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Map detailing location of Romano-British rural farmsteads

14.10.21

Cows, curds and casseroles: how organic residue analysis is helping us understand how pottery was used in the Roman North

We’ve been working with Dr Julie Dunne, colleagues at the University of Bristol and freelance pottery specialist Ian Rowlandson to analyse organic residue on four pottery assemblages from Yorkshire and the East Midlands. The results open a fascinating window on the farming economy and culinary tastes from across the region in the centuries either side of the Roman conquest…

01.10.21

Celebrating 50 years in archaeology with Phil Harding

This Monday, archaeologist and well-known flint specialist Phil Harding celebrated his 50th anniversary of working in archaeology! We took this exciting opportunity to sit down with Phil for a chat and ask him a few questions about his career in archaeology...