Posts Tagged ‘TVAS Reading’
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…
Read MoreRoyal Institute Christmas Lecture to Feature Skeleton from Viking Massacre
Royal Institute Christmas Lecture to Feature Skeleton from Viking Massacre This year’s Christmas Lecture from the Royal Institute will be presented by Professor Dame Sue Black on the secrets of forensic science. The lectures will be on BBC Four at 8pm on 26th Dec, 27th Dec and 28th Dec. And available afterwards on iPlayer. The…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Palaeolithic Flint Tools Found near Henley-on-Thames
TVAS Reading: Palaeolithic Flint Tools Found near Henley-on-Thames Recent and ongoing fieldwork undertaken by TVAS has revealed rare evidence of some of the earliest ancient humans in Britain. Evaluation trenching & test pitting near Henley-on-Thames has produced flint artefacts dating to around 500,000 years old, during the lower Palaeolithic period. The species of human present…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Late Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation at Two Gate Lane, Overton, Hampshire
TVAS Reading: Late Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation at Two Gate Lane, Overton, Hampshire Excavations at Two Gate Lane, Overton revealed two phases of significant prehistoric occupation, one in the late Neolithic and one in the late Bronze Age. Late Neolithic The late Neolithic was represented by three pits. The two most significant pits contained…
Read MoreSite Update: Carbon Dates for a possibly trepanned man at Shrivenham
Site Update: Carbon Dates for a possibly trepanned man at Shrivenham CONTENT WARNING: HUMAN REMAINS This post contains pictures and discussion of human remains. In 2018, excavations at Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire revealed a densely occupied area with a variety of features dating from the Iron Age through to the late Roman period. Above:…
Read MoreOpen Day and Ongoing Excavations at Butts Piece, Stanton Harcourt
Open Day and Ongoing Excavations at Butts Piece, Stanton Harcourt On 5th September 2021, TVAS held an open day at Butts Piece, Stanton Harcourt. The open day allowed the local residents of Stanton Harcourt to see the rich archaeology of the village and it proved a great success with a continuous flow of visitors that…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Excavations at Tanyard Farm, Lenham, Kent
TVAS Reading: Excavations at Tanyard Farm, Lenham, Kent After 8 months the excavations at Tanyard Farm, Old Ashford Road, Lenham have finished. The site produced evidence of human occupation from the Mesolithic through to the Anglo-Saxon period. Here is a brief summary of the finds.. Above: Map showing the site and surrounding area. The…
Read MoreCNN article about Viking skeletons
CNN article about Viking skeletons In 2008 TVAS excavbated a site at St. Giles in Oxford (see previous information release here). The site itself revealed evidence of a Late Saxon Period massacre. Thirty-five men and boys were uncovered and been linked to the St. Brice’s day massacre of 1002 AD. Since the analysis was concluded there…
Read MoreNature article update: Reconstruction of a Viking
Nature article update: Reconstruction of a Viking In October 2020 an article was published in nature (nature article) that showed a link between one of the skeletons excavated during our archaeological investigations at St. Giles Oxford. (see previous information release here) The skeleton that was uncovered, now with oxfordshire museum service, was part of a larger group which…
Read MoreTVAS Reading Site Update: A Roman settlement at Tubney, Oxfordshire.
TVAS Reading Site Update: A Roman settlement at Tubney, Oxfordshire. Excavations at Tubney have been ongoing for several years. Previous phases of excavation revealed very little archaeology. That all changed with the latest phase. The features that were uncovered at the crest of a slope on the site show a Roman ladder settlement. Above: Plan…
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