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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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All Change Please! Exploring Birmingham’s minting history

MOLA Headland team
08.03.2019

1797 was the year that the first top hat debuted on top of a haberdasher’s head; the year that poet William Wordsworth was suspected of being a French spy whilst the war with France raged on; the Bank of England issued the first one-pound and two-pound notes, and the year that Birmingham took another step forwards on its journey to industrial transformation, and secured its place in coin minting history.

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Ask the Expert: Senior Archaeologist

MOLA Headland team
06.03.2019

This week, Emma Jeffery, Senior Archaeologist at MOLA Headland will be talking about the amazing archaeology of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme at Current Archaeology Live. In this blog, we find out more about her role on the Highways England scheme and what happens next.

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How are x-rays helping archaeologists identify finds from A14C2H?

MOLA Headland team
21.02.2019

X-rays are a non-destructive way of exploring metal archaeological finds in more detail.

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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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Earliest physical evidence of beer making process in Britain discovered on the A14C2H improvement scheme

MOLA Headland team
30.01.2019

Our archaeobotanist, Lara Gonzalez Carretero, has uncovered what is believed to be the earliest physical evidence for beer-making in the UK, dating back more than 2000 years to the Iron Age, on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

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