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• Rethinking Value from Development-led Archaeology
  Dr Sadie Watson (MOLA) This talk was given on 17 March 2022 as part of the Archaeology and Conservation Research Seminar series.
• Sudan at the Petrie Museum: Archaeology, Scholarship and Engagement
  Dr Anna Garnett (UCL/Petrie Museum) This talk was given on 10 March 2022 as part of the Archaeology and Conservation Research Seminar series.
• The Craft of Conservation or Conservation as Craft: Exploring the Contribution of Making Techniques to Conservation Practice
  Dr Eric Nordgren (Cardiff University)
• The Archaeology of Milk
  Dr Roz Gillis (University of the Algarve)
• Analysing the Early Medieval Ceramic Assemblage from Tintagel: Connecting Britain and the Aegean
  Dr Maria Duggan (Newcastle/British School at Athens), Dr Evangelia Kiriatzi (Fitch Lab, British School of Athens) and Dr Noémi Müller (Fitch Lab, British School of… Continue reading Analysing the Early Medieval Ceramic Assemblage from Tintagel: Connecting Britain and the Aegean →
• The future of our past? A conservator’s perspective.
  Professor Jane Henderson Cardiff University This talk was given on 04 November 2021 as part of the Archaeology and Conservation Research Seminar Series.
• In Conversation with Miranda Aldhouse-Green: Rethinking the Ancient Druids – Book Launch
  Professor Miranda Aldhouse-Green Emeritus Professor, Cardiff
• 10 years digging at Bornais. What did we learn?
  Professor Niall Sharples Cardiff University
• Is there really only one Crannog south of Hadrian’s Wall and East of the Irish Sea? Llangorse – a dramatic historical anomaly?
  Dr Alan Lane Cardiff University
• Assembling Past Worlds: Materials, Bodies and Architecture in Neolithic Britain
  Dr Oliver Harris University of Leicester
• The View from the Valley Floor: the Avebury Landscape and the Cardiff Legacy
  Dr Josh Pollard University of Southampton
• Material expressions of lordship and loyalty in 13th-century Glamorgan, south Wales
  Dr Alice Forward Cardiff University
• The Material Culture of Medieval English Rural Households
  Dr Ben Jervis Cardiff University This talk was given on the 15th October 2020, as part of the Cardiff University Archaeology and Conservation Research Seminar… Continue reading The Material Culture of Medieval English Rural Households →
• The Matter of Megaliths: Exploring Early Neolithic Monuments
  Dr Vicki Cummings University of Central Lancashire
• Cave Excavation and Taphonomy
  Dr Rick Peterson University of Central Lancashire This talk was given on the 5th November 2020, as part of the Cardiff University Archaeology and Conservation… Continue reading Cave Excavation and Taphonomy →
• How Should We Teach Fieldwork? Reflections on Future Directions
  Dr Andy Seaman Canterbury Christ Church University This talk was given on the 29th October 2020, as part of the Cardiff University Archaeology and Conservation… Continue reading How Should We Teach Fieldwork? Reflections on Future Directions →
• Kinship Analysis in Early Medieval Wales
  Ciara Butler, PhD candidateCardiff University Warning: this post contains images of human remains for educational purposes. Hello! My name is Ciara, I’m an osteoarchaeologist and… Continue reading Kinship Analysis in Early Medieval Wales →
• Ten years digging at Bornais: Cardiff in the Western Isles 1995 to 2004
  Professor Niall SharplesCardiff University When I took up my post as lecturer at Cardiff University in 1995 I was involved in a project researching the… Continue reading Ten years digging at Bornais: Cardiff in the Western Isles 1995 to 2004 →
• Reflections on past lives in the time of Covid-19
  Professor Emeritus Alasdair WhittleCardiff University ‘Most of our people have never had it so good’ was a famous political slogan of the later 1950s. I can’t be the only archaeologist… Continue reading Reflections on past lives in the time of Covid-19 →
• Viking Combs Revisited
  Ian Dennis, Archaeological IllustratorCardiff University I‘m an archaeological illustrator (traditional and digital), field and experimental archaeologist at Cardiff Uni, since graduating in 1992. I teach archaeological skills (including illustration) and run excavations at Piepenkopf Iron Age Hillfort near Detmold,… Continue reading Viking Combs Revisited →
• Animals, People, and Power in Ancient Sardinia
  Dr Emily Holt, Marie Curie FellowCardiff University When you think of archaeology, what do you imagine? Pyramids? Temples? Researchers in broad-brimmed hats scraping the ground… Continue reading Animals, People, and Power in Ancient Sardinia →
• Mark Lodwick is Living in the Past
  Mark Lodwick, Archaeological PhotographerCardiff University I consider myself fortunate to have been I consider myself lucky to have been working on the archaeology of Wales (mostly) for the last 25 years. I graduated from Cardiff… Continue reading Mark Lodwick is Living in the Past →
• Material cultural regionalisms in Early Iron Age Thrace
  Donald Crystal, PhD CandidateCardiff University The topic of cultural regionalism in Iron Age Thrace (1100-300 B.C.) is a subject which is often overlooked within English… Continue reading Material cultural regionalisms in Early Iron Age Thrace →
• Guerilla Archaeology and Graphic Design: Evolving Identity, Engagement and Communication
  Kirsty Harding, Graphic Designer and Digital Archaeological IllustratorCardiff University I’m a graphic designer & digital archaeological illustrator. I have a long history with archaeology at Cardiff, having completed… Continue reading Guerilla Archaeology and Graphic Design: Evolving Identity, Engagement and Communication →
• What is the ‘it’ we conserve?
  Professor Jane HendersonCardiff University What is conservation?  Conservation is central to archaeology. By intervening to save the finds and sites conservators help capture and share… Continue reading What is the ‘it’ we conserve? →
• Feasting and Mobility at Stonehenge
  Dr Richard Madgwick, Senior LecturerCardiff University Monumental complexes such as Stonehenge and Avebury represent some of the most famous prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.… Continue reading Feasting and Mobility at Stonehenge →
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  Cladh Hallan Tails: a day in the life of…
  Professor Jacqui MulvilleCardiff University It had been a stormy night. Waking up, I could hear the cows starting their day by itching their backs on… Continue reading Cladh Hallan Tails: a day in the life of… →
• ‘Archaeology’ in Cardiff before ‘Archaeology in Cardiff’
  Professor James WhitleyCardiff University In  the first volume of T.H. White’s re-working of the Arthurian legends The Sword in the Stone (the book, not the Disney film) – when the ‘Wart’… Continue reading ‘Archaeology’ in Cardiff before ‘Archaeology in Cardiff’ →
• Archaeology and STEM in Primary Education
  Poppy Hodkinson is a 3rd year PhD student at Cardiff University and University of Southampton. Her research is funded by South, West and Wales Doctoral… Continue reading Archaeology and STEM in Primary Education →
• A matter of life and breath! Why air pollution and respiratory disease aren’t just a modern-day problem
  Dr Anna Davies-BarrettCardiff University If you turn over to a news channel or website today, it probably won’t take long before you see a report about air pollution… Continue reading A matter of life and breath! Why air pollution and respiratory disease aren’t just a modern-day problem →
• Square dance: late Neolithic square-in-circle or ‘four-poster’ monuments
  Sue Greaney, PhD candidateCardiff University I am a part-time PhD student at Cardiff, nearing the end of my research into Neolithic monument complexes in Britain… Continue reading Square dance: late Neolithic square-in-circle or ‘four-poster’ monuments →
• Pits, pottery and prehistoric people in southern Romania
  Dr Steve Mills, Senior LecturerCardiff University Cardiff University’s research, over a 20-year period, into the Neolithic (6000-3600 BC) settlement in Romania has stimulated new interpretations, artwork, workshops and museum exhibitions and created new audiences for… Continue reading Pits, pottery and prehistoric people in southern Romania →
• Tiny Beauties! Signatures of clothing: toggles and fasteners
  Tiffany Treadway, PhD CandidateCardiff University Toggles and fasteners are used to bind cloth much like a modern zipper or buttons. These pieces are often secondary… Continue reading Tiny Beauties! Signatures of clothing: toggles and fasteners →
• Feasting on Royal Renders
  Dr Julia Best, Lecturer The crannog in Llangorse Lake is one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in Wales – as explained in Alan Lane’s… Continue reading Feasting on Royal Renders →
• It’s All about Collaboration
  Dr Alice Forward, Research AssociateCardiff University I am the archaeology research assistant on the Leverhulme funded project Living standards and material culture in English rural households 1300 –… Continue reading It’s All about Collaboration →
• How did I get here?! Using taphonomic analysis to understand Neolithic cave burials
  Eirini Konstantinidi, PhD candidateCardiff UniversityTwitter: @EiriniKonstant9Instagram: @supervillaintheme WARNING: This thread contains images of human remains for educational purposes. There is a great body of data… Continue reading How did I get here?! Using taphonomic analysis to understand Neolithic cave burials →
• Llangorse: a unique Irish crannog in Viking Age Wales
  Dr Alan Lane, Senior LecturerCardiff University The crannog in Llangorse Lake is one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in Wales. A unique example of a crannog, its construction is precisely dated… Continue reading Llangorse: a unique Irish crannog in Viking Age Wales →
• Cardiff Conservation in Practice
  Phil Parkes, Reader in ConservationCardiff Universtiy Cardiff Conservation Services  I joined the University in 1993, working on the conservation of archaeological objects from Cadw excavations throughout Wales. … Continue reading Cardiff Conservation in Practice →
• CAER Heritage: Walking in Wheeler’s Footsteps
  Dr Oliver Davis, CAER Heritage Project Co-directorCardiff University In 1920, Sir Mortimer Wheeler was appointed jointly as Keeper of Archaeology at the National Museum of Wales and the first Lecturer in… Continue reading CAER Heritage: Walking in Wheeler’s Footsteps →
• Roman Geophysics in South Wales
  Dr Tim Young, Teaching Associate Each spring I train a small group of Cardiff students in the art and science of geophysics using a real research project. Over 260… Continue reading Roman Geophysics in South Wales →
• Cardiff Archaeology Made My Childhood Dream Come True
  Lisa Backhouse, PhD candidateUniversity of Reading I remember being seven years old and telling my parents: ‘when I grow up, I want to be an archaeologist’.  Inspired by my mother’s love… Continue reading Cardiff Archaeology Made My Childhood Dream Come True →
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  Stamp Rallies, Sustainability, and Specimens – Grey Areas and Ethical Considerations in Archaeological Outreach
  Hanna Marie Pageau, PhD candidateCardiff University An animal crossing player (Hanna) stands under a stone arch outside. Text overlay: “Hello!” This paper is in many… Continue reading Stamp Rallies, Sustainability, and Specimens – Grey Areas and Ethical Considerations in Archaeological Outreach →
• Precarity, Gender, and Labour in the Medieval Home: an investigation of quern stones
  Dr Ben Jervis, Senior LecturerCardiff University Quern stones are fairly common finds on medieval rural excavations, they provide evidence of household scale processing of grain… Continue reading Precarity, Gender, and Labour in the Medieval Home: an investigation of quern stones →
• Did the ancient Egyptians make glass at Amarna?
  Professor Paul NicholsonCardiff University In 1891-2 Flinders Petrie excavated at Tell el-Amarna, the ancient Akhetaten, capital of the ‘heretic pharaoh’ Akhenaten (1352-1336 B.C.). However, he was… Continue reading Did the ancient Egyptians make glass at Amarna? →
• Decoding an Anglo-Saxon Runic Inscription
  Professor John HinesMadeline McLeodCardiff University I am going to talk about an object with a runic inscription on it. I have worked on this find… Continue reading Decoding an Anglo-Saxon Runic Inscription →
• Mortimer Wheeler and ‘Classical Heritage’ of South Asia
  Professor James Hegarty Cardiff University As well as being Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, I am an expert in Indian religions.… Continue reading Mortimer Wheeler and ‘Classical Heritage’ of South Asia →
• SS Great Britain: Innovative conservation underpinned by Cardiff University research
  Professor Dave Watkinson, Professor of ConservationCardiff University Brunel’s 1843 engineering masterpiece SS Great Britain, was the first iron hulled propeller driven ocean going liner in… Continue reading SS Great Britain: Innovative conservation underpinned by Cardiff University research →
• CARDIFF CONSERVATION – THE EARLY YEARS
  OR, A FEW SCRAPBOOK IMAGES FROM HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND CONSERVATION PROFESSOR DAVID WATKINSON This is an arbitrary range of pictures that… Continue reading CARDIFF CONSERVATION – THE EARLY YEARS →
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  On the definition of ‘Conservator’ and public perception
  Originally posted on Cardiff University SHARE eJournal:
  I am a conservator. A vague statement, I know. As a vocation, conservation remains poorly defined, at least…
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  Views of an Antique Land: Imaging Egypt and Palestine in the First World War
  Paul Nicholson, Steve Mills, and Hilary Rees The Views of Antique Land Project has collected images of Egypt and Palestine taken during the First World… Continue reading Views of an Antique Land: Imaging Egypt and Palestine in the First World War →
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  Namibian Cultural Heritage Project
  Cardiff University Phoenix Heritage, Namibian Heritage Council, University of NamibiaSummary by Dr Scott Williams on the Cardiff University Team Challenges within Namibian Heritage Within developing… Continue reading Namibian Cultural Heritage Project →
• Welcome to Archaeology100!
  Welcome to our online celebration for Cardiff University’s Archaeology 100! Over the next week, I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s photos, reading about your memories… Continue reading Welcome to Archaeology100! →
• ‘We dig Caerau!’ Cardiff’s Hidden Hillfort and the power of community archaeology.
  Dr Dave Wyatt, Reader in Early Medieval History, Community and EngagementCardiff University I’d like to talk about the significance of co-producing archaeological and historical research… Continue reading ‘We dig Caerau!’ Cardiff’s Hidden Hillfort and the power of community archaeology. →

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