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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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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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Archaeology and Public Benefit Project Update 3: Dr Kate Faccia joins the team

Dr Sadie Watson
08.06.2020

Dr Kate Faccia has joined the 'Archaeology and Public Benefit' project team, and will be focusing on the widespread public consultation planned as part of this UKRI-funded project.

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Signs of the Times: Archaeologists and Contemporary Collecting During COVID-19

Dr Sara Perry and Lara Band
06.05.2020

Sara Perry and Lara Band explore the various contemporary archaeology collecting initiatives have cropped up in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Archaeology and Public Benefit Project Update 2: Harald Fredheim joins the team

Dr Sadie Watson
04.04.2020

In her latest 'Archaeology and Public Benefit' project update, Dr Sadie Watson introduces her new team member, Harald Fredheim.

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A joint effort: understanding kneecaps past and present

Emma van der Velden and Christian Steven Hoggard
01.04.2020

Researchers 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.

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