Significant Anglo-Saxon cemetery and settlement found in Overstone, Northamptonshire
MOLA team
14.01.2021
Our archaeologists have uncovered the biggest Anglo-Saxon cemetery ever found in Northamptonshire.
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Thirty years of archaeological work reveal in incredible detail two thousand years of Spitalfields life
MOLA team
15.12.2020One of the largest archaeological projects ever undertaken in the capital, focused on the area of what is now Spitalfields, is complete after more than 30 years of work by a team of over 150 of our archaeological experts. -
Queering the archaeological record: gender identities in 5th-7th century burial
Cecilia Levratto Francese
30.06.2020In 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… -
A joint effort: understanding kneecaps past and present
Emma van der Velden and Christian Steven Hoggard
01.04.2020Researchers from the University of Southampton recently visited MOLA to record 58 patellae, as part of their project to generate models to improve sex classification scores in osteology. -
MOLA specialist appointed as Field Archaeologist in Residence at University of Cambridge
MOLA team
22.01.2019We’re delighted to be sending another member of our team to take up the position of Field Archaeologist in Residence at the University of Cambridge.