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Monday 18 Jan 2016

William is Young Archaeologist of the Year!
13-year-old William Fakes from Leeds YAC was announced as the UK's Young Archaeologist of the Year for 2015. Unfortunately he couldn't make the award ceremony in London in November... so it came to him! William’s award was presented by Nicky Milsted, from YAC HQ, on Saturday 16th January 2016.

Wednesday 06 Jan 2016

Must Farm Bronze Age site - Update, Jan 2016
The Cambridge University Archaeological Unit (CUAU) are continuing work at Must Farm near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The site is a Bronze Age (2500-800 BC) structure built out into an old river channel of the river Nene. In this second blog post, Selina Davenport from CUAU updates YAC with all the latest news!

Monday 14 Dec 2015

Bronze Age bonanza in Orkney!
Archaeological discoveries are often made when least expected. This is exactly what happened on Monday 7th December 2015 at Tresness on the island of Sanday in Orkney, when a group of archaeologists noticed what appeared to be the top of a huge pile of stones emerging through the sand...