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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 archaeology of sea level change in the southern North Sea

Damian Goodburn
18.07.2020

In this blog, archaeological woodwork specialist Damian Goodburn shares what decades of excavation has taught us about sea level change over the centuries, and what bearing this has on life on the Thames floodplain today…

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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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MOLA archaeologist, Sadie Watson, awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

Sadie Watson
13.09.2019

The next generation of research innovators has been announced by UK Research and Innovation. Amongst the 78 Future Leaders Fellows is MOLA archaeologist, Sadie Watson. In this blog she tells us a bit about her Fellowship…

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Ask the Expert: Not just any old gridiron

MOLA Headland team
11.09.2019

MOLA Headland Registered Finds Specialist, Owen Humphreys, explores what a Roman gridiron found on the A14C2H can tell us about cooking technology in Roman Cambridgeshire.

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How do you conserve a pair of 200-year-old slippers?

MOLA Headland team
21.08.2019

Conservator Lucie gives us a glimpse into the important work she has been doing to conserve a pair of 200-year-old leather slippers found during excavations for HS2 at St James's burial ground, Euston.

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