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    Tuesday 24th August

    by mikepostons August 17, 2021

    Excavation blog by Brigid Golden Today marked day two of our project in Holyrood Park. Having fenced off our worksite the day before, we were able to mark the boundaries of our trench for the excavation of the Iron Age rampart near the summit of…

    2021 Season (Archive), News

    Monday 23rd August

    by mikepostons May 10, 2021

    Excavation Blog by John Strachan The first day started, as is often the case on archaeology projects, with introductions. The team gathered in Dunsapie car park. We met Jamie Hamilton, the Senior Ranger in the park and Richard Strachan from Historic Environment Scotland, as well…

    2021 Season (Archive), News

    New Website Launched

    by mikepostons March 11, 2021

    This website will follow the daily progress of the Holyrood Park Field School with updates from students and staff each day. Each day a blog update will be provided by undergraduate students from the project team.

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    This three-week field school provides intensive training for archaeological undergraduates in essential archaeological survey and excavation skills. Students receive hands-on instruction from experienced commercial archaeology staff in essential archaeological field skills including tape and total station field survey, photogrammetry and excavation. The aim of the project is to assess the impacts of erosion to archaeological sites caused by increasing visitor numbers to the park every year.

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    You can contact Dr Jon Henderson at jon.henderson@ed.ac.uk

     

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