Prescot Dig

Making Prescot Street Fluffy

Tags: archaeology and education, national archaeology week, outreach, site staff

Lorna’s journal entry about outreach in archaeology.

Archaeologists at Work

Tags: archaeology and education, evidence, excavation, medieval, post-medieval, roman, teaching resources, work

Activity sheet that explains the range of activities that archaeologists undertake.

National Archaeology Week 2008

Posted under: about >> Community Tags: archaeology and education, community, digital project, evidence, excavation, national archaeology week, outreach, prescot street, roman, south tenter street, teaching resources

Information about National Archaeology Week in July 2008, and the activities that will be taking place in conjunction with the Prescot Street dig.

Archaeologists as Detectives

Tags: archaeology and education, teaching resources, work

‘Archaeologists as Detectives’ activity.

Downloadable activities

Posted under: learning >> School-Resources Tags: archaeology and education, key stage 2, teaching resources

Activities and printable resources for children.

What equipment do archaeologists use?

Tags: archaeology and education, teaching resources, work

The first ever BAJR web award!

Posted under: about >> Digital Tags: archaeology and education, digital project, outreach, website

The Prescot Street web site and the BAJR web award.

Palaeoenvironmental

Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: archaeology and education, environmental archaeology

Glossary definition of palaeoenvironmental

Palaeoeconomic

Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: archaeology and education, environmental archaeology

Glossary definition of palaeoeconomic.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mudlarks, metal detecting and the Prescot Dig

Tags: archaeology and education, metal detecting, museum, objects, outreach, prescot street

Lorna’s journal entry about using metal detectorists on the Prescot Dig.

Using rubbish to explain stratigraphy

Tags: archaeology and education, stratigraphy, teaching resources

Archaeological Investigation Games

Tags: archaeology and education, outreach, teaching resources, work

This article contains a number of games to play with primary school pupils to aid their understanding of the activities of archaeologists as ‘detectives’.

What kind of things do archaeologists do?

Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, evidence, excavation, site staff, work

Field Archaeologists undertake excavations – they dig, record and monitor evidence for the past. But archaeologists don’t just dig holes. This article explains the many different areas of archaeology in which people work.

What do archaeologists do?

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Movie update and quarry pits

Tags: archaeology and education, digital, digital project, excavation, photo diary, post-medieval, pottery, roman, south tenter street, videography project, website, work

Post-Medieval pits and stuff – and Anies’s film.

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Collaboration with postgraduate students from UCL

Posted under: about >> Community Tags: archaeology and education, national archaeology week, outreach, site staff, work

This article has information about the collaboration between postgraduate students at UCL and L – P: Archaeology.

Early days for outreach

Tags: archaeology and education, community, digital project, documentary sources, outreach, photo diary, videography project, work

Links

Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, community, teaching resources, work

A page of links to useful online resources for archaeology.

Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto

Posted under: learning >> School-Resources Tags: archaeology and education, community, outreach, teaching resources

L – P : Archaeology has signed the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto.

Why did people in the past live underground?

Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, basement, building materials, cellar, construction, deposits, evidence, excavation, foundations, layer, stratigraphy

An article about why it seems like people lived underground in the past. The article explains that people didn’t live underground, but that modern ground levels are much higher than in the past.

How do I become an archaeologist?

Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, work

This article explains how to become an archaeologist and gives some tips about how you can experience archaeology first hand.

Do archaeologists dig up dinosaurs?

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This article explains why archaeologists don’t dig up dinosaurs and what the study of dinosaurs really is called.

What tools do archaeologists use?

Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, excavation, shovelling, work

This article is about the tools that archaeologists use and what they use them for.

Why do archaeologists dig?

Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, evidence, excavation, shovelling, soil, work

This article is all about what makes archaeologists do what they do. It explains about how sites are formed and why we can find important information buried in archaeological site.