Summer Course: Medieval Archaeological Fieldwork in the Catalan Pyrenees

Maps are everything!

Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire

How cool is that?

On her way to America! Reports from the crew says it is freezing cold and a bit difficult navigating round all the icebergs but stunningly beatiful.

Archaeologists discover Aristotle’s 2,400-year-old tomb in Macedonia A team of researchers say the 2,400-year-old tomb was excavated as part of a 20-year exploration of ancient Stagira, where the great philosopher was born in 384 BC, reported the Greek newspaper Kathimerini.

If you want to live in Bergen https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/125676/4-phd-scholarships-in-medieval-studies

4 PhD-scholarships in Medieval Studies (125676) | University of Bergen Job title: 4 PhD-scholarships in Medieval Studies (125676), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: 8/1/2016

Archaeology of the Undead... (not the walking dead eh)
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/zombie-archaeology/483195/

Archaeology of the Undead From decapitation to stakes in the chest, gruesome tricks to keep corpses in graves reveal an enduring fear of them rising.

Medieval Travel Guides - Medieval Histories A list of books about how people in the Middle Ages went about traveling as pilgrims, merchants, royals or just peasants heading for the market

May open access be the future of scholarly work? Some good stuff is already free and online! http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/med_arch/

Medieval Archaeology Medieval Archaeology journal seeks to support and advance the international study of the period from the 5th to the 16th century AD. While maintaining a special concern for the medieval archaeology of Britain and Ireland, the journal also provides a forum for the discussion of important finds and de...

Win tickets to the BP exhibition Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds at the British Museum This is a sponsored post on behalf of the British Museum

How did medieval women dress? http://m.phys.org/news/2016-05-medieval-women-men.html

Medieval women better dressed than men Women in the Middle Ages often wore better quality clothes than men. This is one of the conclusions drawn by Leiden archaeologist Chrystel...

Why matters? http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/29/looking-back-archaeology

Looking back: Archaeology From the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb to the outrage at the destruction of Palmyra, archaeology never ceases to arouse interest

In our Centenary, 3,000 years of Irish history mulched for potting compost - The Avondhu Newspaper Last year, Taoiseach Enda Kenny claimed that ISIS wants to destroy Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel. Given Ireland’s lack of regard for its heritage, it’s a wonder we haven’t beaten them to it, writes Donal O’Keeffe. A century ago, in September 1915, the Amesbury Abbey estate in Wiltshire was divide…