What can archaeology contribute to climate action?
Katherine Newton
12.11.2021
As the COP26 UN climate change summit comes to a close, we look back at a series of powerful heritage climate stories.
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Food or foe? Exploring unusual plant foods along the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme
MOLA Headland team
12.08.2019As our archaeobotany team move through the post-excavation process for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme they are uncovering clues about the other plant-based foods which are likely to have had an important role in the diet of past populations. Let’s explore the potentially toxic world of pulses. -
Research for Bloomberg uncovers the earliest evidence for cockroaches in the British Isles
MOLA team
08.02.2019Excavations in preparation for Bloomberg’s new European Headquarters from 2010-2014 were an unprecedented opportunity to explore three he
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The beasties who hitch-hiked to Britain with the Roman conquest
Sander Aerts - Environmental Archaeologist
14.12.2018In this instalment of our #IckyArchaeology blog series, MOLA Environmental Archaeologist Sander Aerts introduces us to grain pests who made their way to Britain by hitching a lift with the Roman army. -
Cambridgeshire Ice Age giants uncovered on the A14C2H
MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
22.10.2018Excavations for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme have revealed partial remains belonging to extinct megafauna including woolly mammoth and woolly rhino, thought to be at least 100,000 years old.