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All work and no play...
A couple of weeks ago we brought you an overview of last year's Friday nights at SHARP. Fridays are the end of our working week and,...


Animal, mineral or vegetable (or sorting the sheep from the goats)
Environmental archaeology and zooarchaeology are the two sub-disciplines that tell us most about the physical habitat in which past...


Ready, steady, go...
Season 23 is almost upon us! It is hard to believe, but in six weeks SHARP team members will start arriving on site to transform a quiet...


TGIF, Boneyard-style
It's Friday! And Fridays are a big day (and night) at SHARP. During our excavation season, our six-day working week ends at 3:15pm when...


SHARP lecture series 2018
Every Tuesday evening during the excavation season, at 7:30pm, Sedgeford's beautiful church becomes a lecture theatre for the weekly...


Archaeology without digging
When most people think of archaeology they have visions of digging large trenches on your hands and knees using a trowel. Well, that...


All that is gold totally glitters
Treasure. Archaeology. In popular culture, they go together: after all, Indiana Jones seems to find a lot of it, as does Lara Croft. In...


Unlocking Sedgeford's Medieval Past
In 2018 we are introducing a new course delving deep into the medieval history of the very typical English village of Sedgeford....


In memory of Miner John: the John Hensby Memorial Bursary
In the 22 years that SHARP has been digging in Norfolk, we have had many amazing people come to join us and, sadly, some have also gone....


Memento mori
Archaeologists dig up plenty of interesting stuff, but arguably none of it is more interesting - or meaningful - than excavating the...
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