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An excavation in 2010—12 on the site of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) Headquarters in Durrington, Wiltshire, revealed evidence spanning the post-glacial to the post-medieval periods. It lies immediately north-east of the Stonehenge part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site. The significant discoveries made during the excavation include a relatively deeply buried Late Glacial Allerød soil, and a zone of Late...
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Archaeological excavation during the construction of a new supply line for the electrification of the Great Western Railway Main Line uncovered part of a large, previously unknown Romano-British settlement along the main road between the Roman towns of Aquae Sulis and Cunetio. The full extent of the settlement is unknown but evidence from metal detector finds and field names suggests that it may have extended for at least 0.9 km along the Roman road....
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Excavations in advance of housing development at Longforth Farm, Wellington revealed limited evidence for late prehistoric settlement, but the principal discovery was the remains of a previously unknown high status medieval building complex. This is thought to have been a manor house and though heavily robbed, key elements identified include a hall, solar with garderobe and service wing. A forecourt lay to the north and a service yard with at least...
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Excavations just outside a large Late Bronze Age ringwork at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton, revealed a settlement which was occupied possibly continuously from the Early Iron Age into the early Romano-British period. Originally an open settlement, by the Late Iron Age parts of it had been enclosed by an arrangement of small ditches, which underwent some modification over the next two centuries, while keeping their...
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A volume of essays on communicating archaeology by every imaginable means provides an excellent tribute to the work of Bill Putnam -always a communicator. Learning by doing (Philip Rahtz), field archaeology in the 70s and 80s (John Hinchliffe), ignore good communication at your peril (Andrew Lawson), the IFA: what it means to be a member of a professional body (Timothy Darvill), talking to ourselves (Ellen McAdam), commissioning knowledge or making...
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Occasional papers volume no.3
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2022.
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"Finding the Freedmen provides relationships between the Freedmen and the people most likely to be their former enslavers. This is a resource for researchers seeking their ancestors who were freedmen in the county, and also for current property owners and descendants of slaveholders who desire to know the names of people that lived and worked on their property or for their families.Most African-American researchers can find ancestors as far back as...
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"[This] is a narrative describing the actions of Marines in combat during the liberation of Iraq ... Blue Diamond, the 1st Division's Operation Iraqi Freedom nom de guerre, consisted of some 20,000 Marines and Sailors and 8,000 vehicles organized into three regimental combat teams ... '[This] is not a story of each of them, but the story of all of them' ... " -- Foreword.
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