Survey on American History in the UK
Today at The Junto, we're passing on news of an important survey on studying and working on American history in the...
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Survey on American History in the UK
Today at The Junto, we're passing on news of an important survey on studying and working on American history in the...
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Battlefield Archaeology of Basingstoke Common
This year there were lots of different research projects being carried out on site whilst we were excavating in the New House. Many of these were being carried out by postgraduate students. One of these students has written a blog post about his research.
The Trustees of Basingstoke Common kindly granted us permission to survey the Common using various techniques. Sam, Richard and Colin visited us at Basing House to support the survey of the Common, led by Dom Barker, University of Southampton.
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The 2014 Basingstoke Common Survey
Will Heard, who is about to embark on the Archaeological Computing Masters programme at the University of Southampton, has written a blog post summarising his time with us at Basing House this season. Will was working closely with Dom Barker, who headed up the survey of Basingstoke Common.
Will is an important member of our team and we are really appreciative of his volunteering to take part in both the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
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Survey suggests languages skills shortage in UK businesses
The BBC has published an article, reporting on a survey undertaken by the business lobby group CBI, which argues that the UK education system is not producing enough people with language skills to meet the needs of businesses.
To read the article in full, visit the BBC website.
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Aerial Photogrammetry at Portus
In the previous post by Stephen Kay on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at Portus he discussed the work that has been completed on site in terms of capturing aerial photography. Aerial photography plays a significant part within the understanding of any archaeological site and this is especially true at Portus.
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New findings revealed in language teaching trends
TES Connect has published an article by Tony McAleavy, research and development director at CfBT Education Trust, discussing some of the findings that have emerged from the annual Languages Trends survey, published jointly this week by CfBT Education Trust and the British Council.
To read the article in full, visit the TES Connect website.
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Theban Waterscapes and Harbours Survey THaWS 2014 – Measure for Measure
The current season of THaWS fieldwork has given the team some time for reflection on the survey results from 2012 and 2013, and has provided an opportunity for addressing some of the outstanding issues related to the mapping of Thebes on the west and east banks. Survey work throughout the 2012-2014 has been carried out by the team members, including the project director Angus Graham, who oversees the work with the Egypt Exploration Society (EES; http://www.ees.ac.
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Interim Report 2013 – Geophysical Survey
This Interim Report will soon be available as a PDF on the Hampshire County Council website for Basing House.
The authors are:
David Allen
Gareth Beale
Nicole Beale
Chris Elmer
Jude Jones
Kristian Strutt
Clare Allen
Daniel Jones
There are three posts that make up this report. The post below describes the excavation and recording methodology and outlines the research question for the dig for 2013.
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Interim Report 2013 – Introduction
This Interim Report will soon be available as a PDF on the Hampshire County Council website for Basing House.
The authors are:
David Allen
Gareth Beale
Nicole Beale
Chris Elmer
Jude Jones
Kristian Strutt
Clare Allen
Daniel Jones
There are three posts that make up this report. The post below describes the excavation and recording methodology and outlines the research question for the dig for 2013.
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