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04.11.25

Tackling the skills shortage with Historic England’s Archaeology Mentoring Partnerships Programme

Funding from Historic England kick-starts training for two early career Wessex Archaeology staff

A child using a microscope, they are looking at organic matter preserved between two glass slides

29.09.25

A Positive Reaction: How Archaeology is Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists

With support from The Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund grant, Wessex Archaeology and Sheffield Springs Academy demonstrate the powerful connection between chemistry and heritage.

Marine science vessel, The SS Explorer in dock

04.05.23

Marine science vessel, The SS Explorer, conservation management sets sail

A whole mammoth tooth reported via the Marine Aggregate Industry Archaeological Protocol

02.05.23

A mammoth find for the Marine Aggregate Industry Archaeological Protocol

08.03.23

Burntisland’s military past - archaeological inclusion project to tackle isolation

02.03.23

World Book Day 2023 - Book Recommendations

11.02.23

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023

Captured underwater - Various ceramics including plates © Stefan Panis

09.02.23

Emigrant ship en route from London to New Zealand with exceptionally rare ceramics on board now protected

Dr Bob Clarke stands to the right of cold war concrete structure

24.01.23

My journey to a new perspective on archaeology

Reconstruction of medieval Coleshill hall and gatehouse

21.01.23

Excavations at Coleshill for HS2 reveal gatehouse may have come under fire during the Civil War

Two archaeologists looking at samples from Sheffield Castle that are placed on a bench in front of them.

10.01.23

Geoarchaeologists reveal more of Sheffield Castle’s underground secrets

Archaeologist works on the remains on a rare Elizabethan ship found at a quarry in Kent © Wessex Archaeology

30.12.22