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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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Queering the archaeological record: gender identities in 5th-7th century burial

Cecilia Levratto Francese
30.06.2020

In this blog, MOLA Archivist Cecilia Levratto Francese shares why we should avoid thinking about gender in a binary way when we interpret burial evidence from the 5th – 7th centuries…

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Favourite finds from Drapers’ Hall dig in Coventry

MOLA team
02.08.2019

We share some of our favourite finds from excavations at Drapers' Hall in Coventry including a bird bone pen, ladle bowls, set of beads and a fragment of medieval glass.

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Buttons, cloth and metalwork: Drapers’ Hall excavation uncovers long tradition of industry at Coventry’s historic core

MOLA team
09.07.2019

Excavations and historic building recording carried out at Drapers’ Hall in Coventry have shed new light on the development of Coventry’s historic core.

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Revealing the hidden history of Knole

MOLA team
10.06.2019

Knole is one of England’s greatest historic house. A new book Knole Revealed, includes hidden historical gems that we uncovered as part of the National Trust’s Inspired by Knole project.

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