pearce
19.12.2018

As ‘Understanding Archaeological Finds’ at MAAST (MOLA Academy of Archaeological Specialist Training) reaches its mid-term point, Jacqui Pearce, our internationally renowned expert who is leading the course, rounds up the first 11 weeks.

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