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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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Our tips for writing a good job application for a field archaeologist position

MOLA team
29.03.2019

In this blog we share some tips for those applying for field archaeologist positions, outlining what you can do to make your application stand out and maximise your employability.

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Toys, tins and tear gas: recording objects from the Calais ‘Jungle’

Louise Fowler
27.03.2019

We have been recording a group of objects collected by the photographer Gideon Mendel at the site of the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp. In this blog Louise Fowler shares some of her personal observations, thoughts and hopes for the project.

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Timber! The archaeology of Britain’s ancient forests

Damian Goodburn
21.03.2019

As archaeologists we sometimes come across evidence for ancient forests, long since disappeared, which populated the British Isles after the last Ice Age drew to a close. In this blog, archaeological woodwork specialist Damian Goodburn explores the different types of evidence we find, and what we can learn about how forests have been used and managed over the centuries.

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MOLA brings together leaders to discuss The Oxford to Cambridge Arc

MOLA team
15.03.2019

Last night, we invited leaders from a range of sectors to take part in a debate, chaired by our CEO, Janet

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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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