Category Archives: Archaeology

Travel Theme: On Display

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

Ailsa said ‘No matter where you go, there’s always something for sale somewhere. The items on display in local stores are often evocative of the flavours and aesthetics of the culture you’re in and make for really interesting photographs.’ The … Continue reading →

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Splendid, a Belated Sunday Post

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

St Stephens was one of several churches built in Exeter after AD 900; it has a distinctive bow and is unusual because it has a crypt. It survived the civil war in the 1640’s untouched, but later in1660 it suffered … Continue reading →

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Red Ball Comes to Town

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

The Red Ball Project is street art at its best. It stimulates the imagination of the ordinary person, whether or not they would usually stop to look at art or visit a gallery. So just what is the appeal of … Continue reading →

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The Granite Way, 1. Industrial Archaeology and a Train Cemetery

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Meldon quarry sits high on a hill between Okehampton and Lydford on the northern edge of Dartmoor. After nearly 100 years it closed in 2011 and has now become an industrial graveyard and a train cemetery. A footpath, The Granite … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hidden

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Hidden for millenia, parent and child from the palaeolithic age found in a cave in deepest Turkey and now in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations in Ankara. They probably have more ‘visitors’ in a day now than they had in … Continue reading →

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Raku Cats and Amethyst, the Archaeology of Me

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Naturally I want to leave behind something wonderful that creates a perpetual image of an interesting woman of the third millennium AD. But what is there to me really, what makes me ‘me?’ I have watched documentaries about the spread … Continue reading →

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