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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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Bright as a button: archaeologists reveal Birmingham’s links with the humble button

MOLA Headland team
11.12.2018

Our archaeologists have begun the main excavations at Park Street, Birmingham, for the HS2 railway project.

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HS2 Head of Heritage, Helen Wass, on delivering the country’s largest linear infrastructure project

MOLA team
06.12.2018

HS2 is the country’s largest linear infrastructure project and offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore our past.

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MAAST in Motion: Pottery from America Square

MOLA team
06.12.2018

MAAST (MOLA Academy for Archaeological Specialist Training) began earlier this autumn and we welcomed fifteen fantastic participants to term one. In this blog, we hear from Amardeep who has had a life-long passion for archaeology about where it all began and what he's learnt so far

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What on earth is geophysics?

MOLA team
06.12.2018

Geophysical survey is often stipulated by local authority archaeologists as an integral part of archaeological site investigations in planning conditions. But what is geophysical survey and why use it?

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