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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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Largest group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London dated using new technique

MOLA team
08.04.2020

A new radiocarbon dating technique has been used to confirm the age of the most noteworthy group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London.

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Prittlewell princely burial secrets revealed in new research

MOLA team
09.05.2019

Today, we’ve published two new books with research revealing previously hidden insights into the Prittlewell princely burial and the man buried.

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Research for Bloomberg uncovers the earliest evidence for cockroaches in the British Isles

MOLA team
08.02.2019

Excavations in preparation for Bloomberg’s new European Headquarters from 2010-2014 were an unprecedented opportunity to explore three he

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The beasties who hitch-hiked to Britain with the Roman conquest

Sander Aerts - Environmental Archaeologist
14.12.2018

In this instalment of our #IckyArchaeology blog series, MOLA Environmental Archaeologist Sander Aerts introduces us to grain pests who made their way to Britain by hitching a lift with the Roman army.

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Our long summer gives us a new perspective on Britain's archaeology

MOLA team
08.10.2018

The record breaking summer of 2018 has been a remarkable one for our aerial survey team who joined Tony Robinson and Channel 4’s Hidden Britain by Drone team to investigate some new parch marks that have appeared over the summer.

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