Archaeologist and Writer
I shouldn’t have been so surprised. Way back when I started this blog, I commented on how farming seems to permeate archaeology as a discipline – from the Neolithic onwards, … Read More “Get off my co-axial field system!” »
So there they were, poised to knock up a retail distribution centre outside Chippenham, when up pops a Roman barn. Turns out there’s a nationally important Romano-British rural settlement on … Read More “Barnstorming in Roman Wiltshire” »
Continuing this blog’s impromptu ‘DNA season’, I’d like to flag up another recent article. Now this is ingenious stuff. It made me chuckle with admiration, in an I-wish-I’d-thought-of-that sort of … Read More “Sorting the sheep from… the other sheep” »
My guest post from the “Not Just Dormice” blog: https://notjustdormice.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/no-spelt-please-were-saxon/
After a long pause, the blog is back – and it’s a blog of surprises. These particular surprises reached my attention through both British Archaeology magazine and the online news … Read More “Fashionably early?” »
“That’s a classic,” said the man in the Oxfam shop, tapping the front cover of the little paperback. I nodded in agreement. “I thought it was about time I bought … Read More “Bringlish Landscapes” »
Welcome back to Farming Unearthed! Regular visitors may notice that I’ve redecorated – after more than two years of blogging, it seemed like time for some sprucing up. It seems … Read More “Farming on the Emerald Isle” »
OK, so there I was, strolling leisurely through the Tyrolean countryside in Austria on a beautiful sunny day, when out pops a bit of striking agricultural heritage. “Hello,” thought I, … Read More “Makin’ hay” »
Why, hello there again. Welcome back to Farming Unearthed! Talk about about a hiatus – I haven’t blogged for something like three months. But there are good reasons for this, … Read More “Farming Electrified” »
Happy New Year, Farming Unearthed fans! (yes, all two of us) And while we’re at it, Happy Plough Monday too! As Farming Unearthed begins an exciting new year, full of … Read More “Happy Plough Monday!” »