The World’s Heritage in the Digital Age: New Technologies Towards Sustainable Research, Conservation and Communication | Propylaeum Wolfgang Börner ist Mitarbeiter der Stadtarchäologie Wien, wo er das Management der Denkmaldaten verantwortet. Er ist seit den Anfängen der Konferenz mit deren Organisation befasst.

You can find the free e-monograph on the Vienna conference website here:

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All three papers discuss aspects of our award-winning Landscape Prospection Service techniques in action covering geoarchaeological mapping, geochemical survey and magnetic susceptibility, and the use of high-resolution LiDAR and multispectral UAV surveys with reference to real world case studies.

Three of our papers are now available to view from “The World’s Heritage in the Digital Age: New Technologies Towards Sustainable Research, Conservation and Communication” conference in Vienna 2021.

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Current Archaeology 433 – ON SALE NOW - Current Archaeology It has been a particularly busy few weeks at CA, with visits to Nottingham and Carlisle and, of course, our annual conference – huge thanks to everyone who came along! This month’s cover feature takes...

It also includes a short article on our recent work at Harden Quarry, Northumberland, which has brought to life a near complete view of Bronze Age activity in this area.

You can find Issue 433 at the Current Archaeology website here: archaeology.co.uk/issues/curre...

In exciting news, we have a couple of articles in the latest edition of Current Archaeology magazine!

The April issue features a piece talking about the key findings from our work at Milton, Cambridgeshire, which has now been published in full.

**Project Officers & Assistant POs Wanted**

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We have lots of varied and exciting projects on the horizon and our team is growing – so come and join us!

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Could the object and its intended use shed some light on the people who were buried here? Is it indicative of gender and/or social status?

We’ll provide further updates as we continue with our post-excavation analysis!

Interestingly, one of the graves contained an unidentified metal object. It is roughly cylindrical and measures around 10cm long but is very corroded. Our intention is to identify the type of metal using X-ray fluorescence, before sending the object for x-ray and conservation to help us identify it.

These additional graves continued the southeast to northwest line of four that was found previously, and each contained a ring of stones which would have surrounded the deceased’s body, as well as a vague ‘shadow’ in the soil where the body had lain, but has since decomposed.

Following on from our excavation of a prehistoric cemetery in Northumberland in September last year, we returned recently to complete the topsoil stripping and encountered a further three graves!
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So far, the features have been mostly those of a Romano-British date, suggesting the site as having once been a small-scale agricultural settlement, with lots of enclosure/field boundary ditches and some ring gullies.

Thank you to Gloucestershire Archaeology Group for coming to see us!

Braving the wild and wet weather, the group were given a site tour, where we showed them the highlights of the features we had found and dug to date, plus an artefact ‘show and tell’ back in the cabin.

We were recently delighted to host members of Gloucestershire Archaeology Group on one of our excavations near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire for Gloucestershire County Council’s M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme.

Ichthyosaur snout and Roman farm found in Melton bypass digs Archaeological digs unearth a rich seam of discoveries dating back to prehistory.

An article by the BBC has highlighted some exciting finds from our recent work at Melton Mowbray.

Not only a Roman farmstead and landscape, but the discovery of two ancient marine reptiles – ichthyosaurs!

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**Surveyor/Geophysicist (Scientific Officer) Wanted**

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Last chance to vote!

Please go check out our project and vote for us here:

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Derbyshire Archaeology Day 2026

Looking for an archaeological day out this weekend?

We'll be at Derbyshire Archaeology Day - tomorrow, Saturday 31 January 2026, 9:15am to 4:20pm, at the Winding Wheel Theatre in Chesterfield!

Come and join us:

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All episodes of ‘Digging for Britain’ can be found on BBC iPlayer, via the link in the comments. (We make our appearance in Episode 4, around the 38-minute mark.)

A reminder that we're on BBC’s 'Digging for Britain' this week!

See the reel below for a glimpse of what to expect, then tune in on 28th at 8pm to discover what our hard-working team and dedicated volunteers got up to on site, as they show you some of the exciting artefacts & features discovered.

**Geomatics Officer Vacancy**

Are you an experienced geomatics specialist looking for your next role? Our team is expanding and we’d love for you to join us!

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**Scientific Officer Needed**

Looking for a new role? We're searching for a talented Scientific Officer/Senior Scientific Officer to join our expanding team.

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In case you missed it at the end of 2025 - we were thrilled to reveal that for the fourth year running we’ve been nominated for Current Archaeology’s ‘Rescue Project of the Year’!

Find out more and vote for us here: archaeology.co.uk/vote

BBC Two - Digging for Britain - Next on Upcoming episodes of Digging for Britain

Tune in to see what our hard-working team and dedicated volunteers got up to on site as they show you some of the exciting artefacts and features that were discovered!
All episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Our excavations took place at Harden in the Cheviots last summer and revealed an exciting multi-phase Bronze Age ring cairn with urned cremations as well as evidence for additional prehistoric activity.

More great news to get 2026 underway... Series 13 of 'Digging for Britain' starts tonight (7th January) and findings from our Harden Quarry project, working with Tarmac, will be featured in the episode being broadcast on 28th January at 8pm!

To read more about the Creswell Pele Tower project please see here: cresswellpeletower.org.uk

Barry has been a keen volunteer with ARS for over a decade, having joined the team on projects at Low Hauxley, Ingram Valley and most recently Harden Quarry. We wish to congratulate him on a very deserving MBE on the Honours List this year!

His commitment to archaeology has spanned over 50 years and has raised funds for archaeological projects across Northumberland, resulting in numerous awards including CBA's Community Archaeologist of the Year in 2018 and the National Lottery's 25th Birthday Local Legend Award in 2019.

Barry has worked closely with us since 2013, most notably on the Cresswell Pele Tower community project - where he was instrumental in the restoration of the Grade II* listed tower and involved the local community in the archaeological works, which took place in collaboration with ARS.

Happy New Year! We're getting 2026 off to a great start as we reveal that community archaeologist Barry Mead has been awarded an MBE for services to heritage and archaeology in the New Year's Honours List!

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