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TVAS Reading: Silver Street, Reading Excavation Talk for Friends of Reading Abbey
TVAS Reading: Silver Street, Reading Excavation Talk for Friends of Reading Abbey Recently, David Sanchez (Project Coordinator and the supervisor for the excavations at Silver Street) gave a talk to the Friends of Reading Abbey on the excavations at Silver Street, Reading. The talk summarised the results of the excavation at Silver Street, Reading including…
TVAS Staff Gain Membership to CIFA and the Society of Antiquaries
TVAS Staff Gain Membership to CIFA and the Society of Antiquaries Helen Daniel, manager of the North Midlands office, has gained her Member accreditation with the Chartered Institue of Archaeologists (CIFA). Kate Taylor, a Director of our sister company in Ireland (TVAS Ireland), has become a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Congratulations to both…
TVAS Reading: Festival of Archaeology at Discover Bucks Museum
TVAS Reading: Festival of Archaeology at Discover Bucks Museum Jamie (Site Supervisor) and Kath (Archaeological Officer) hosted a stand at the Festival of Archaeology at the Discover Bucks Museum on Saturday 13th July. Their stand focused on the findings from our recent excavations at Little Kimble with the current temporary museum display of finds on…
TVAS East Midlands: Talks at the Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands Bedfordshire Archaeological Review
TVAS East Midlands: Talks at the Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands Bedfordshire Archaeological Review Jo Pine (Assistant Director / Director of Fieldwork) and Josh Hargreaves (Project Officer) from our TVAS East Midlands office gave talks at the Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands Bedfordshire Archaeological Review on Sunday 28th April 2024. In front of…
TVAS Reading Site Update: Chilton Manor, Buckinghamshire
TVAS Reading Site Update: Chilton Manor, Buckinghamshire During March 2024 a watching brief was carried out by Thames Valley Archaeological Services at Chilton Manor, Buckinghamshire for the development of a swimming pool – and supporting infrastructure on behalf of Bruern Abbey Senior School. Working within the watching brief area of 13m long to 7m wide,…
TVAS Reading: Excavations at Watersplash Farm, Shepperton, Surrey
TVAS Reading: Excavations at Watersplash Farm, Shepperton, Surrey Recent excavations at Watersplash Farm, Shepperton ahead of mineral quarrying has revealed a considerable number of Bronze Age and Saxon features as well as a Neolithic pit containing a large quantity of struck flints and pottery. Neolithic A pit was excavated and contained a variety of struck…
New publication in the TVAS Monograph Series
New publication in the TVAS Monograph Series We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in our Monograph series. Monograph 36: Later Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age Occupation and Iron Production, Late Iron Age to Early Roman Enclosures and Cremations, and Medieval Occupation at Hartshill Copse, Thatcham, West Berkshire Monograph 49:…
TVAS Reading: Site Update: Ring Ditch at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, Berkshire
TVAS Reading: Site Update: Ring Ditch at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, Berkshire The remains of the Soldiers Pillar ring ditch at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, Berkshire was successfully locataed and excavated between July 2023 and January 2024. The Heatherwood Hospital complex includes an upstanding barrow (SAM 1013012) which was partially excavated in 1975. This barrow, along…
TVAS Reading: Site Update: Excavations at Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire
TVAS Reading: Site Update: Excavations at Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire In 2023 an archaeological excavation was carried out by Thames Valley Archaeological Services ahead of a new development of 45 residential units at Little Kimble on behalf of Cala Homes Ltd. This excavation revealed a wealth of finds and features from several time periods, with the…
TVAS Sites Used in Study on Women of the Conversion Period
TVAS Sites Used in Study on Women of the Conversion Period A recent study titled ‘Women of the Conversion Period: a biomolecular investigation of mobility in early medieval England’ (Hamerow, Leggeett, Tinguely and Le Roux 2024) has used isotopic data from four different TVAS sites. The full article can be viewed here. These sites are…
New Publication in the TVAS Occasional Papers Series
New Publication in TVAS’ Occasional Papers Series We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in our Occasional Papers series. Occasional Paper 52: Late Saxon, Medieval and Early Post-Medieval Occupation at 11-16 St Martin’s Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire Occasional Paper 52: Late Saxon, Medieval and Early Post-Medieval Occupation at 11-16 St Martin’s Street,…
TVAS South speak at CBA SE Annual Conference
TVAS South speak at CBA SE Annual Conference-“Reaching Out – Excavation and Outreach in Angmering, West Sussex” On Saturday 18th November, Odile and Flick from the TVAS South office were invited to speak at the Council for British Archaeology South East (CBA SE)’s Annual Conference. Their talk presented the results from their site at Water…
TVAS North Midlands: Site Update -Two Kilns at Registry Street, Stoke-on-Trent
TVAS North Midlands: Site Update -Two Kilns at Registry Street, Stoke-on-Trent TVAS North Midlands have completed an evaluation at Registry Street, Stoke-on-Trent, which revealed the remains of two bottle kilns. These kilns are more specifically updraught hovel kilns, that was possibly later converted to a hob mouthed oven. These date to possibly the early 19th…
TVAS East Midlands: Site Update – Broad Road, Bacton, Suffolk
TVAS East Midlands: Site Update – Broad Road, Bacton, Suffolk TVAS East Midlands have recently completed their excavations at Broad Road, Bacton, Suffolk. The site comprised of three areas each of which yielded a post medieval field system. as well as a roman field system in two of the three areas. A small roman oven…
TVAS South West: Site update- Woodsford Quarry, Woodsford, Dorset
TVAS South West: Site update – Woodsford Quarry TVAS South West have recently finished excavating another phase at Woodsford Quarry, Woodsford, Dorset. During this phase they encountered two ring ditches and a series of urned cremations. The urned cremations were block lifted and taken back to the office where they can be carefully excavated under…
TVAS Reading: Excavations at St. John’s College, Oxford. Evidence of St. Brice’s day massacre
TVAS Reading: Excavations at St. John’s College, Oxford. Evidence of St. Brice day massacre On this day the St. Brice’s Day Massacre took place. Back in 2008 TVAS excavated the first archaeological evidence of this event. The lecture will feature a skeleton from our excavations at Elizabeth House, St. John’s College, Oxford. The results of…
TVAS South are Recruiting!
Come and work with us in the South East! Thames Valley Archaeological Services are seeking archaeologists to join our fieldwork teams at Junior Supervisor to Supervisor Level (G3/4, G4) to be based at our TVAS South office in Brighton. Applicants will have an appropriate level of experience for their grade, a valid driving licence and…
New Publication in the TVAS Monograph and Occasional Papers Series
New Publication in TVAS’ Monograph and Occasional Papers Series We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in our Monograph and Occasional Papers series. Monograph 47: Iron Age Settlement and a Roman Villa at Bowdens Lane Quarry, Huish Episcopi, Langport, Somerset. Monograph 47: Iron Age Settlement and A Roman Villa at Bowdens…