Archaeology isn't treasure hunting....oh, er actually...

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Steve’s journal about some exciting finds from Sample 11

Archaeo-botany

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Glossary entry for archaeo-botany

Sickness and Death in Roman London

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This article provides information about the types of diseases and causes of death that can be identified from evidence found at Prescot Street.

Environmental bulk sample

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Glossary definition of environmental bulk sample.

Happy as a pig in...

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Steve Campion, from L -P : Archaeology’s environmental department explains why and how environmental evidence is important at Prescot Street.

Palaeoenvironmental

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Glossary definition of palaeoenvironmental

Palaeoeconomic

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Glossary definition of palaeoeconomic.

Steve Campion

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Biography of Steve Campion, environmental archaeologist with L – P : Archaeology

We care about the environment

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Fergal, who is responsible for maintaining the environmental samples taken and stored on site before processing, writes about why environmental sampling is an important part of archaeological investigation.

Palaeochannel

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Glossary definition of palaeochannel

Photo diary for 14th May 2008

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14th May 2008

16 Photos

Visitors, quarrying and Romans

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Guy presents and update on progress on site and comments on a few areas he has found interesting over the past weeks.

Why do environmental archaeologists look at dirt?

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This article explains the role of the environmental archaeologist at Prescot Street, and is aimed at a younger audience.

What happens to all the stuff archaeologists find? Are they allowed to keep anything?

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An article that explains about what archaeologists do with the things they find. It also briefly explains about treasure.

Phytolith

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Glossary definition of phytolith

Environmental Archaeology

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Glossary definition of environmental archaeology

Ecofact

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Glossary definition of ecofact