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- 18th September 2017
Around 4000 years ago a 30-40 year old woman was cremated and her remains buried in an upturned pot, or burial urn. In 2015 we found this Bronze Age burial and carefully excavated the contents back in the office. Analysis of the urn and its contents has now been completed and the urn has recently...
- 8th October 2014
It isn’t very often that an in situ pot turns up at the office for excavation in the lab, and it isn’t every day that you find archaeological evidence for the use of honey in the past, but that’s what happened with this pot… Showing pot in situ, you can just make out the outline...
- 16th July 2013
The Hanleys’ Community Archaeology Dig was undertaken over a three week period in late September/October 2012. Up to 20 volunteers a day joined the training dig run by Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service for the Hanleys’ Village Society on a Site located to the east of Hanley Castle towards the River Severn. Five trenches, amounting...