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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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Battle of the sexes: Roman lamp fragment shines a light on gender politics and sexuality in 1st century Southwark

Michael Marshall - Roman Finds Specialist
02.11.2018

The discoveries from our excavations in north Southwark on behalf of MB Bermondsey have been making their way into the hands of our specialists. One object in particular caught the eye of Michael Marshall, one of our Roman Finds Specialists.

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Cambridgeshire Ice Age giants uncovered on the A14C2H

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
22.10.2018

Excavations 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.

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Excavating Iturissa: Teaching new skills in the Basque Country, Spain

Claudia Tommasino
17.09.2018

Each summer, our experts have been travelling out to the town of Auritz/Burguete in the Basque region of Spain to work alongside Aranzadi’s team and train their students and volunteers. In this blog, hear from our Fieldwork Trainer, Claudia Tommasino, about a summer sharing skills and making new discoveries on the continent.

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Why diversity and inclusion are more than just buzzwords

Anusha Shah
21.08.2018

The construction industry and archaeology have work to do to become more diverse nd inclusive. In this article Anusha Shah considers some of the issues and the benefits of organisations being truly diverse and inclusive.

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Archaeology training academy launches with free specialist-led programme

MOLA team
18.07.2018

MOLA Academy of Archaeological Specialist Training (MAAST) is hosting its first specialist-led archaeology training programme from 27 September 2018. Understanding Archaeological Artefacts is a free 22-week programme.

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