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Mar
Mar
Enjoy pictures of some of the wonderful women working at CAT. #internationalwomensday #IWD2024 #womeninarchaeology
Tag Archives: archaeology
07
Mar
Mar
Happy Thursday everybody! Today is #WorldBookDay so we decided to ask the CAT team about their favourite archaeological reference books! Flick through the photos to have a look at what […]
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Feb
Feb
This #ThrowbackThursday we are learning about Pitchbury hillfort, an Iron Age hillfort, roughly oval in shape surrounded by a double rampart and ditch, near the village of Great Horkesley. Hillforts are rather […]
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Feb
Feb
On Friday, CAT welcomed seven University of Essex students to volunteer with us It was great to share our passion for archaeology with the students, and get them involved with […]
08
Feb
Feb
This #ThrowbackThursday we are learning about the red hills of the Essex coast, which are intriguing windows into the industrial practices of the distant past… ‘Red hills’ are the remains of salt […]
01
Feb
Feb
This #ThrowbackThursday we are exploring one of the most remarkable and evocative graves found in Colchester: that of Lexden Tumulus, to the west of Colchester city centre. Excavated in 1924, the burial […]
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Jan
Jan
This #ThrowbackThursday we are learning about one of the most prominent features in Colchester’s heritage – its huge and imposing Roman wall! CAT knows a great deal about it, but new excavations […]
10
Jan
Jan
For the first #ExploreYourArchive day of 2024, we would like to take a look at the one, the only, Colchester’s Roman Circus 👷♀️ With it being 20 years since Colchester […]
04
Jan
Jan
This #ThrowbackThursday we are taking a look at a site that may be rather close to home for some university students! In 2010-11, CAT carried out a watching brief to record any […]
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Dec
Dec
Well it’s that time again… when the CAT team cheers to a year well done and signs off until 2024 Here’s wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas! Thank […]