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Living amongst the sarsens: Revealing the Hidden Heritage of the Valley of Stones, Dorset
This is our press release for our new project- For more information and to book for events please read the project and events pages...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
Jan 103 min read
It just gets better- a polished stone axe!
It just gets better: a polished stone axe head! Something that we have kept under our hats until now is a discovery that we made when we...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
Jan 94 min read
Trying to analyse an earth-fast polissoir
Following on from yesterday’s outline of our planned methodological approach… We had a good plan but, of course, archaeology rarely gives...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
Jan 83 min read
Excavating a polissoir: what did we want to know and how were we going to find that out?
Once we had found the polissoir, and gotten over our excitement, we had to come up with a strategy for what to do next. What could this...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
Jan 31 min read
SARSEN STONES and THE POLISSOIR
Working with our wonderful, but also hardy volunteers, we have been searching the landscape around Tenants Hill for sarsen stones. The...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
Jul 14, 20232 min read
A polissoir
We’ve found one! We’ve hit the jackpot in terms of Neolithic artefacts. A polissoir in South Dorset! Photos © Historic England Those of...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
Jul 8, 20234 min read
A story about stones
In 2022 we were awarded some money from the Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund, issued by Dorset AONB, to investigate the sarsen stones...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
May 24, 20233 min read
Long barrows
I wrote about our probable long barrow discovery on Tenants Hill here but what is a long barrow and why does our discovery matter? An...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
May 23, 20233 min read
Excavating a long barrow
In 2022 we moved excavation location in order to investigate the elongated mound identified in the 2019 topographic survey. We wanted to...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
May 16, 20233 min read
Excavation at Tenants Hill
Following our background research and ground surveys it was time to do some excavation. Although excavation is usually the primary...
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Dr Hayley Roberts
Apr 2, 20232 min read
Test Pitting
Test Pitting is a really useful method of archaeological excavation. It can be used as ‘key hole’ archaeology, to take a small quick look...
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anneteather
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Topographic Survey
Survey methods help archaeologists look in detail at the ground surface and below the soil. It is with these techniques that we can...
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anneteather
Feb 25, 20238 min read
Archaeological Background Research
Before any archaeological fieldwork it is important to do your background research first and this blog will introduce you to that...
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anneteather
Dec 6, 20226 min read
Archaeological Research Questions
At Past Participate we believe in combining community engagement, volunteer training and high-quality archaeological research. This is...
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Living amongst the sarsens: Revealing the Hidden Heritage of the Valley of Stones, Dorset
This is our press release for our new project- For more information and to book for events please read the project and events pages...
It just gets better- a polished stone axe!
It just gets better: a polished stone axe head! Something that we have kept under our hats until now is a discovery that we made when we...
Trying to analyse an earth-fast polissoir
Following on from yesterday’s outline of our planned methodological approach… We had a good plan but, of course, archaeology rarely gives...
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