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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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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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Skills, archaeology and economic growth

MOLA team
23.05.2018

Next month our CEO Janet Miller is chairing the skills session at the Oxford Cambridge Corridor Economic Growth Conference 2018. A panel of influential speakers is coming together to ask: How do we develop the skills needed to grow the economy? What new skills do we need?

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Interview with Dr Carole Fry, Conservation Practitioner, Architectural Historian and founding Director of AHC Consultants, on the housing crisis

MOLA team
23.05.2018

Dr Carole Fry touches on some of the pressing issues discussed at our housing crisis panel debate and gives her view of how the historic environment can positively influence new housing

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